UK Championship back to Preston next year?

[wildJONESEYE]

if ever there was a case to move the world championship from the crucible to a bigger venue the conference centre was that place. now with it gone they got to be very carefull in moving for moving sake as has been mentioned the wembly Arena isnt a patch on the conference centre and moving the worlds to somewhere bigger might just rip out the heart of that tournament.

[RocketRoy1983]

I liked the Barbican and visited it 3 times the last in 2004 when I watched Maguire beat O'Sullivan. Preston was ok but nothing special for me personally. Telford is a great venue. The old Wembley was very special but the new one again is ok and I look forward to return if only to beat the high score of 7 reds in 60 seconds and not bloody draw it and not get tickets for free cos I didnt get picked out of the hat of 3 names!!

Rant over.

[dannyd0g]

I liked the Barbican and visited it 3 times the last in 2004 when I watched Maguire beat O'Sullivan. Preston was ok but nothing special for me personally. Telford is a great venue..

York is an amazing city, but the barbican itself as a snoker venue i dont know. I could only get a seat in the galleries on the time i went. And even in the first row of that it was just too far away from the tables to be able to see properly. Maybe its much better in the downstairs bit.

Preston is better for me, as not only is it much closer, but theres all the snooker history of the venue, and a good atmosphere and you get a good view from all seats, and you can walk around the top of the venue to change matches easily..

Telford - I just remember the poxy tin roof, after it was banging like they had builders in during the wind and rain in the first year. Hope they fixed that !!?

[Cossie]

Whats wrong with Manchester or Liverpool: MEN Arena (magnificent venue) Manchester Central etc. etc. and snooker has a big following in these areas.

[imy147]

Please, please make this happen!! The Guild Hall is such a historic venue and top class snooker deserves to be played there no doubt. I'm sure the crowds will be better than we have seen in the early rounds at the other events. The players love the venue too so it makes sense to bring it back. I live 15 minutes away so i would probably be there all day

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[Watford]

oooo where to start
Love to see Snooker back in Preston agree I think it should have been the UK to go back to Preston. Guild Hall could do with doing up though. Actual venue ok but the bar and other facilities aren't the best.
MEN and other arena size venues are just too bloody big.
Shame that Scotland doesn't have anything; I think that's why they moved up the Grand Prix. Still GP has looked pretty quiet since it left Preston.

[April madness]

Shame that Scotland doesn't have anything; I think that's why they moved up the Grand Prix. Still GP has looked pretty quiet since it left Preston.

Well with 15 ranking events (if that's going to happen) surely at least one could still be in Scotland. At least I hope so

[Watford]

I'll believe 15 ranking events when I see it April.
Keep the faith

[Peter147]

MEN and other arena size venues are just too bloody big.

In my opinion, it doesn't matter about the size of the venue. If it's a big venue, you just use part of it. Our local arena in Liverpool has rows of seating that slide out from under the lower tier, so you can set up an event for as few or as many people as you like. It would be nice to see a big snooker tournament in such a big city.

[Simon Jackson]

O2 Arena for the Masters?

[andy carson]

with regars to the men, yes it is too big and wouldnt be suited as much to a snooker comp, BUT it has all the bits round it a succesful tournament needs - transport hotels etc....

IMO the best place in manchester to hold a competition would be manchester central. its oong and thin rather than purpose built, you could have a section of it cordoned off easily, have two or three tables with full seating round them with plenty of room for other tables, BBC studio, players areas, public areas etc.... yeas it is an old building but even with it being in a city centre location next to a tram line and busy road, you wont get half the noise you get coming in from outside as you do at telford... police sirens, geese, birds on the roof all quite loud and noticable in there - anmd this cant be good for players trying to play matches

[gavpowell]

Here is an update on the Barbican - basically everyone has lost interest

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4701...oes_to_Europe/