Schmidt Billiards & Game Rooms

History

Established in 1983.

As a factory trained pool table technician, I started Schmidt Billiards in Columbia, MO to service existing pool tables in homes and businesses in the mid MO area. In 1986 I began buying, refurbishing, and reselling pool tables from my current location at 601 N. Hwy. UU, just 3 miles west of Columbia. By 1993, my sales were brisk and I decided to move to a more visible location in Columbia and for 15 years sold billiard and game supplies from Bernadette Square. In 2008, when the economy was slumping, sales declined and I made the decision to move back to my original location, located on my 10 acre property at 601 N. Hwy. UU in Boone County. We sell and service new and used billiard tables, pool cues and lighting, shuffleboard tables, foosball, table tennis, darts and dartboards, and casino supplies.

Meet the Business Owner

Fred S.

Business Owner

My family history is entwined with the history of billiards in America. My great-​great grandfather Ernst Schmidt came to America in 1849 and in 1850, started a business utilizing his skill as an ivory turner to make cane handles, tenpins and balls, and billiard balls and cue parts. As he and his son developed the business, the frequent traffic with billiard rooms and pool players created a market for supplying rooms with items they needed, like cues, tips, balls, chalk, pockets, etc. Son Oscar Schmidt went his own way for a while, becoming an apprentice at a billiard table factory making pool, snooker & carom tables. After a while, he convinced his father that they could make a better, less expensive pool table than current companies and they did. So Schmidt & Son eventually incorporated in the early 1920’s, to become the A. E. Schmidt Co., Inc. Following in their footsteps, my grandfather, great-​uncle, Dad and uncle, ran the company. I moved to Columbia to start my own business.