Dismantling Corner Billiards, continued...

I just got an email response from Ria Katz of Corner Billiards. Many thanks for her clarification.

As you know Corner Billiards closed for business in July. Amsterdam Billiards' lease will be running out at the end of this year/beginning of next year. In order to stay in business the owners started to shop around for a space. The timing was perfect and they bought out Corner and will reopen it as a pool hall in December. My understanding is that Amsterdam Billiards is not a franchise. They are small business owners (very much like Corner) and while initially the two rooms might be operating at the same time, the room on the upper west side will close and the building will eventually be torn down to make room for high rise condos.