How $100,000 custom pool tables are made for celebrities like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift

How $100,000 custom pool tables are made for celebrities like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift

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Narrator: Welcome to Blatt Billiards. This family-run company has been building and restoring pool tables for nearly a hundred years. It was founded in New York City in 1923 and has since built a reputation for its hand-carved and constructed bespoke tables, which can cost between $20,000 and $100,000 per table. These high-end, custom-made tables are a favorite among celebrities like Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and Tommy Hilfiger.

Jeff Roeder: In our family, we don't have summers and winter breaks. We have, "Let's come to work, and let's learn how to build pool tables and how to manufacturer."

Narrator: Here's how Blatt builds its iconic pool tables from the bottom up. It all starts with a sketch. Clients will come to the New York City showroom and sit down with a Blatt employee to choose all the details of their table from inlays and carvings to leg shape and felt color. You can customize just about anything you want. The team will then take the client's vision and figure out how to bring it to life. Each of the custom tables is built in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, in a 50,000-square-foot workshop.

First up, the wood. Blatt sources