Ally Pally Experience

PTH2009

Ally pally is truly the Mecca for Darts fans

The fan village is amazing and in a bit of an unusual step there is no footage of the game going on in the next room. Lots of games (Paddys Bullseye Challenge, Sick note service) and you can 'pay' to get a photo with Darts legends (Keith Deller and Russ Bray we're there for the Afternoon Session)

Food and drink prices are standard UK event prices so not the cheapest but it's a decent offering. As expected the 'Pitchers' were popular starting at £30.20

The venue itself is superb but it's 'North London' so not very walkable from Central London but it does have good rail/tube and bus accessibility. If i was going again I wouldn't book a hotel in Central London

The Atmosphere is amazing and a mix between a concert/Oktoberfest with a few games of Darts thrown in (pun not intended). I was in the 'tired seating section' and was a great view. The room looks so much bigger on TV than it is in person. Obviously a few big screens/scoreboards, the chants are part of the package and just have to be tolerated

Best chance of getting Tickets is signing up to for annual PDC TV membership (before mid July) but you have to be on the ball the moment they go on sale as they normally sell out very quickly. Other options are some 3rd party ticket resale sites and Travel Packages (Cassidy Travel etc

It's a must for any Darts fan esp the time of year and would be such a shame if they move to another venue. Expanding the tournament is the best bet

KevIRL

Nice trip report and pics PTH

boomdocker

Great stuff, hope to go one of these years, but friggin difficult to get tickets :(

Officer999

Very surprised at how poor the beer selection is. Amstel the only lager?

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122978546#Comment_122978546

Yep, bit unusual especially with 'fosters' been one of the sponsors

No idea what that 'neck oil' drink was

Speak Now

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122980732#Comment_122980732

It's a session IPA brewed by Beavertown.

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122980752#Comment_122980752

I'd vomit my guts u

buster180

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122980781#Comment_122980781

Its actually quite nice, one of the better IPA’s

KevIRL

At least you didn't have to sit through this PTH

https://youtu.be/hS_fOLHpDqs?si=9LvzLPyZmqBCL-83

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122986152#Comment_122986152

Painful

Cosmo Kramer

Seems odd that one of the main sponsors is Fosters yet you can't buy Fosters at the venue. Especially as the drinks brands you can buy - Amstel, Inchs and Beavertown are all, like Fosters, owned by Heineken. Strange that it's not Fosters rather than Amstel that they are selling on site.

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123000579#Comment_123000579

Would Fosters be cheaper than the others in pubs? They might be trying to push their premium products.

mickdw

Surely there is a foster bar somewhere there

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123000599#Comment_123000599

nope no 'fosters' anywhere (thank **** it's horrid stuff)

happyoutscan

Wouldn't be my thing but it looks like a great set up!

Is there much hassle, fights in the crowd etc due to alcohol?

retalivity

What's the fireball sicknote service? Is it really a holding pen for anyone that gets too bolloxed??

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123000892#Comment_123000892

Might be the odd asshole with a few to much in them getting a bit lippy but saw no fights or anything. As you can imagine a lot of cubicle use and long toilet ques

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123001078#Comment_123001078

Basically Russ Bray writes ya some gimmick note and takes a photo with you