Hey me too, probably getting a new place this summer. I only have room for 4 in the basement.

Great question...

I found a house that has a "media" room that would be ideal. It's right under the garage, no windows or anything. It's totally open and the size of a double garage.

depends how its built, i have a lots of space but the way it's built i can't put more than 4 in a row, 3 there and 2 there...

perfect square space is the best. so yeah 1000 should do the job.

The Perfect Game Room: 10-15 Pins, Brunswick Gold Crown 9ft Pool Table, Bar, 65"+ LED Television, All the current Video Gaming Consoles, Adequate Bar Stools, Sofa, etc.

Any dedicated game space that houses all that you can't complain with... I live in an area without basements and the garage belongs to automobiles in my opinion (or else they get too dirty all the time). The thing I don't like about basements is I hear they can get flooded all the time. I don't know about that.

I would love a heated detached building for them. That would be even more ideal. Somewhere where you could crank the tunes, and play all night and not upset the wife and kids whatsoever haha

Ha! in chicago city limits thats the size of people's 2 bedroom condos!

Id like something 14x25, thats about as much as you can hope for here.

oh yeah, I forgot... Hard Wood Flooring as well Put a rug under the pool table of course.

I imagine a third floor attic type game room with exposed brick and nice wood floors. About ten pins.

Mine isn't big enough.... I'll be able to have about 20 pins, pool, bar, shuffleboard, ping-pong and it is an extended, converted three car garage. Luckily there is an upstairs for tv, lounge, air hockey etc. And I wish it was bigger. Can't have two much.

look for a walk-out basement so you can move games in and out easily.

If you have to take games down a stairs, try and get a wide stairs or one without too many turns.

Many factors to consider in buying a house, but if you want to have pins, vids, pool table, etc.....think about how they are going to get in and out.

I wouldn't mind having a garage for both pins and cars.

28x30 could fit 30+ pins. Hope to put that addition. On my house in the spring.

I have just under 1100 Sqft, and if you look at my gameroom pics you can see I could have used at least another 400 Sqft if I was going to put something like 10 pins in there(my ideal number). I'm not the kind of person that likes to have the room so packed you can barely move, so I won't do it. Some people don't mind it and if your one of those guys you could have more than enough room in a 400 or 500 Sqft area if your only going to do pins.

I have a 35x25 finished games room now, with 18 pins, 12x6 bar I built, and pool table. I also have a unfinished 18x18 furnace room, which can house another 8 (4 now) once I get around to taking down some shelving.

I considered a larger house, but really rebuilding the bar, and moving all these machines keeps from from doing that. I already feel the pain in not being able to play each machine as much as I would like, so more machines, and especially more work, doesn't appeal to me anymore.

Great topic..I'll be playing this game also in the spring.

Right now I have 2100 SQ of unfinished basement. I moved the furnace under the stairs last winter and have first floor laundry...so none of that stuff is in the way. I have a TV area with a couch...about 15 pins...a Big Ball Bowler...Skee ball machine...Chexx and Atari Football....and probably 10 vids.

The wife 'bought' me a pool table for my b-day (all though I haven't picked it out yet) I honestly don't know where I'm going to put it.

Now we plan on buying a different place in the spring and i completely understand that I am not getting a 2100 SQ basement. I find it (and i could be COMPLETELY wrong) darn near impossible that 25 pins..a pool table...and bar would fit in 1000SQ and you would still have room for more than a couple people in there)

I know I have a couple of big space takers (Big Ball bowler and Skee ball) but those 2 game get played..by far...more than any other games when we have guest over.

Real interested on hearing others SQ to game\bar ratio

I've got around 1,700', ping pong area, skeeball, couple of video games, air hockey, foosball and 11 pins. There is still plenty of room for more when and if it happens. No bar so that saves a ton of space. Depending on dimensions 1,000' could be enough but you have to hope things fit just right.

I hope you install a roof crane or a service elevator....I can't imagine lugging pins up three floors

By the way, to further explain my comment above. After the Chicago fire, the city was planned and recreated in a grid system. Because of that all Chicago lots started out the same (some are different due to people in the past buying multiple lots and redividing and other irregularities. But the vast majority of Chicago homes sit on parcels of land no more than 25ft wide!

Beat me to the punch!