Luke Littler Stadium announced as famous sports ground renamed after darts star

Luke Littler volition beryllium honoured by Super League nine Warrington Wolves, who volition rename their stadium aft the darts prima for 1 crippled successful designation of his PDC World Darts Championship win

Warrington Wolves person announced they volition beryllium renaming their stadium aft Luke Littler for their archetypal Super League crippled of the caller season.

Littler is from Warrington and grew up supporting the Wolves, who reached the semi-finals past play wherever they were beaten 10-8 by Hull KR. The caller Super League play kicks disconnected this period and Littler volition beryllium a impermanent of honour erstwhile Warrington big Catalans Dragons connected February 21.

The 18-year-old is being honoured aft winning the PDC World Darts Championship past month, with Littler defeating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 successful the last to go the youngest victor successful history.

As a result, Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium volition beryllium renamed the Luke Littler Stadium for their clash with the Dragons and the teen volition parade his trophy astir the transportation during half-time.

Littler said: "It's a imagination travel existent that the nine I've been a instrumentality of since I was young has decided to sanction the stadium aft maine for a night! It's an implicit honour and I can't convey the nine enough."

Warrington's CEO Karl Fitzpatrick added: "Luke's achievements connected the world signifier person been thing abbreviated of incredible, and we are immensely arrogant to observe his occurrence with this peculiar homecoming.

"He's a existent Warrington fan, and truthful renaming our stadium successful his honour for our location opener is simply a fitting tribute. We invitation the full municipality to articulation america connected February 21st and marque it a nighttime to remember.

"A large convey you to Halliwell Jones and Warrington Borough Council for their enactment successful making this happen." Warrington anticipation the determination volition bring much attraction to the club, with Littler having besides helped motorboat their caller kit.

"This thought came astir from 1 of your colleagues, Brian Carney, arsenic we discussed however we could recognise Luke's unthinkable homecoming of the World Championships," Fitzpatrick told Sky Sports News.

"The Halliwell Jones Stadium, for 1 nighttime lone connected the 21st of February erstwhile we play Catalans Dragons, is going to beryllium known arsenic the Luke Littler Stadium. Luke Litter has had a play summons for galore years and really successful 2024 earlier his meteoric emergence helium participated successful the Hoover half-time challenge.

"He was overmuch amended astatine darts than helium was throwing balls done a hoop. But he's been a play summons holder for galore years, we asked him if he'd beryllium up for this activation and helium jumped astatine it. He's arsenic excited astir it arsenic we are.

"He'll enactment the limelight connected the rugby. The feedback we've had with thing we've done with Luke has been incredible. He launched our caller kit and we've had grounds sales. He's a genuine instrumentality and he's going to enactment this spotlight connected this fantastic nine erstwhile again."

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