And the record for the quickest event venue announcement and cancellation goes to… PGL!

With an impressive time of 5 hours and 45 minutes!

In a swift turn of events, PGL canceled their trip to Krakow for their first event of 2027, just hours after announcing a return to the TAURON Arena – the same venue that hosted their 2017 Major. The reason? The venue “informed us that they have to cancel our reservation”.

According to PGL’s statement, the TAURON Arena informed the TO that it had “received confirmation from the Municipality of Kraków that Kraków will be a host city and co-organizer of a cyclical event which will take place in January for the next 3 years”. This raises the question: could this ‘cyclical event’ be the confirmation of IEM Krakow?

In response to PGL’s cancellation tweet, Łukasz Sęk, the Vice-President of the Municipality of Kraków, stated that PGL “announced the event date without having a signed reservation agreement with TAURON Arena”. What a mess.

Basically, PGL alleges that TAURON Arena canceled a reservation they already had for those dates, while the Municipality countered by saying PGL never even made a reservation in the first place.

So, what really happened? Who knows, but don’t you worry. Give it a few weeks, and the Reddit detectives will give us a full report.