Hearn delighted with World Series growth

Since it's inception in 2013, The World Series has gone from strength to strength adding new events all the time. From the original line up of Dubai, Shanghai, Auckland and Perth, Dusseldorf, Las Vegas and Melbourne have all been added to the calendar giving fans in those countries more chance to see their favourites in actions especially the likes of Phil Taylor who are on the edge of retirement.
And Barry Hearn in an interview with PDC.TV spoke about his pride in the growth of the World Series and how it entertains a 'new legion of fans' who may not previously have watched darts :
"Five years ago now we had the idea that we were making such huge progress in the UK and Europe, but there's another world out there that we have to go to, because there's dart players everywhere," he added.
"We launched the World Series to go out and find local talent, to encourage them, to show them the opportunity they have in their career and also to take the world's best players out there to entertain a new legion of darts fans.
"I'm feeling pretty happy because it's working. We've got seven World Series events this year, we've just come back from the best tournament we've ever done in America at the U.S. Masters and we've got a massive event coming up in Germany in October."