Has Barry Hearn Sold Out Snooker? Todays Interview With Hazel Irvine
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- Today’s interview at the Crucible with Hazel Irvine, Steve Davis and Ken Doherty, Barry Hearn explains the current situation with the world championships being held in Sheffield.
The current contract expires in 2027 - what will happen then?
After watching this I felt as though Barry has already made his mind up.. what do you think?
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We can't deny what Hearn has done for snooker, more tournaments, more cash for players, more world wide attention and that will have a knock down effect for grass roots players , but what some of us I think are missing is leaving the iconic crucible the world championship will lose it's tradition and Britishness that this place adds and no other could replace so in turn the tournament will become less appealing around the world because of that , just like if they got rid of the dress code the same thing would happen, by all means play all over the world, make millions I don't care but mess with this and I feel the world championship will be nothing special.
Well said mate
I agree with you both but he's always been money mad, he values money above everything, typical conservative.
Yea great comments
Absolutely true
And also how are British people going to be able to watch it if its in Saudi Arabia. Not everyone can afford to go there. The crucible gets full evert time.in Saudi there will be empty seats everywhere just look in China when they play in front of 10 or 20 people. Don't agree with Barry here
Fair play to Ken.
Should have had more bottle and said more . At least he opened his mouth though
@@reacey He has to be careful or his plug will be pulled, That is the world we live in now. Ken is from the old-school, worked his tits off and became a world champion. His face says it all.
@@reacey Easy to say when it's not you potentially losing what you worked for.
@@reacey he needs to keep his mouth shut in future
Hearn is a money grabbing shithouse, …. End of
World snooker need to take all this funding and build some snooker clubs across Britain before the game dies
Like father, like son!
He has made enough money, build the building with your money Barry ...already used the blood sweat n tears of every snooker player to build your posh world !!!
I love how barry says tradition doesn't matter ,its all about money but when ronnie talks about break away events for money barry pipes up about tradition and not just selling out for money, hes a crook.
Agree with Ken. There is more to life than money, and money can't buy history and nostalgia.
Money can buy players ranked lower down a more comfortable living. Very easy for those who are not affected to talk about "muh tradition" when you are not the one who has to travel for months on end away from your family and sometimes in boring locations.
@@GameOvaisBy "A more comfortable living", what do you mean??
I used to want to become a professional snooker player for the trophies primarily - maybe the actual titles themselves.
The money was very insignificant to me.
I was enthusiastic about playing, because the game had much more of a gentlemanly ethos and honour to it, than it does today.
The introduction of the "miss" rule being a significant turning point in putting me off somewhat.
It served to undermine a player in the most insulting way possible.
Substituting that honour with "money" is a woeful substitute - the greater the amount, the worse the insult.
If Hearne knew that he'd be less inclined to claim he was concerning himself with players' salaries (if he has in fact expressed this).
Corruption leads to others being inclined to involve themselves in said corruption - whether directly, or indirectly (i.e. "Oh I want some of that [money]!").
See how corrosive it is?
@@GameOvaisthere choice thoe in it
Hearn knows the price of everything and the value of notting
Davis is stunned by his chat. Look at his face😂
There are 35 people in Saudi Arabia messaging Barry Hearn and asking 'How do we get tickets?'.....to which he replied, 'you buy the tournament'
take it to saudi arabia then they can call it the kashoggi world championship trophy, as ronnie says they are a great nation with great values ,and ronnie allways talks sense , hes a sage is ronnie. Ronnie for prime minister.
@@johnmcfarlane748 O'sullivan said nothing of the sort get your hearing sorted what he actually said was take a long hard look at yourselves before taking the moral high ground if you want to be the worlds policeman you better get your own house in order first
Its all about him. Hes always been the same. The mans ego cant help but surface
Same as his boy
No other venue on planet earth could come close to the crucible for snooker ..what that place has done for the sport is incredible ..we dont need to move anywhere and we dont need a bigger venue ..why are some people obsessed with destroying beauty for pure greed ..if it moves the event is finished
Trying to blame it on Sheffield!! Snooker will end if it moves simple! Crucible is unbelievable! 🙌🏆
3:22 speaks a lot about doherty’s character in abundance , absolute class .
Indeed integrity can not be bought...
Agreed. But if Ken was a younger player on the tour trying to earn a living, would he be saying the same thing?
@@EddieAFCexactly
wesbrit towing the British Bias Corporation line
@EddieAFC Yes he would.
What a sellout years ago he said it'll never leave sheffield TOSSER
Strong words
not a sellout at all unfortunately times change we can't keep things the way that they used to be just to suit some incredibly stupid people
@stewartmcrae8007 who the hell do you think your talking to im not stupid im entitled to my opinion
@@stewartmcrae8007 Of course Hearn/Matchroom are sellouts. Only an incredibly stupid person can't see that. It's absolutely all about the £££ for Hearn & co, everything alse is a hugely distant 2nd.
Agree. Barry is just talking reality. Hopefully Sheffield listen and build a new arena and it stays there.
I saw this at the time, it was absolutely sickening. I've never seen anybody be so sanctimonious about their own money-grabbing and holding of people to ransom: as though there was some kind of moral imperative to make millions out of it!
Well said
don't be silly Patrick
He just a realist and says what a lot of people already know.
Even Davis, Barry’s biggest yes man, appeared to show concern. Snooker is perhaps the last remaining British sport that still has prestige and tradition.
I tried to get tickets for a few days several times but they sell out so quickly you have no chance, maybe a morning session but a 7 hour round trip is a long way for 9 frames. If they made it bigger somehow or moved it within Sheffield that would work. Sport is big business these days so I guess he’s only saying what is inevitable?
Davis is and always was a Hearn fanboy. Doherty is a class act at least argued the point. Hearne showed his true colours even though he said completely differently a few years ago. Greedy Essex 2nd hand car salesman.
Hearn was Davis's manager!
Barry Hearn is exactly what I said he is, I can’t say it on here because it would get me a ban, but he’s clearly been paid by the Saudis to defend their corner,
I will say it again, The Saudis don’t care about snooker or the players, all they care about is the prestige it brings.
The same goes for Ronnie to he won't sh*t on the golden ball nonsense because he's up Saudi's arsehole
Well done Ken. Barry has always been a leach
Lets all hope the sell out doesnt last another 3 years. Why does he want more money at his age? One foot in the grave😂 Well done Ken for saying what we all think.
The Crucible is to the World Snooker Championship as Augusta is to the US Masters.
Augusta keeps upgrading to stay with the times... The crucible is an embarrassment to world snooker
Conman of the highest order.
He is comparing snooker to F1, it works for motorsport but i doubt it will for snooker, If it moves abroad, the UK fan base may be lost forever. Look at Golf, this year not even highlights of the Masters were shown on TV. It would be like moving the Grand National from Aintree
And F1 is fucking dogshit now as well. Just another soulless globe trotting “sport”. Accessible only for the elite. Depressing stuff, but utterly inevitable.
Ken looked disgusted can't believe the smug look on Barry's face like he couldn't care less and the deal was already done, i actually do think there are more important things in the world than money
Jimmy and Alan McManus were so angry after Vafaei's remarks, I would love to see their faces after this. It made me feel sick.
Well said ..both his interview here and the one with Rachel Casey on Eurosport were sickening to see ..the greed was incredible ..Rachel stood her ground ..and both ken docherty and Steve Davis can be applauded
@@marklittlewood2919 they can't take a round of applause to the bank
there is nothing more important than money what are you on about
All hearn has ever cared about is money
😂😂😂😂😂 you can't buy anything without it
He's a business man. Of course it's about money 🙄
@@stewartmcrae8007 stupid argument from weeb boy who thinks in black and white.
@@ThePharoah business doesn't have to just be about money though, numpty head. I know you think you're clever but you aren't. You're incredibly short sighted. But expected from some spotty krypto numptyhead.
@@stewartmcrae8007 you cant buy history for all the dirty oil money in the world
Honestly quite shocked at how brazen Hearn was about this being all about money.
This season James Cahill, a very talented player ranked in the top 100 made less than 48k in prize money. He has to travel alone all over the world sometimes for weeks on end. Do you think he cares more about tradition or earning a living. It is about the money. The players lower down must get more.
I do like that Barry listens and talks to people, justifying their opinions and counter arguing. Ultimately, he decides but I like that he doesn't get defensive if someone has an opinion he doesn't like.
Hearns forgetting something, the reason the crucible sells out and the reason the finals are huge is BECAUSE of the history of the event and the crucible !!! If he sells his soul and moves to china or saudi it wont have that and therefore wont be sought after anymore. Hes a fool
I think Ken Doherty made a really good point and possible solution - leave the world championship at Sheffield and let someone else build something separate. If the world championship moves away from the crucible, then it's not the world championship anymore, simpe as that. Why can't we continue to have this tournament and let the Saudi's create something else IN ADDITION!!!
Hearn is a liar and a disgrace. He said a few years back he will make sure it will stay in Sheffield as long as the council want it. This is an end of an era for Snooker. It will probably leave the BBC and be on some PPV service. What about all the old hardcore fans who loves going to Sheffield every year? Hearn is souless sad day.
The Crucible is the ‘Wembley’ of Snooker, taking it elsewhere just for more pound notes is a disgrace and will be a disaster for the sport
@@SnookersBurdenTrophy Well said mate it’s heartbreaking
Well said m8, Hearns's is a fkn snake, I had a wee rant about this myself! The Crucible creates a very special atmosphere akin to an old style Football ground where the fans are in close & right on top of the action if u know what I mean? Sadly I feel in the coming years Snooker's goin the same way as other Sports that have sold out to the Sand Arabs & all their oil money! They've ruined every sport they've touched so far! Boxing out there is like a non event, no atmosphere & everyone practically sucking them off 😂 it's a disgrace even Ronnie who I've bn a fan of for over 30yr he stated that he's always loved the Suadi culture!!! WTF 😂😂
Yeah, what he meant by 'as long as they want it' was what he has now come out and said - 'as long as they do what I want'.
At first as a fan i thought its selling out. Then i realised, that apart from the top 16 every player is broke, dont get a salary and so if i was a player and wanted to eat and provide for my family, id have to go down that route.
Once ronnie retires it’s all over anyway.
Yes not many decent players coming through, says it all that osullivan, williams and Higgins are still in the top 16 at there age.
Even Steve and Ken look horrified listening to this tripe.
Yes they did.
But crucially, only *_one_* of them was ever going to be able to open their mouths against him.
And I think Hearn knows it.
@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Maybe he will manage to talk him down but my experience (usually far removed) is money men want money at any price. Somebody said elsewhere, he knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
Hearn is a fraud. Leaving the Crucible would give short-term financial gain, but at the expense of the prestige and atmosphere of the event, which would be far worse in the long-term.
Well said
hows the liv golf 'project' going? the truth is the saudis have sunk world sport into an abyss ,competitors play in front of zero specatators , the participants who go with this new world championship suggestion will make plenty money but after they take the poppy they will then want to have their cake and eat it.Its clear all these adminstrators and management of the various sports have been bought off . Once you have sold out to the saudis youve sold your integrity and right to self-determination , and as we see in golf and boxing and to a dgree now also soccer the games up and the viewing public switch off in their droves.. This saudi power grab is resulting in lifeless and bland competiton ,sport devoid of soul. Osullivan clearly prepared to say anything to influence the move from the crucible because he has been paid to do so. You could argue that these saudi guys have finished sport for people who still believe in meritocracy. Its all very depressing. As bob dylan once said money doesnt talk it swears.
who gives a f about prestige and atmosphere when you have the opportunity of a guaranteed payday
Well said steve davis and ken doherty !..steve was right a bigger venue first round games waste of time plus how long is o sullivan going to be a force in the game ..ken ..you called it correctly .. something's DO mean more than money at least to some of us !..all this talk of a bigger venue in sheffield is nonsense..the crucible is there as it has been for nearly 50 years ..world snooker has 49 weeks a year outside of the sheffield 17 days ..to make money ..once it moves no bbc coverage the event will go downhill faster than franz klamer used to
Did anyone expect less from Delboy Hearn? All about lining his pockets.
Spot on
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Every session at the recent Riyadh event, except the final, was empty or half empty even when Ronnie played. It will be shit.
Barry Hearn... with a silent H... Barry Earn... That tournament in Saudi was a joke imo. People walking about, talking, phones going off, asleep etc. Unfortunately its all about the money..... Eddie Hearn was in the crowd fast asleep - straight up
Dont kid yourselves..this is already done when sheffield contract is up
You can tell by the way Hearn was acting.. I think it’s already a done deal 😢
I would be more shocked if it didn't go to Saudi the way they are all bowing to everything with every other sport. No BS from Barry hearn basically..SHOW ME THE MONEY
@@andypreston7807Jerry Maguire Style
Yep. Just a smokescreen all this “Sheffield need to do more” bollocks. It’s signed, done and dusted. And Hearn will be under orders to defend Saudi to the hilt until then.
dunno why everyone is having a go at Barry. He’s just being honest, more than he needs to be.
Only a year or so ago Barry Hearn was banging the Drum of ‘Sheffield is the home of the World Championship’. However all his life his looked at aligning his own pocket so now the Middle East are offering millions he’ll happily sell up without a thought, because his cut of the deal is beyond belief lucrative . Hearn looks after No.1 and nothing else!!! Didn’t he retire last year?? 😂
He'll be holding hands with a Saudi Prince soon
Bowing down and calling him “his excellency” for a few quid
Can we all agree that Saudi boxing events are crap? no atmosphere and the fights have some dubious scoring. Moving snooker to empty stadiums might deliver short-term Saudi sponsor money but its not going to deliver global growth.
The crowd will be far more interested in playing on their phones than watching the snooker.
Greed stinks,
This is appauling. Some things are more important that just making the rich richer.
4:40
Hearn is talking nonsense. You don't have the Wimbledon Grand Slam event moved each year or the FA Cup final at Wembley or the PDC Darts World Championship at Alexandra Palace so why should the Snooker World Championship move from country to country per year?
That's ridiculous. The World Championship is not some traveling tour event. 🙄
Wimbledon doesn't have to move because they have expanded stadium and ground capacity over the years. Most people will get a ticket for at least one day if they queue. Wembley is capable of holding 90k fans.
I comparison the crucible can hold 900fans. Less than 1000 fans for the biggest event of the year. It's time for snooker to catch up.
Hearn needs to be careful because if this cosying up to Saudi goes sour whether it be Boxing,Darts or Snooker..the British public won’t forget and when they attempt to bring it back where it belongs the attendance numbers will be ZERO because the fans will not forget
Boxing,Darts & Snooker will be soulless in Saudi Arabia.
Hearn is a multi multi millionaire and is still trying to fill his pockets even deeper..pure greed
Well said Ken.!...Greedy GREEDY Barry Hearn ,love Steve Davis,cant stand Barry after seeing this....Steve unusually quiet 🙄😐....Couldnt get a word in 🙄 ...Its ALL money in Barrys pocket ,comes across as he's just a money grabbing 'fat cat'
It's pretty clear the rich snooker history of the crucible is up against a few Augustus gloops ..they never learn and never could
Davis looks like its taking everything for him no to backhander Hearn
I agree. His face was a picture. I think Ken did most of the talking because Steve might say too much.
he wouldn't dare he knows who his master is
If the world championships leave the crucible it will become just another tournament on the calendar. You can’t recreate the history and nostalgia of the the crucible theatre simple as.
It's worse in Spain, taking the Supercup out to Arabia. Selling Europe by the petrodollar.
Snooker needs more space, but Sheffield should continue being the heart of the WCh
if they leave the Crucible, then I don't care if they go overseas. The Crucible is the thing, they should stay there. I think Hearn is profiteering here.
100% it’s moving to Saudi. They’ve got tons of money that needs sportswashing. The beginning of the end for snooker as we know it. They’ve virtually bought boxing and within 10 years every big fight will be out of reach for normal fans. Snooker will be out of reach for normal fans and every other sport they choose to buy. Money talks and these people have loads of it!
The tournament will die quick fast if they move it to Saudi, it'll will never be the same again
@@bannaubrycheiniog1329They suck the soul out of sport. The big fights over there are so dull because the crowd are so quiet and withdrawn. They’re not proper sports fans. They don’t care about sports they just have a passion for obtaining rights. The Hearns would sell anything to anybody because they are greedy. Snooker will truly suffer and that’s so wrong because it’s a fantastic sport
Part of the reason the world championships is special is due to the small intimate venue. It makes it different from every other large arena they use for most other events. I’ve been to the crucible many times and it has a wonderful feel to it unlike any other tournament I’ve been to. It has an exclusive feel something special and we’ll lose that if we move to a large venue, even extended the capacity would spoil it. You want to be close to the tables and at the crucible no matter where you sit you get a decent view. It’s not Darts where you need to look at the big screen to see what’s happening, what’s the point? They might as well change the name of the worlds as it will feel like every other venue if this happens.
100% The World Championships will end up in Saudi Arabia
I hope not! That will be a terrible decision.
@@YTguySmithy-lk6go Eddie has hinted at it already. Now Barry is being very cryptic. The owners of the c
Crucible theatre will not demolish it and build a new arena with a larger capacity to accommodate Snooker 2 weeks a year.
Everything will end up in Saudi Arabia
@roblloyd6082 100%. No one can compete with their bottomless pit of cash
A new arena (in Sheffield), is needed, agreed. Sending the World Championships to Riyadh shows how rapacious 'Earn', as I like to call him, and the WST have become. If the recent World Masters that was staged there is anything to go by, it'll be an empty and vacuous affair.
The crucible is small, that's what makes it special, but it's also English aswell, why are we givings everything away 😒😒, history and nostalgia does play a part.
Typical Hearn! Like the son only interested in the Saudi cash grab. Without fans there's nothing, how many of those loyal fans watching at Sheffield could afford 2 weeks in Saudi to watch it? Probably none.
It's be like the boxing- no atmosphere and full of Arabs that don't want to be there. Got to love Ken doherty
Hurry up and do one Hearn.
He's lying about people asking him for tickets
Fair play to you ken .its true week 1 of the world's is it going to fill 2000 seats each session i doubt it very much
Mr Barry "PayPerView" Hearn.
Literally says that there is a price for everything, even if it is to the detriment of the sport. Snooker will die if it goes to a venue purely for a short term prize fund
*Once this starts then it will slowly crumble snooker in the UK I feel, both from a business and social perspective*
There just been a brand new 2500 seat arena (Canon Medical) built down near the EIS at Attercliffe. Not really on the pulse! Also, if he wants a massive arena there is a 13000 seat one just round the corner from that. 🤦♂️
He's playing both ends of the candle against the middle hoping to up the money from what ever parties are interested. This will eventually end in a bidding war with the Crucible losing out at the first hurdle.
It's unfortunate that most, if not all of the players are happy for it to move as well. He'll get no backlash from them. We'll be left with the shitty home Nations events in a Brentwood gym, that the top players will pull out of. The class of 92 diminishing and retiring, plus this shit is the absolute end for snooker.
He’s right, obviously. Despite being a massive hypocrite after what he said a few years ago about staying at the crucible, he is right. Welcome to the modern world, happening to all sports.
But, sell your soul to the devil, the World Championship’s will(!) just become another tournament. Shit atmosphere, soulless venue and inevitably, a shit format. Reckon the Saudi’s are going to be happy with 3 day semi finals, and a 2 day final?
Hearn over Saturated snooker and eventually it dipped from which it has to recover from the peak of the boom period. The characters apart from a very view are not there and that adds to snookers dilemma.
You seem to forget Hearn saved snooker. There was at one time around 5/6 tournaments and many top players were considering retiring or getting a second job;
Sheffield should see it as a no-brainer to put all the necessary funding behind expanding Crucible to allow for a larger capacity crowd, for starters.
Absolutely! It is a no-brainer. When Hearn and Sheffield Council signed an extension, Sheffield had promised to do everything to help snooker including looking at expanding the Crucible but in the past year, they have done nothing. The Council is at blame here. As a result, the snooker world championship is no longer the highest paying cue sport. Now that's disgraceful especially when pool isn't exactly a skilled sport.
@@dangermouse8466 Well, I would argue with the last sentence lol but totally with you on the rest.
@@Manic154 😛
Also, why else is Eddie Hearn now suddenly so involved in the sport as well? Even after Bazza said he won’t be getting involved with that side of Matchroom?
You know it. It’s done. Signed and sealed. Better start getting used to it, and if you want to visit one of the UK’s most iconic sporting venues, you’ve only got a few years to do it in. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Crucible is knocked down and redeveloped before the turn of the decade.
2027 will be the 100th anniversary of the World Championship and the 50th anniversary of it being held at the Crucible. The Hearn legacy will be for destroying both.
Look at the boxing and the football all terrible atmosphere
having the world title event in a different country each year is a good idea
Not when other countries don’t give a fuck
@@Limebradleyalot of Brits don't care about snooker these days. It's not the 80s and 90s anymore.
He's right it's not big enough ,,900 when u could get 3000 ,in a quality venue ,😮
I've read in another thread that the council pay £3million a yr to WST to stage the event, if that's the case Hearn ought to say so
Yeah but the views in a 3k venue will be shite
Absolutely right. There are some things that money simply can't buy.
Is sport really better with the huge influx of investment from questionable individuals? Would relocating and selling off another British treasure really enhance snooker? Theatres are already under enormous financial pressures and a venue that can fulfil a range of needs makes perfect sense. If World Snooker wants a larger venue then surely a creative development of the current Sheffield venue would be a sensible way forward. I applaud Ken Doherty for making the case.
It's not just Barry Hearn, Ronnie has jumped on the gravy train and taken a lucrative ambassadorial role working for the Saudis, worth millions. Funny how he's come out for moving the World's there? WST should invest with Sheffield City Council in a snooker venue that can house the World's and also any number of other tournaments and qualifiers instead of traipsing around sports centres and unsatisfactory venues around the UK. The venue could also be available to hire out for other events and generate income that way. Whether you do this at the Crucible is another matter - it's a working theatre 50 weeks of the year...
For fans we want it to stay there, but for players who need to provide for their families and pay the bills they would have no choice but to go elsewhere.
@user-rc2xt1gt7bThe lower ranked players really aren't loaded. I don't see how they will afford trips to Saudi. Some are on £20,000 a year 'wage' and have to pay that back to World Snooker if they win.
Heading the same way as the Darts went after the Lakeside...
Nowhere is the "Home of Sport" now where money is involved...
Agreed.... It's sickening ripping snooker from It's roots...
But... In essence.. It looks like it's already signed and sealed...
Pure greed...moving from the crucible would be like playing th FA Cup up at Hampden Park
Exactly, the crucible is the heart of English snooker right? Wembley stadium was knocked down and rebuilt… maybe that’s what needs to happen
They did move the FA Cup from Wembley to Cardiff until Wembley rebuit to house fans for the future, Sheffield needs to rebuild or a new build or snooker will move to the highest bidders
@@MrSaltford they moved it knowing full well it was a temporary thing whilst new wembley was built ...obviously it had to go somewhere...duh!
Even worse, it would be like playing at the King Fahd. Hampden for all its faults at least has historical ties to football.
That'll be the Hampden that's got more history than all of English grounds put together. Its the home of Football!
like all the sports, he has changed it from an inspired event, to a mechanical balance sheet one
No one will travel to Saudi Arabia to play a world championship... It will be life-less.
Leaving Sheffield crucible theatre would be a disaster
In 2019 Matchroom Sports ‘management fee’ was £2m which was taken out of snooker. So when Barry says more money goes into snooker he actually means can be taken out by him and not the players
These peoples greatest achievement is somehow taking pub games, and taking games like football, and somehow turning them into fooking conglomerate life or death nothing else matters in life never ending escapism. But not just that turning them into 24/7 drama filled sh!t shows (forest tweeting as an example). People need to stop falling for this utter nonsense, watch the games for what they are.
Barry - snooker was interesting in the 80s and 90s because of its characters. The problem isn't money its the fact we dont care for the robotic nature of the players anymore. They are not superstars.
Snooker was originated in Europe , and once it gone somewhere else than Europe itself, the impact will be great
snookers already big in china for years now
Snooker was invented in India
@calby
Snooker was originated as you say, not in Europe but India.
Barry is a businessman, and I can’t criticise his desire to develop the sport. But surely there’s a way of keeping the WC where it belongs at least. Ultimately big events can be staged elsewhere in the world anyway.
Money is a tool to create a certain reality but its important to balance progress with tradition.
Clear cut...
Build it and they will come.
Coperate that's all it is now not true fans
So in a nutshell it will be at the crucible until 2027 and then it will either be at a larger venue in Sheffield or overseas… the crucible is not an option…
Or Sheffield City Council can raze the buildings surrounding the Crucible and make the Crucible larger. If you're thinking this can't be done, well, I have news for you, it can. Maps are redrawn all the time. Sheffield City Council just don't wish to do anything about it and mistakenly believe snooker won't go anywhere coz it's clearly not that important to them.
There's no snooker fans in Saudi Arabia so what would be the point
the sound is poor too low
Vile bloke .
Time for the players to leave Matchroom…
Snooker is not Barry Hearn
It’s getting to the stage now I really want a split in snooker like what happened in darts.
Move it to Saudi, so all the real snooker fans from the United Kingdom can't go anymore. Money talks to you Baz. Send you to Saudi.
Hearn will kill it.
Never trust the smile of an Hearn.
I've got a bad feeling about this. Yes, a venue with more capacity is needed. Has to remain in the UK though. Notice the little Riyadh Season logos on the partician. It's got a nasty smell.
why does the world title have to remain in the UK? snooker is now a global sport. having it in different countries around the world just like the other sports do, can only benefit snooker
As Hossein Vafei stated... maybe he was right..
@@TiredofEarth some sporting events are just synonymous with the country in which they were made popular.
Snooker and the history of the game belongs in the UK, no other country has the history it does and therefore it's only right that it stays here.
Footballers earn millions a year about time snooker had a share😊
Well if World Snooker sell’s out to Saudi Arabia the prize money will increase ten fold to £200 million and I’m sure Barry Hearn wouldn’t take 10% of that for his own fee to set it up, because as we can clearly see here he’s obviously only got the players best interests at heart.