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Barry Hearn admits that next month the Snooker Masters will be behind closed doors at Alexandra Palace after London was placed in the fourth tier of coronavirus restrictions in the capital
- The Masters will be held behind closed doors in January as part of Covid decisions
- Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has confirmed elite snookers can go on
- Barry Hearn has classified the newly introduced “Tier Four” restrictions as “Chaos”.
Barry Hearn has admitted that the new “Tier Four” restrictions will force snooker to play the Masters behind closed doors for the next month.
The game has been endorsed by Minister of Culture Oliver Dowden as one of the elite sports that can continue to host tournaments without an audience.
Though London’s status could change before the prestigious invitational tournament today has to make decisions about how to organize the event.
Barry Hearn has provided a withering answer to the knowledge that fans can’t compete in the Masters
Until last week, tickets with a capacity of 1,000 per session were sold at Alexandra Palace, but these fans will now be disappointed.
And an angry Hearn says the late decisions and the ever-changing landscape are “a mess” that was already “burned” at the Snooker World Cup in August and the PDC darts this month.
He said, ‘It’s a mess. If you had asked me about the masters two days ago, I would have said: “All systems work”. Realistically, we suddenly have a problem.
‘It’s because of all of the things we have to organize.
“It’s like this whole thing is very excited to kick me in the nuts. Every time I spend a lot of money there is no refund.
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