New hall, same location
Contract until 2031: Future of the Darts World Cup clarified
12/04/2025 – 1:04 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
The Darts World Cup will not move to Saudi Arabia. There will still be a minimal change of location. Starting next year, significantly more tickets will go on sale.
The Darts World Championship will remain in London in the coming years. The Alexandra Palace venue will continue to be the venue for the tournament – however, the world darts association PDC will be moving to a new hall within the well-known arena from next year.
As the PDC announced, the contract with the “Ally Pally” has been extended by five years until 2031. In the future, the tournament will take place in the much larger Great Hall; previously the tournament was played in the West Hall.
With the move, the PDC is responding to the high demand for tickets. The new hall will offer space for over 5,000 spectators per session from the 2027 World Cup onwards. According to the PDC, the total capacity of the event will increase to around 180,000 – around 70,000 more than before.
This year’s World Cup (December 11 to January 3, 2026) is the last in the smaller West Hall. There was recently room for around 3,000 spectators per session.
PDC managing director Matt Porter said: “Alexandra Palace at Christmas is the flagship event of the tournament – its atmosphere is unrivaled across the sport.” The arena is “inseparably linked” to the World Cup. This year the field of participants will be expanded to 128 players for the first time.
A possible move of the tournament to Saudi Arabia is therefore off the table for the time being. Although the country will host the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters for the first time in January, the Darts World Championship will remain in Great Britain until at least 2031 – and thus in its traditional location.