Road to BDO World Championships 2019

[The Jolly Man]

Surely McGeeney is guaranteed to be in GSOD also as Lakeside finalist??

Think they have changed it to just the 3 "major" event winners and then topped up from the rankings. So effectively Durrant + the rest of the top 8. Struggling to find a link to confirm this though.

In any case its academic, he isnt going to fall out the top 8 of the rankings barring some bizarre circumstances.

If you find the rules on the PDC site it now says that the 8 players will come from the BDO system. No mention of last years criteria.

Ah right, thanks and yes Gladiator will be there surely!

I was wondering given the recent announcement if they might invite Lisa Ashton with the extra space from Durrant winning two of the majors??

[DavidB]

If you find the rules on the PDC site it now says that the 8 players will come from the BDO system. No mention of last years criteria.

And this years criteria?

[Paddy McGinty]

Should be 50/50.............then we will see the buggers eyes water.......

Seems a reasonable suggestion. Will the BDO be stumping up half the prize money for it?

No as they are suppling the talent........

It’s lucky the PDC don’t ask the BDO to supply half the fans. #couldntfillabingohall

It's only worth watching because of the inclusion of the BDO boys, you must admit it would be pretty shit without the interest they generate.....

[trotter]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

[Skewball]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

Very true. It's game over if it's moved from lakeside .

[ChrisW]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

Very true. It's game over if it's moved from lakeside .

Why are you so sure?
It's a great venue. You think nobody will buy tickets or will travel to the Worlds because it moved venue?

[Skewball]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

Very true. It's game over if it's moved from lakeside .

Why are you so sure?
It's a great venue. You think nobody will buy tickets or will travel to the Worlds because it moved venue?

More to do with getting it on good tv and a good sponsor. Remember it would also need a major sponsor if moved.
When you watch ch4 coverage it is all ' history/lakeside/bristow/lowe/history/lakeside etc etc.
Without the above what have you actually got - a second rate 'world' championships that would have to stand on its own two feet.
I just can't see it commercially coming close to Lakeside

Fwiw I think it will stay for a while.

[Mgt]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

Very true. It's game over if it's moved from lakeside .

I doubt anyone in charge would slaughter the goose with the golden eggs. The only reason I see them moving is if they get a better offer elsewhere, but who on earth would put up that kind of money for a tournament/org that isn't doing that well when it comes to public image? Only someone with a revolutionary vision, who believes he can improve on what the PDC is doing commercially. Not very likely though if you ask me.

What's Ross' problem with Lakeside anyway? Sure it's old and could do with some renovating but it's not like other BDO tournaments are played at 5 star hotels or something. Where would he move it?

Almost seems like he just hates it because of his subpar record there.

[MancheStar]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

That would be crazy as a lot of casual fans know it as the lakeside world championship not the BDO world championship.

[London Eye]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

Just goes to prove that the players should have no influence at board level whatsoever, not an ounce of commercial awareness in his thick head.

[Ginge]

Ross the Boss stating yet again on Fanatics he hopes the Worlds are moved from Lakeside ...

I still think it's a dangerous wish...Lakeside for all its faults is still the place people will attend who will never attend Preston or wherever...it's still the main draw the BDO have just by name and that's before you start looking at who would put up the prize money Potter does...be careful what you wish for

Very true. It's game over if it's moved from lakeside .

Why are you so sure?
It's a great venue. You think nobody will buy tickets or will travel to the Worlds because it moved venue?

It has already been proven moving an event away from Lakeside will result in less paying punters.

Look at the WDT when it was held at Lakeside. About 1000 tickets sold across the three days. Now look at the same event in Preston and the Welsh cinema. About 30% of that across more sessions!

Now Im not saying for one minute every single major event should be at Lakeside because that would be a bit unoriginal, but there is certainly a "Lakeside effect".

[oche balboa]

Keep it at Lakeside

It still has some magic .

[ssjsa]

Agree with both Ginge and Oche.

Lakeside is still a special place for darts.

Lose the venue and it devalues the event.

[London Eye]

Keep it at Lakeside

It still has some magic .

They have no choice unless they find a sponsor who will stump up over £300K, and the chances of that are zilch. If they move from Lakeside the winner will be lucky to trouser £20k and it could still end up losing them money. They are in a precarious position at the minute with no TV contract for either of their majors, how much more money can they afford to lose?

[Ginge]

If that bloke who runs the Guild Hall was even half interested in taking Lakeside (and presumably stumping up for it), surely his mind would have been changed the other week when he saw how ridiculously empty his Grand Hall was.

[London Eye]

If that bloke who runs the Guild Hall was even half interested in taking Lakeside (and presumably stumping up for it), surely his mind would have been changed the other week when he saw how ridiculously empty his Grand Hall was.

Anyone remotely interested in BDO darts will have now realised it is a dead duck.

[Ginge]

If that bloke who runs the Guild Hall was even half interested in taking Lakeside (and presumably stumping up for it), surely his mind would have been changed the other week when he saw how ridiculously empty his Grand Hall was.

Anyone remotely interested in BDO darts will have now realised it is a dead duck.

Someone may foolishly think the size of the crowd would be replicated if they took the event on. Already proven that hasnt happened with the WDT.

[Zeyes]

Anyone remotely interested in BDO darts will have now realised it is a dead duck.

Someone may foolishly think the size of the crowd would be replicated if they took the event on. Already proven that hasnt happened with the WDT.

The graveyard of people who erroneously believed there's still commercial value in the BDO product is probably more crowded than a typical session of BDO darts by now.

[DavidB]

It would be interesting to see just how well for example the Guild Hall would sell tickets for a BDO world championship IF it was marketed correctly, properly and around a year in advance - that would be the true comparison!

[Dannyboy]

So do the BDO have anything set in stone yet to this tournament? Will it even go ahead? Still 6 months away, but this is the organisation’s blue ribband event.