Schedule
Eight world champions will be on display between 22 and 24 September, while other world class athletes and Hungarian competitors will also be on the bill in this increasingly dynamic sport. The 3rd Hungarian Darts Trophy will take place in the MVM Dome, instead of the previously announced BOK Hall.
The move to the MVM Dome is due to an increase in the pace of ticket sales to a level that is predicting record numbers of fans at the tournament. As a result, Darts Event, the organisers of the event, have decided that this year the MVM Dome, a venue that has proven its worth in darts in the past, will host the biggest names in the sport, including Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith. Hungarian representatives will be Patrik Kovács, Nándor Major, Gábor Jagicza and Mihály Vida.
"The new venue is nothing new for darts, as the Hungarian Darts Show was held in 2022 in the MVM Dome in excellent conditions, in a fantastic atmosphere and with world stars. We are confident that the sports and events complex will be a good host for the most prestigious domestic darts tournament of all time." - said Péter Takács, Managing Director of Darts Event.
It was previously announced that the total prize money for this year's tournament has been increased: the Hungarian Darts Trophy will award 175,000 pounds, or more than 78 million forints, to the darts players.
MVM Dome
MVM Dome is the seventh largest indoor event venue in Europe. Its capacity for sports events and concerts is significantly higher than that of the Budapest Sports Arena.
It has 20,022 seats; a total of 50,000 square metres of floor space; innovative, rearrangeable spaces for many indoor sports (handball, basketball and volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, tennis, skating) as well as certain athletic, equestrian and motorcycle competitions, and even swimming competitions and water polo matches in the mobile pool.
Through the six entrances to the building, spectators can enter the arena’s interior using eight escalators, leading to the walk-through grandstands accessible on three levels.
The structure of the building’s exterior is reminiscent of muscle fibres: the light strips placed on the outward-leaning, elliptical sections not only embrace the building, but the light shows, programmed using various colours, appear to set the entire building in motion.
There is a 600 square metre display on the façade of the building.
The Main Entrance leads to an impressive foyer, where visitors will be greeted by a grandiose hanging light installation of 848 handmade glass tubes.
The programmable sports lighting is also suitable for HDTV broadcasts of the highest-level world competitions, as well as for super-slow-motion recordings due to flicker free technology.
The lighting system also plays an important role in the events and concerts, as it is suitable for changing the colour temperature of the auditorium, which means that the lighting functions can be changed without rearranging the arena, only through the pre-programmed lighting controls. This design is the first and is unique in Europe for luminaires of this power.
A central display (cube) provides information in the auditorium during the events.
