mikebv

100%. To get 7000 there at an average of £70 was a huge gamble, especially given that would be around (being kind), 25% of the whole Speedway watching public in the UK.. As a one off event though you would be delighted with well over the £200k that got delivered.. And at £50 on average a ticket I would think 5000+ would be attainable.. They didn't "read the room" too well when it came to planning a week of Speedway given the lack of interest in the sport nationally, and the fact they must have expected a couple of thousand at least would stump up four meetings worth of money, (never happening in a million years), when at least two of the meetings had no national UK interest.. A one off GP would easily "wipe its face" though and probosbly more, in my opinion.. A great night though, regardless of the other issues...... And one of those events that you can truly happily say "I was there", so kudos to the organisers for delivering such a fantastic experience... When Speedway is done this well you should be filling your stadia, and, maybe, one day, the marketing will be taken seriously enough by promoters to back up the on track action.. Lambert and Bewley...

The crowd tonight? 3500? Paying an average seventy quid or so..? Well over £200k, which is easily the highest gross taken in UK Speedway for probably ever outside Cardiff..

Got to be Sweet Caroline surely?

Wow.... Just f*****g Wow!! Speedway when done like this......

Now also fluent in Polish for.. "F**k this, I'm off"......

Love watching Brady Kurtz around the NSS... Lemon should use a montage of his rides to advertise the club...

Is Bartek showing that last race to Phil?..

Great ride from the lad... Has Kelvin got his name right yet?

I am now fluent in Polish for "the referee is a c**t"....

In the middle of all the Polish lads on bend two... Enjoying myself....

Cold? Its tropical for us...

Kubera at fault for the tapes not going up... He is on a warning too... So he has to go...

They get free Steradent handed out....

Lambert performing a move that Dan wouldn't dream of.. Proper hard riding....

Quite clear the moment it got announced... As was the plan to build a stand that wasn't going to be affordable to many... A truly baffling business decision.... But this is a UK Speedway promoter...

The PCMM crowd must be similar... As for Poole, you charge ninety quid to sit in that grandstand and see how many you get...

Or a park bench....

Bit disappointed by this modern music... Put some K-Tel hits of the 70's on.....

They will have to wear hi viz tonight to do the same.... Fanzone was OK.... Hovering around South Stand waiting for an upgrade chance...

I think the pricing structure tonight is built to help pay for the costs of the other meetings.. Hotel and Transport costs for so many riders and FIM delegates must be huge given the timescale and amount of people.. Maybe the two semis for £25 and £40 combined, and the SON 2 for £20 would have got more there? With a £60 to £40 spread for the Final.. I am going tonight, and £55 is top end for me to stand and watch any sporting event, let alone one for such a minority sport.. Hopefully a nice upgrade...

Especially with no advertising of the event locally... Or none that I have seen.. Four meetings in so few days is the main issue... You could maybe have got 7,000, paying circa £50 in average, for one meeting on Saturday if that was the only meeting... And with 7,000 being between one third and one quarter of the whole of UK Speedways weekly following, that would have been some achievement .

I presume they knew the rules....

Pleased that Lebedevs is there... Great to watch around the NSS....

He's done a Magic....

The hockey pitch is booked for nine o clock, and some have arrived early......