The now Unofficial and Unsanctioned BDO "Worlds" Tickets 2020 Updates

[foggs3355]

So have re done the seeding then or had just taken her places in draw

[DavidB]

Who knows, probably someone will get up on stage on the first day live on tv and announce a re-draw to a chorus of boos

[BlueSpark]

I think that the public also liked the fact that they could either stay at the same hotel as the players at Lakeside, and mingle with them in the evenings, or at least go in the hotel bar after the show and see them. This has been taken away from them, and therefore going elsewhere is getting less value for money.

Someone once said that this was another reason that BDO as opposed to PDC ticket sales were always low.....that people could see BDO players at comps and in hotels, whereas they never got to meet the likes of MVG.

More accessible, absolutely true
However that was better years ago when household names played in the event. Most of the players this year the casual fan has hardly heard of.

[BlueSpark]

Who knows, probably someone will get up on stage on the first day live on tv and announce a re-draw to a chorus of boos

To then retire to a private room and do the draw in secret
They would never manipulate a draw
Ever

[Dannyboy]

Or go and ask, only the top 16, if they want a redraw.

[DavidB]

Who knows, probably someone will get up on stage on the first day live on tv and announce a re-draw to a chorus of boos

To then retire to a private room and do the draw in secret
They would never manipulate a draw
Ever

[Deleted User]

Vicky Pruim takes Fallons spot

Get in! 'Mon the Cheshire!

She's playing well at the moment.

[ChrisW]

Vicky Pruim takes Fallons spot

Get in! 'Mon the Cheshire!

She's playing well at the moment.

How many tickets have you bought though?

[Deleted User]

Vicky Pruim takes Fallons spot

Get in! 'Mon the Cheshire!

She's playing well at the moment.

How many tickets have you bought though?

2 fewer than last year.

[The Master]

Marketing of this event, IS THERE ANY?

I checked BDOs twitter, they have three tweets in the last 3-4 weeks...

[The Master]

And one thing more, Trina and Fallon are still in the drawsheets on the BDO site. Fallon was only a few days ago but Trina jumped off 11.12

[The Crusader]

Was bored so priced up what it would cost to go Thurs, cant recall exact prices but much cheaper than I thought it would be.

Coach from Liverpool if you shop around and leave at 5.30am ish and get back around 10pm day after was about £20 return.

Tickets were £25 ish so £50 for the day.

Travelodge on Docklands a 10 min walk, added wifi and breakfast plus late checkout 12pm was £43.

Say £80 for food, drinks etc its £200 roughly, not to bad.

Obviously cheaper per day if a few go sharing room costs, no travel for extra days. I would think if 2 went it would cost each about £130 a day extra. So £300 for 2 days if your clever and look around

[trotter01]

The tickets and costs are not horrendous for a top sporting event at all... The problem is that its no longer a top sporting event... It has no appeal to a general sports fan or casual darts fan to actually attend.. The people who may attend are generally not hugely well off and it comes right after the most expensive time of the year when people who may be tempted haven't got the money to do so..
The whole event has become a non entity to be honest

[Deleted User]

The tickets and costs are not horrendous for a top sporting event

True.
But what about for this event?

[TimmyB]

The tickets and costs are not horrendous for a top sporting event

True.
But what about for this event?

Well done on not reading the rest of the post.

[Deleted User]

The tickets and costs are not horrendous for a top sporting event

True.
But what about for this event?

Well done on not reading the rest of the post.

[The Crusader]

The tickets and costs are not horrendous for a top sporting event at all... The problem is that its no longer a top sporting event... It has no appeal to a general sports fan or casual darts fan to actually attend.. The people who may attend are generally not hugely well off and it comes right after the most expensive time of the year when people who may be tempted haven't got the money to do so..
The whole event has become a non entity to be honest

I have said for a while its part that, people attended Lakeside due to habit so time of year mattered not a jot. However moving it meant losing 80% of regulars whilst trying to bring in new ones as you say at the worse time of the year.

I cannot for the life of me think why anoyone thought moving it was a good idea. Des is to blame but also everyone who let him do it is equally responsible.

[The Master]

You can pick up ticket for £16,40 for a afternoon session on premium table, thats not bad is it?

[Ginge]

You can pick up ticket for £16,40 for a afternoon session on premium table, thats not bad is it?

Final desperate roll of the dice

[Addicks Fan]

The tickets and costs are not horrendous for a top sporting event at all... The problem is that its no longer a top sporting event... It has no appeal to a general sports fan or casual darts fan to actually attend.. The people who may attend are generally not hugely well off and it comes right after the most expensive time of the year when people who may be tempted haven't got the money to do so..
The whole event has become a non entity to be honest

I have said for a while its part that, people attended Lakeside due to habit so time of year mattered not a jot. However moving it meant losing 80% of regulars whilst trying to bring in new ones as you say at the worse time of the year.

I cannot for the life of me think why anoyone thought moving it was a good idea. Des is to blame but also everyone who let him do it is equally responsible.

Given that Potter will not last forever, the BDO was always going to have to move at some point. The mistake was moving without sponsorship in place and with no idea how to market or price the event. It should have stayed at Lakeside until that was sorted out.

I can see why he did it - the BDO we now know has been losing cash on a monthly basis for years, and Lakeside brought in absolutely nothing to the BDO in terms of revenue. The move gave them the chance of generating cash. If they had sponsorship in place then the £200,000 plus in ticket sales would be pure profit. The biggest issue is sponsorship, with no sponsorship in place ticket sales become crucial.

Totally stupid to bet your prize money on selling tickets!