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Darts moving to Saudi Arabia ‘makes sense’ as Luke Littler and co. left on red alert
Will it move or won’t it? That’s been the question asked of the World Darts Championship for some time, as the future of the sport continues to hang in the balance. With capacity at its current venue, the Alexandra Palace, having maxed out, relocating the biggest competition in darts has been mooted – but will it go ahead?
If it were up to legendary darts referee Russ Bray, a move away from Ally Pally “makes sense”. More than that, the former World Championship caller can see the sport’s future lying in Saudi Arabia. During an interview with talkSPORT, he explained: “The PDC’s [Professional Darts Corporation] a business. Barry and Eddie [Hearn, respective chairman and ex-chairman] and Matt [Porter, CEO of PDC], these guys, they’ll sit down and talk.”
