'I don't want it to be the Ronnie O'Sullivan show.'
While snooker events can never replicate the rowdiness of a darts tournament, Hearn would like to see the attraction of the arrows copied in the cue sport.
He believes most fans at the darts are not interested in who they are watching, they are just there for the occasion, while snooker is more reliant on star names, particularly Ronnie O’Sullivan. ‘Darts, for the sheer speed of acceleration and the love from the crowd who are having just a brilliant time,’ Hearn continued on his lean towards darts. ‘When you buy a ticket for the darts you don’t know who you’re going to watch because if you don’t buy them before…and 40% of the time they don’t watch, we put timers on them.
‘What I want to do with snooker is I want people to buy tickets for the snooker, I don’t want it to be the Ronnie O’Sullivan show, as great a player as he is and a huge draw. No sport can rely on one person. ‘In darts, no one cares so much. Of course they want to see the top players but it’s not life and death to them.’
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