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ROCKET RONNIE CALLS FOR MOVE AWAY FROM SHEFFIELD Ronnie O’Sullivan has called for the World Snooker Championship to be moved from the Crucible, naming Saudi Arabia and China as possible alternatives. The Sheffield venue has hosted every edition of the tournament since 1977 but the seventime champion believes the time has come for change. The 48-year-old will seek to win a record eighth title when the championship begins this weekend, having recently competed in the Saudi capital Riyadh and the Chinese city of Yushan. “I don’t like the Crucible,” he told the
Sun. “I don’t think you can get in and out of it. I think definitely it’s a wise decision to take it away from Sheffield. “Still have a tournament there. Why not? But just not the world championship over 17 days. It’s a massive circus and you need a massive space to accommodate it. “I think Saudi Arabia would be great. They’ve got the resources and would do it great. If you’re going to take it to China, you’d have to take it to Shanghai. Or another major city like Shenzhen or Guangzhou. “It’d be done properly. Courtesy cars will be
laid on. Food will be there. Hotels will be great. Everything would be paid for. Prize money would be astronomical. “The snooker becomes secondary. What are the facilities like? What’s it like for the fans? What’s the access like? You don’t need a 10 out of 10 venue. But everything else has to be right.” While still heavily involved in snooker, Barry Hearn is no longer chairman of World Snooker Tour or Matchroom Sport, working in an advisory, presidential role now. He admits that his son Eddie, now chairman of Matchroom, is much
more open to a move away from Sheffield to make more money. The Crucible’s capacity is just under 1,000, but Barry has made a request of the city to guarantee the tournament’s future with a bigger venue. ‘The danger you’ve got is Eddie,’ Hearn told Stephen Hendry last year on his Cue Tips channel of the Crucible’s future. ‘Eddie is not a snooker fan and one thing I’ve taught him is to be honest, to tell the truth. He’s not a snooker fan and it’s tempting [to move]. ‘They’ve got four years, I’m really laying the gauntlet down to
Sheffield City Council. I’m fed up with being the guy that always does the right thing. I’m saying to Sheffield, “I want to stay, build me a new venue. You like it, you tell me it’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened to Sheffield, I believe you. I will commit. Build me a venue that hold 2,500 people.” ‘It’s not a lot, I think that’s the perfect crowd. Call it the Crucible, leave the Crucible theatre doing theatre stuff. Don’t tell me you love me and then leave me to pay the bill when we have dinner.’
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