After a considerable amount of pressure from the poker community, the Tournament Directors Association, or TDA, announced on Twitter on Friday that its summit will switch venues from Venetian to Aria. The event will take place on June 26 and 27 and registration details will follow.

TDA’s Matt Savage (pictured), a veteran tournament director, announced on Twitter on Friday night, “The 2015 @PokerTDA Summit will be held June 26-27 @ARIAPoker Las Vegas. Registration details to follow shortly. Send your local TD please.” The announcement followed one a week ago saying the event would be held at Venetian, which ignited a storm of controversy.

The change of venue followed rumors for the last seven days that the location would officially be changed or the event would be canceled altogether. The Venetian hosted the TDA summit when it was last held in 2013, but given the hardline stance of parent company Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelsonagainst online gaming, a change of venue seemed imminent. Adelson has pledged to spend “whatever it takes” to rid the US of online gaming, including in the three states where it’s already regulated.

To that end, one poster on Twitter commented, “TY @SavagePoker for excellent location & date change. Hopefully @pokertda will have record attendance.”

Aria will cover costs related to the event.Venetian had offered to front the entire cost of the event, which could have approached $30,000, leaving TDA few options given its non-profit focus. The figure included a comped meeting room, food, drink, tournament, and A/V. Trying to move away from the Adelson-owned property, Global Poker Index’s Alex Dreyfus offered to pay for the summit, while former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess offered to host it at his home.

Poker Players Alliance Vice President Rich TheEngineer Muny commented “well done” on Twitter, while the Tweet itself from Savage deservingly received more than two-dozen re-Tweets.

This author would like to thank Savage and the entire TDA on changing venues to the MGM-owned Aria in Las Vegas.

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