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Over
75,000 fans saw the 2009 Whyte & Mackay
Premier League Darts, completing the event's
progression into the country's largest
indoor sporting event in just five seasons.
That number is set to increase next year,
with over 10,000 tickets going on sale for
the O2 Arena kick-off on 11 February - which
would be the biggest crowd in the sport's
modern era. The Liverpool Echo Arena,
Belfast's Odyssey Arena and the M.E.N. Arena
in Manchester all hold up to 8,000 fans to
see the world's best darts players.
"To be able to stage the opening league
night of the 2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier
League Darts at the world-famous O2 Arena in
London shows not only the popularity of the
tournament but also the appetite for PDC
darts," said PDC Chairman Barry Hearn.
"This tournament has grown each year
since 2005, when only 600 fans attended the
first league night in Stoke.
"No other indoor sport is able to match
the excitement and value for money offered
by the Whyte & Mackay Premier League
Darts, which will travel to all four corners
of the UK over three months."
This year, the £400,000 tournament also
returns to the BIC in Bournemouth, which
previously hosted sold-out Premier League
Darts in 2006 and 2007.
Following the visits to the O2 Arena and BIC
in Bournemouth, the tournament moves on to
the Odyssey Arena in Belfast and then to
Exeter's Westpoint Arena.
Visits to the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester,
Brighton Centre and the new LG Arena in
Birmingham complete the first half of the
14-week league phase.
Cardiff's CIA, the SECC in Glasgow and
Sheffield Arena continue the UK-wide tour,
before the Liverpool Echo Arena, AECC in
Aberdeen, Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and
Trent FM Arena in Nottingham host the
remaining league nights.
The top four players from the eight-man
league table will then progress to the
play-offs, which will be held at the Wembley
Arena on Sunday May 23.
All nights are screened live on Sky Sports
and will start at 7pm, and feature the
world's top six players, following the 2010
Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship,
alongside two Wildcard selections.
Reigning champion James Wade, who overcame
Mervyn King to lift the title at Wembley in
May, will defend his title in the
tournament, while four-time winner Phil
"The Power" Taylor and Holland's
Raymond van Barneveld will also compete.
King and Terry Jenkins, the 2007 runner-up,
are also likely to maintain their position
within the top six of the PDC's Order of
Merit, but players such as Dennis Priestley,
Ronnie Baxter and UK Open finalist Colin
Osborne are all fighting for a spot going
into the autumn's major tournaments.
The 2010 Whyte & Mackay Premier League
Darts will again boast £400,000 prize
money, including £125,000 to the eventual
champion.
Tickets
are on sale now here
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