European Tour 2021

[ChrisW]

With restrictions relaxing do we think something will be announced shortly for the European tour. Maybe a limited number of events in the autumn.

[malcy93]

The CEO of PDC Europe has done a number of interviews this year and last where he said they cam only afford to stage the events when they can have a full crowd in the venues. The ticket revenue is needed to cover the prize fund as they aren’t subsidised by the PDC and being streamed rather than on TV there’s very little money from that.

Guess then it depends in particular when Germany allow large crowds at indoor sports events.

They could though do the one in Gibraltar as that’s a green country so no Covid restrictions for local and British visitors plus the costs are covered by the local Government to promote the place.

[cobra]

I guess we will have to see how much of an impact the vindaflu has.

[Deleted User]

The Gobraltar government IIRC also subsidises that one so ticket sales have never been the driving factor - fortunately.

[Bram_1900]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so little tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

[Sprocket01]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so little tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

OH NO!!!

[Deleted User]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so FEW tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

Perhaps there was an epidemic of some sort and a nationwide lockdown which made organising events like this logistically much more difficult than usual?

[Bram_1900]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so FEW tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

Perhaps there was an epidemic of some sort and a nationwide lockdown which made organising events like this logistically much more difficult than usual?

Joh. But only 16 PC events before the summer. One would expect they would compensate it with extra floor tournaments. Especially when you see how top heavy the second part of the year will be with tv tourneys etc

[BlueSpark]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so little tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

OH NO!!!

[Deleted User]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so FEW tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

Perhaps there was an epidemic of some sort and a nationwide lockdown which made organising events like this logistically much more difficult than usual?

Joh. But only 16 PC events before the summer. One would expect they would compensate it with extra floor tournaments. Especially when you see how top heavy the second part of the year will be with tv tourneys etc

Floor tournaments bring in no revenue, but do pay out hefty prize money. Until the revenue starts flowing again with ticketed/TV events, expect the floor events to be fairly minimal.

[Sprocket01]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so FEW tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

Perhaps there was an epidemic of some sort and a nationwide lockdown which made organising events like this logistically much more difficult than usual?

Drupid confused between epidemic and pandemic.

[ChrisW]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so FEW tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

Perhaps there was an epidemic of some sort and a nationwide lockdown which made organising events like this logistically much more difficult than usual?

Drupid confused between epidemic and pandemic.

It's nigh on an epic pandemic.

[Rout]

Gobraltar is my favourite place to go.

[Bomber]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so little tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

apart from the world championship, the masters, the uk open and 17 nights of premier league and a dozen players championships all held in the uk in the first half of this year plus another 4 players championship events held in europe with over 5 million quid in prize money, they have done fuck all really - if Clayton had also won the worlds and uk open he would barely have collected a million or so on his own

all despite the no crowds

could be worse

[Little Lonely Garry]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so little tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

apart from the world championship, the masters, the uk open and 17 nights of premier league and a dozen players championships all held in the uk in the first half of this year plus another 4 players championship events held in europe with over 5 million quid in prize money, they have done fek all really - if Clayton had also won the worlds and uk open he would barely have collected a million or so on his own

all despite the no crowds

could be worse

[Deleted User]

Blimey.

Bomber is spot on.

[1205]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so FEW tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

Perhaps there was an epidemic of some sort and a nationwide lockdown which made organising events like this logistically much more difficult than usual?

Joh. But only 16 PC events before the summer. One would expect they would compensate it with extra floor tournaments. Especially when you see how top heavy the second part of the year will be with tv tourneys etc

Floor tournaments bring in no revenue, but do pay out hefty prize money. Until the revenue starts flowing again with ticketed/TV events, expect the floor events to be fairly minimal.

They're 4 PCs behind normal, having lost the first 2 weeks of the season to the month's delay of Q School
They'll have 4 each in June and July, instead of 2 and 2 so they'll be caught up by the end of July.

The PCs will probably be the normal amount, but with no World Series of Darts, it does open up some space in August if they want to add a series.

[malcy93]

Dont understand why the PDC has organised so FEW tournaments in the UK before the summer. Only 4 PC-events and the Premier League during these months.

Perhaps there was an epidemic of some sort and a nationwide lockdown which made organising events like this logistically much more difficult than usual?

Joh. But only 16 PC events before the summer. One would expect they would compensate it with extra floor tournaments. Especially when you see how top heavy the second part of the year will be with tv tourneys etc

Floor tournaments bring in no revenue, but do pay out hefty prize money. Until the revenue starts flowing again with ticketed/TV events, expect the floor events to be fairly minimal.

They're 4 PCs behind normal, having lost the first 2 weeks of the season to the month's delay of Q School
They'll have 4 each in June and July, instead of 2 and 2 so they'll be caught up by the end of July.

The PCs will probably be the normal amount, but with no World Series of Darts, it does open up some space in August if they want to add a series.

They can surely do the European WSOD events ?

There’s the one they have been doing in Germany in recent years plus there’s the new one in Copenhagen replacing a ET event which should have started last year. That’s in the PDC calendar.

No way will they be going to Australia and NZ with their entry restrictions.

Could add another WSOD event in somewhere like Austria but they may focus on getting ETs back on as that benefits more players plus they need at least a handful to get a meaningful OOM for the European Championship.

[Bomber]

Blimey.

Bomber is spot on.

maybe bram noticed mvg has won fuck all this year and thought there must have been no tournaments, rather than the twelvety-hundred there have been and that mvg is more finished than a ham sandwich in ethiopia

[ChrisW]

Bomber showing his age there.