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Snooker's World Championship has stayed at the Crucible

The small Sheffield theatre has staged the tournament every year since 1977 The championship moved to the Crucible Theatre in 1977 and has been staged there every year since. The intimate arena puts the front row within a few feet of the table. The venue has a long-term agreement to host the event into the 2030s. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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World Snooker

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Snooker's World Championship has stayed at the Crucible: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The small Sheffield theatre has staged the tournament every year since 1977. The figure is taken from World Snooker, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.