Venture Shuffleboard Model Comparison | McClure Shuffleboard
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Shuffleboard Table Comparison Venture Shuffleboard Tables VS McClure Tables
Venture Games is a second-generation, family-owned company based in Tyrone, Georgia. They are one of the few established American manufacturers that have stayed true to traditional woodworking techniques, particularly in their use of synthetic lacquer finishes rather than the industry-standard poured polymer (plastic) tops. Venture operates a larger industrial facility that supports a national dealer network and high-volume OEM manufacturing for other brands. This Venture Shuffleboard table comparison to McClure tables will break down the differences.
At McClure Tables, we build and sell direct-to-consumer with no middlemen or distributors. We only use the best materials in every price range. Whether you buy a table for our entry-level price of $5,895 or spend up to $28,000, the cabinet, legs, and playboard are all still made from locally harvested Hard Maple.
For comparison purposes, we'll compare features on three McClure Models in the same price range as some Venture Shuffleboard Models.
Venture Shuffleboard Comparison Model 1
Challenger Sport Shuffleboard
Sizes: 9, 12, 14-foot
Retail Price Range: $5,830 -$ 7,560
Sale Price Range $4,081- $5,292
Playboard: 16" wide, 1 3/4" thick, claims on the website that it's made of hard maple.
Playboard Finish: Synthetic Lacquer Finish
Cabinet Construction: This cabinet is a plywood base and finished using a high-pressure laminate
Customizations: You have several choices, including scoreboard options, neon glow-in-the-dark playboard options, and carpet colors.
Factory-Produced: Factory mass-produced tables all have a couple of things in common; one is the multi-tier distribution model with lots of website and reseller middlemen markups, and the second is that they are always on sale. So the retail price really is a gimmick price.
Competitor II Shuffleboard Table
Sizes: 9, 12, 14, 16-feet
Price Range
Price Range: $5,995-$6,695
Sale Price McClure tables rarely offer sales. Discounting devalues the investment customers make and weakens the brand's long-term equity, which is built on perceived worth, not affordability.
Playboard: Hard Maple 18" wide playboard, which is a full 2" thick (no thick plastic poured epoxy top) and made of North American Hard Maple
Playboard Finish: Lifetime Warranty Traditional Piano Polyester Finish (10 times harder than polymer poured resins)
Cabinet Construction: All McClure Tables cabinets, legs, and parts are made from the same Hard Maple wood as the playboards.
Customizations: Lights, Scoreboards, Score Beads, Cabinets, Wood Type & Finish, and the option to add a logo to any model.
Venture Shuffleboard Model Comparison 2
Grand Deluxe Shuffleboard Table
Sizes: 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22-foot
Price Range: $10,710 to $16,853
Sale Price Range $8,697 to 13,597
Playboard: 20" wide, 3" thick, claims on the website that it's made of hard maple. They offer at a lower price with a 1 3/4" board; we priced with the 3" board for comparison.
Playboard Finish: Synthetic Lacquer Finish
Cabinet Construction: The cabinet is constructed of solid woods and real wood veneers
Customizations: You have several choices, including scoreboard options, neon glow-in-the-dark playboard options, and carpet colors.
Prestige Shuffleboard Table
Sizes: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 feet
Price Range
Price Range: $9,285-$13,225
Sale Price McClure tables rarely offer sales. Discounting devalues the investment customers make and weakens the brand's long-term equity, which is built on perceived worth, not affordability.
Playboard: Hard Maple 20" wide playboard, which is a full 3" thick (no thick plastic poured epoxy top) and made of North American Hard Maple
Playboard Finish: Lifetime Warranty Traditional Piano Polyester Finish (10 times harder than polymer poured resins)
Cabinet Construction: All McClure Tables cabinets, legs, and parts are made from the same Hard Maple wood as the playboards.
Customizations: Lights, Scoreboards, Score Beads, Cabinets, Wood Type & Finish, and the option to add a logo to any model.
Venture Shuffleboard Model Comparison 3
Chicago
Sizes: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 feet
Price Range: $18,130-$21,691
Sale Price Range $13,888-$16,984
Playboard: 20" wide, 3" thick. This is an upgrade, but we priced all with this board style.
Playboard Finish: Synthetic Lacquer Finish
Cabinet Construction. Cabinet is constructed of solid hardwoods; Cherry, Mahogany, Red Oak, and Poplar with Curley Maple side rails
Customizations: You have several choices, including scoreboard options, neon glow-in-the-dark playboard options, and carpet colors.
Rock Ola Shuffleboard Table
Sizes: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 feet
Price Range: $16,195-26,525
Sale Price McClure tables rarely offer sales. Discounting devalues the investment customers make and weakens the brand's long-term equity, which is built on perceived worth, not affordability.
Playboard: Hard Maple 20" wide playboard, full 3" thick (no thick plastic poured epoxy top), made of North American Hard Maple.
Playboard Finish: Lifetime Warranty Traditional Piano Polyester Finish (10 times harder than polymer poured resins)
Cabinet Construction: All McClure Tables cabinets, legs, and parts are made from solid hardwoods. This model comes in Hard Maple and Cherry Wood.
Customizations: Lights, Scoreboards, Score Beads, Cabinets, Wood Type & Finish, and add a logo to any model
We want to clearly state that in this Venture Shuffleboard Model comparison, we do not claim that Venture tables are imported. However, we have firsthand evidence of an import company that asked us to quote 12-foot playboards. They were short on some inventory during the height of the tariff war.
Venture does not claim to glue up their own boards; they buy them from someone else. However, it is very suspect when you see no real factory work shots or images on their website. They show a slick video produced by the owner, shot with a chop saw.
The price they quoted to this other company for these playboards was not even what it cost us to make them. They do not make themselves, so it would be impossible for this to have originated in the USA.
We know that many butcher block countertops and blocks are imported from both China and Russia. I suspect some of these importers are also importing blank shuffleboard blocks, given how popular shuffleboard tables are today. Possibly, this is where some of these assembler-type companies get their tops. They are most likely Russian or Chinese birch marketed as maple.
For more information on Venture Shuffleboard model Comparison, check out our Venture Shuffleboard Website.
It seems they are making all kinds of other products too now, like Pool Tables, foosball ect. We had a customer visit our shop once who bought from us but lived within an hour of it. He told us they were not making everything from scratch. Looking at the photo shoot from a recent HGTV visit to the shop, it is clear that the shop is not large enough or equipped to build everything in-house. There is nothing wrong with this type of manufacturing, but it is factory-produced and what we call a hybrid-manufacture. Someone who does some in-house work and a lot of contract work.
McClure Tables are handcrafted in Michigan. We do not cut any corners. Our prices are lower across our line, whether you are looking at our in-stock models, wholesale direct, or custom-made. The difference is simply no middleman markup. If you are trying to compare apples to apples, ask a local dealer if they can have a shuffleboard table custom-made in a premium hardwood like Hard Rock Maple, American Cherry, Black walnut, or even exotic wood like Sapele or Mahogany. Some factory-made shuffleboard manufacturers can offer these options, but you will pay thousands extra for what is standard with our custom line of tables. Why not buy handcrafted products rather than factory-made ones, like California House Shuffleboard Tables?
Todd McClure
Todd McClure is the owner and founder of McClure Tables, boasting over five decades of experience in the gameroom industry. He began his career in retail stores, then became a factory representative and worked in contract manufacturing in China. About 15 years ago, he decided to bring all manufacturing back to the USA, where McClure Tables now produces handcrafted shuffleboard tables.
