Sorry, I'll have to pass on that one, as by time the New Era opened (1969?) I was too old for youth clubs and had graduated to the Derby, the Blockade and the Jazz Club.
I remember the Elite (pronounced "ee-light"
well, though. It was the epitome of the shady, disreputable billiards hall and seemed to be the haunt of all the most notorious ne'er-do-wells in town. I loved it!