Grand Slam of Darts 2026 Hospitality

The Grand Slam of Darts 2026 is played from Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 November 2026, nine days at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton. The field is 48 players for the first time in the tournament's history, drawn into 16 groups of three. The last eight places are settled at the Tour Card Holder Qualifier on Friday 6 November 2026.

When is the Grand Slam of Darts 2026 and where is it played?

Play runs over nine days in November 2026, opening on Saturday 14 November and finishing on Sunday 22 November. The venue is Aldersley Leisure Village on Aldersley Road in Wolverhampton, a council-owned leisure and athletics site branded WV Active Aldersley by its operator. The Professional Darts Corporation stages the tournament and Sky Sports shows it live.

Both names point at one site, which matters if you look the place up under the operator's name rather than the address. For a driver or a coach firm, the postcode is WV6 9NW.

The Grand Slam has been played in Wolverhampton since 2007, apart from 2020, when it went to Coventry, and at Aldersley Leisure Village since 2018, apart from 2020. The 2026 edition is the 20th staging. The Grand Slam of Darts hospitality guide carries the tournament's history and its past winners.

What has changed for the 2026 tournament in Wolverhampton?

The Grand Slam of Darts field grows to 48 players from 32 in 2025, the first field-size change in the tournament's history. The group stage becomes 16 groups of three, replacing the eight groups of four used in 2025. The 2026 prize fund is £1,000,000 against the £650,000 of 2025, and the champion's prize is £200,000 against the £150,000 of 2025, all of it the PDC's own tournament prize money.

The change from 32 players to 48 makes a practical difference on the night. It puts more players on stage across the same nine days, and it changes the shape of the group stage.

Luke Littler is the defending champion. He won in 2025, taking the final 16-11, and in 2024 before that, which makes him the fourth player to retain the Grand Slam. His full record sits on the Luke Littler player profile.

Both finalists of the 2026 World Matchplay took reserved places in the field, under the places held for finalists of PDC televised events: Luke Littler as the winner and Gerwyn Price as the runner-up. That route, and the record he ran into in Blackpool, sit in Luke Littler's record World Matchplay win.

How is the 2026 field decided?

Qualification for the Grand Slam of Darts runs on four routes. Up to 24 automatic places go to the winners and runners-up of PDC televised events across a twelve-month window. Up to 12 further places are invited. The remainder are topped up from 2026 European Tour and Players Championship winners. The last eight come from a Tour Card Holder Qualifier with an entry deadline of Friday 6 November 2026.

That last route is why the field is not complete until eight days before the opening night. A group picking a date in November is picking a stage of the competition rather than a named player. That is the fair way to weigh the opening days against the closing weekend. The 2026 format and the 48-player field goes through the group structure in more detail.

Who is in the 2026 field, and when is it settled?

Luke Littler enters as the defending champion and as world number one on the PDC Order of Merit. Gerwyn Price is already in as World Matchplay runner-up. The field is not settled until the Tour Card Holder Qualifier fills the last eight places, and its entry deadline is Friday 6 November 2026, eight days before the opening night.

A group choosing a night is therefore choosing a date and Aldersley Leisure Village before the last names are in. Grand Slam of Darts tickets and the 2026 ballot covers the public route the PDC ran in June.

Where is the tournament venue and what does it offer a group?

Aldersley Leisure Village sits on Aldersley Road, WV6 9NW, and doubles as Wolverhampton's athletics and racket-sports centre for the rest of the year. There are over 330 parking spaces on site, free from Monday to Friday, with weekend events that may be chargeable and members parking free at all times. The 2026 tournament covers two weekends.

That parking condition lands on the opening Saturday and Sunday, 14 and 15 November 2026, and on the closing Saturday and Sunday, 21 and 22 November 2026.

The operator publishes an everyday accessibility list for the leisure centre at Aldersley Leisure Village, and that list sits with the rest of the venue detail on Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton.

Arrangements inside the tournament arena are set by the PDC rather than by the leisure centre, and they are not published. A group with access needs should have those arrangements settled for the night they attend.

What is a Grand Slam of Darts hospitality evening like?

An evening at Aldersley Leisure Village is one night of a nine-day tournament, so the first decision is which night. The group stage of 16 groups opens the tournament, and the knockout rounds close it at Aldersley Leisure Village on Sunday 22 November 2026. Sky Sports shows the tournament live.

For a group at Aldersley Leisure Village, three answers decide how the night actually runs:

• the seating type.
• when food is served around the playing schedule.
• who hosts the group on the night.

Grand Slam of Darts sessions explained goes through the tournament's shape.

Where can I find the format and the venue in full?

Two pages sit behind this one. How the 2026 group stage works sets out the new group structure and what the expansion to 48 players changes. The venue has a page of its own at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton. The Aldersley Road address and the on-site parking conditions are set out higher up this page.

Last updated: 16 September 2026.