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It did vary from event to event, depending on size of capacity, and whether a full house could be expected.... The Speedway Star published the costs a few years ago and it started, I think, around £200k up to almost £300k... The rights owners getting the money as they had paid the FIM for the rights... With Cardiff being ran by the GP owners themselves given the big income possible from that event.. If the promoters have paid half a million for both meetings then they should still do more than OK from this weekend...

Around 3000 are the £69 ones so it was a guestimate at an overall average.. If it is higher then even better for the promoters of the event...

And with the vast majority of tickets being sold being adult ones, and the cheapest being £69, with around the same number of tickets much more than £69.... Even if they only get 12,000 at an average of around say £85 or so in total, it will deliver a fair few quid, (over a million)... With the booking fees, programmes, the car park fees and food concessions are very nice bonus...

Hopefully they get their pyrotechnics in....

Just seen that... A shame... Freddie always good value at the NSS...

That is correct, you need to have a ticket for the Friday meeting...

Take cash though.... Edit Shockster beat me to it...

Last weekend there were a few hundred tickets left in the East Stand that they build for the GP's, on the Friday night...

The GP's, due to their cost, do impact crowds negatively in the lead up to, and post, the meetings.. To attend the PCM meeting, the GP's and the British Final will cost me circa £500 as I pay for my lad.. Great for Belle Vue in one way, but not great when the run of the mill domestic matches get missed...

By a long way they will... The Aces fans alone will number circa 3000 if last year is replicated...

Agreed, but Zmarzlik v Kurtz will still be worth the visit... Looking forwards to watching Woryna too... Plus Lambert... And Doyle, Madsen, and hopefully Lindgren and the others who don't ride over here...

There are two GP's this weekend in the UK, at one of the best tracks in the world, with one night already sold out.. That alone shows that the sport in this country can draw plenty of people "when done right", and also shows plenty of UK fans are still willing to pay out plenty to watch it.. Showing there is still a strong affinity from many towards it... Hopefully, the likes of Richard Coleman can lead the changes so every UK meeting is "done right" and the future is a positive one...

Common Sense.... Hence, it hasn't happened, (again)...

Last week the trophy room got broken into, I believe... The police quickly caught the bloke who did it though... He was spotted walking through the town with a Green and Yellow carpet on his shoulders as he said that was the only thing he could find worth nicking... Buddum Tish....

And Brady Kurtz...

Given the fact riders ride "elsewhere", and there are so few teams, it would be a perfect time to have squad systems.. Just knock the teams back to five riders each, use fhe Danish Lesgue model, and have, a minimum, two riders in your squad.. The rwo riders who have an income from riding elsewhere... Lose the RS, and the Numbers 3 and 2, and have five riders all over a four point average.. The riders at No3, and No2 level make up the squad so they can replace any riders missing.. With fixed nights, all will be available... Edit. Using this squad system would also add some pressure to the HL and SS riders in the team to perform, as there a possible replacements "on the bench".. HL's and SS's are virtually bomb proof nowadays regardless of their performances, so competition for places can only be a good thing..

78 matches in the top flight last year, including PO matches.... 62 Guests used... A bit more than "hardly any" at not far off one a match on average I would say... Maybe the UK should do what Sweden do and all race on the one night (Thursday?), that would then sort it once and for all... They could do that now with an even number in the league.. The top two tiers used 196 in total... Tough for a team sport, in any day and age, to sell such a concept to any major sponsors, and TV companies, I would think, even more so in a world where the optics of what you do are viewed 24/7... Let's hope the likes of Richard Coleman can influence matters enough to eradicate all those "ah, but this is Speedway" nonsense rules, which really should say "ah, but this is UK Speedway...

And 100% allowed to do so by British Speedway itself...

I would be amazed if he isn't... If one employer paid me ten times what the other did, I too would be exactly the same... Especially in such a dangerous profession, and even more so on the (as Craig Cook put it in last weeks Speedway Star), "always inconsistent" tracks of the UK...

If the Poles could get away it they definitely would... They are paying £500k plus to some riders therefore I can 100% see why they would want to ensure "their riders" only ride for them...

The most embarrassing part being that he took nearly THREE laps to go from last to first in one race...

Given the amount of injuries to "top, top riders" currently, I can see Poland going down that route... TV companies, National businesses who sponsor the league and teams, and even companies who use riders to advertise their products on national TV, will all be feeling frustrated that some of the worlds best are missing due to being injured elsewhere, meaning the product quality has dropped... With the clubs and their fans the most frustrated of all... There will surely soon be a clamor from all the stakeholders to ensure "their riders" only ride one league.. I don't knows what the top riders get collectively for their other two leagues, (£200k?), but I can see a day, soon, when all the stakeholders get together and pay that differential to ensure "exclusivity"... You wouldn't need to ensure everyone is tied down to these contracts either, just the "box office elite" that RR doesn't cover adequately... Similar to the way central contracts work in cricket, you only "play" for us...

Adrian Smith, as a newcomer to the sport, was truly "blown away" by the on track action, and couldn't believe the huge potential the sport had for strong growth given its "raw materials" and its current crowd size starting point .. Unfortunately, he was also "blown away" (but not in a good way), by the capabilities of many of those who ran the sport.. Eventually realising that their skill set, and lack of any ambition for change and growth, meant he was wasting his time, and considerable business acumen, dealing with them...

Plus, riding on Mondays, using 200 Guests, the majority of ridsrs Doubling Up and Pit Gates being unable to be fixed due to absolutely no one in fhe whole of fhe country being available to do it that day.... All missed opportunities... These Poles really don't have a clue do they?...

And should have been done years ago, when the GP's and Poland took over.