World Pool Championship to leave Saudi!

Jamal Khashoggi--look it up if you don't know what they did to him. We all want higher purses for pool tournaments. but this was always 100% about getting fans of various sports to view Saudi as some sort of benign, sporting kingdom. It was a pact with the devil and pool will be better off elsewhere, along with LIV Golf and everything else the Saudis played PR with.
 
If the prize money is secured for the next 5 years, they should host the event in the USA, and not somewhere like Qatar.

St Louis would be a good place...
 
Well there is a war going on in that region.
It’s time to bring it back to Cardiff and it’s glory
 
“The prize money, the prize money”. Sick of hearing about the prize money. Is it good that players can win better purses, and make a living at this game? Yes, but at what price? Frankly tired of MR, Emily, Championships in God forsaken 💩 holes like Qatar, Saudi Arabia etc. World Championships should be held somewhere where those that actually play the game can attend, enjoy and support the game, irrelevant of “the prize money”. If it has to be held in places no one will go in order to get better purses, it’s just not worth the trade off. YMMV
 
skogstokig said:
well that's true, didn't think of that.

still in many ways the most deserving place for it. most pro players, most fans. poverty, crime and politics may be deterrents though
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Florida or Texas might be a good place for it. If Matchroom can afford a venue in NYC that would be ideal.

Wherever it goes, it needs to be somewhere that has a lot of pool fans, like St. Louis. Some of us amateurs actually would like to attend a WPC once in their lifetime. I don't even like watching the stream with a dead crowd, but I do it for the love of the game. It's gotta change.

Matchroom promotes all these exciting venues and events like Hanoi, Phillipines, US Open, Mosconi Cup, where the crowd is ignited and the feel is electric, but when it comes to the biggest most important/prestigious event of the year, it's dead silence for the WPC.
 
SA96 said:
If the prize money is secured for the next 5 years, they should host the event in the USA, and not somewhere like Qatar.

St Louis would be a good place...
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Been professing for years, KS middle of the country, you can fly in, drive or take the train.
My guess, 50 million people live within a days drive from there.
 
Island Drive said:
Been professing for years, KS middle of the country, you can fly in, drive or take the train.
My guess, 50 million people live within a days drive from there.
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We even have a competent local sports authority who helped land World Cup games this summer (we are the smallest city by far to host this year, but have many soccer fans).
 
Major Poker Tournaments rely solely on entry fees.
Adding money does not help create a venue.
Added money helps the top players pay the rent.
 
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