Hungary should have a professional tournament

https://twitter.com/philhaigh_/status/1 ... 6963725321

O'Sullivan and Allen are currently doing an exhibition there and 4500 tickets have been sold in a 1500 capacity stadium. All sold out in just 24 hours.

Now I know the vast majority of that is due to the O'Sullivan effect but even if you downsize that to 25% for a regular tournament which gradually increases per round come the final, a tournament would be sustainable.

I have seen a few clips on YouTube and the stadium is packed. It's not some British, down the road pub style £5 a night type of attendance.

Maybe they'll get one after this.

Maybe, but the interest has been there for a while

https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/ronnie-o ... -18369160/

SnookerEd25 wrote:Maybe, but the interest has been there for a while

https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/ronnie-o ... -18369160/

Maybe they don't put up the moolah that the WST would expect?

Or maybe the WST just aren't very fat with this sort of thing?

Be great tournament for Stephen Lee comeback, advertising dream.

RunningSide wrote:Be great tournament for Stephen Lee comeback, advertising dream.

Stephen Lee is never coming back.

They are hungry for Snooker in Hungary.

I was in Hungary about 15 years ago. I remember that the taxi driver asked if I liked snooker and that was the topic of conversation all the way from the airport to the hotel.

After all Attila did, he must have been right cheesed off when they named the country after his weird uncle.