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Sheffield Loves Snooker - World Snooker launch 2025
The Star, Sheffield
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07/04/2025
Sheffield Loves Snooker - World Snooker launch 2025
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Yeah!
00:04
Sheffield loves snooker.
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In fact, Sheffield and snooker have been together for nearly 50 years.
00:11
Since 1977, we've given the World Championships a stage and invited the world to watch.
00:17
Each year, over 500 million fans across the globe
00:22
tune in to witness the world's best snooker players
00:25
compete in the unique and intense atmosphere of the Bristol Theatre.
00:35
Some of the sport's most iconic moments have taken place right here.
00:40
And snooker's long-standing heritage has made its mark in Sheffield
00:44
well beyond those hallowed walls.
00:47
Across the city, you can find academies training the next rising stars from around the world.
00:53
Snooker clubs welcoming members week after week
00:56
and a Sheffield business hand-crafting world-class snooker tables.
01:01
We are so proud to be the home of snooker
01:04
and this year's World Championship will be bigger and better than ever.
01:08
We'll be showing all the different ways Sheffield loves snooker
01:12
including fascinating stories from the city's thriving snooker scene.
01:16
And don't miss your chance to meet stars of the snooker world right here in Tudor Square.
01:22
More details on that coming very soon.
01:24
Whether you have tickets to the World Championship or not
01:27
come join us online and in our changing city centre
01:31
to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the kind of buzz
01:34
that can only be found with World Snooker in Sheffield.
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