Not sure how much room you need? Follow the guidelines below, depending on which size table you’ll be purchasing:

• Shared family activity – for the price of a couch, keep your family from becoming potatoes

• Keep an eye on your kids – make your house the cool house on the block

• A great way to entertain – you may have trouble getting your guests to leave

• What it teaches kids – teach your kids geometry; they won't even hate you for it

• An icebreaker when having folks over – you don't have to sit and stare at each other to and try to think of something to say

• Your table is set – convert the pool table into a ping-pong table, a dining room table – or leave it “as is” and have a great place to wrap gifts and fold the laundry!

Here is another good link. Pool Table Buying Guide

All of this information can be found at the BCA website