Michael Smith disagrees with Michael Van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price over World Darts Championship Ally Pally Full details below 👇 👇
Michael Smith disagrees with Michael Van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price over World Darts Championship Ally Pally
Full details below 👇 👇
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Michael Smith disagrees with Michael Van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price over World Darts Championship Ally Pally move
Michael Smith is adamant that the World Darts Championship should remain at Alexandra Palace.
There has been a divide in the sport in recent times, after Barry Hearn appeared to open the door to a move of the World Darts Championship from its spiritual home to Saudi Arabia.
Smith has had huge success at the venueCredit: Getty
In recent days, leading stars Michael Van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price have expressed their openness to an historic move of the showpiece event to Middle Eastern shores.
But 2023 world champion Smith believes the darting calendar’s highlight event belongs within the hallowed walls of the north London venue.
He told the Daily Mirror: “Ally Pally, we should move rooms, not move venues. There’s a bigger room in there that holds six or seven thousand.
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Michael Van Gerwen agrees with Gerwyn Price on moving World Darts Championship
“You’re not going to move the Matchplay, because it’s Winter Gardens. It’s iconic.
“The Premier League is iconic to the 02, and the World Champs is Ally Pally.
“No one ever calls it the World Champs, they say ‘I’m going to watch at Ally Pally’.
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“That’s what everyone recognises it as, should never move.”
Price has backed the move given his experience with fansCredit: Getty
Smith is not totally against a move of other tournaments to Saudi Arabia, but has backed widespread fan opinion on a move of the tungsten tournament.
Price had suggested himself that he was happy for the move to take place, due to his villain arc with fans which has seen him face heckling from the hostile crowd.
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Van Gerwen also shared Price’s opinion on a venue switch, adding: “[It] will be great, I think. They wanna make sports big in that country.
“You saw the big boxing games there, the football there. For me, I don’t mind where I play.
“I will be competing, and that’s how it is.”
A move is being explored purely down to the demand of tickets, with the current part of the venue the tournament is held in only able to house 3,200 spectators.
