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thats the answer but who has the authority, imagination, cojones, whatever, to do it? We can do it unilaterally - the riders who ride gp or foreign leagues prob have dedicated machines for that. Needs someone with more tech knowledge than me to suggest exactly what to do but F2 maybe??

with considerably more expense that your average NL football team and theres the rub

shocking state of affairs

well yeah, the bspa, which should have been using the sky money to accrue as many venues as possible. So many tracks are at the mercy of people outside of the sport, they could all go tomorrow

be nice to have something owned by speedway and not private, but whatever

something else that should have been secured by the sky cash - northern area training centre, Iwade or somewhere as southern area centre.

I don't know mate, you'd know best

to be fair, most of them because i doubt any are making a profit without huge backers

there may be a renewed appetite after the break, something akin to after ww2, you never know

nothing fashionable in Poland

i've already said that

not talking about the average fan, talking about the casual fan who might spend his 15/18 elsewhere

what people don't seem to get is that the market dictates what people are willing to pay, not the other way around. Its double the price of cinema tickets, for example. A family of 2 plus 2 would need to spend around 50/60 quid to go to the speedway, maybe half that for the flix or a pizza hut or takeaway meal. That's the economic reality that potential fans face and thats what decisions around admission fees have to be based on

many of us, perhaps reluctantly, pay 15 - 18 pds to go to a meeting. Casual fans won't and don't. 10/12 quid is where the market would dictate the level for a speedway match. The knock on effect is that there would be less cash for paying riders. The knock on effects of that would be the need for cheaper kit and semi pro riders. Has anyone got the authority/ cojones to implement such a plan with the associated massive gamble of having fewer big name riders? I will now don my hard hat.

shame, Sweden have 2. However i wasn't aware that Odsal was run down as much as has been said. As national speedway stadiums go it would have been excellent.

thats correct, except Odsal can hold 3 times the crowd

anyway why can't we have a second GP?

no but proper speedway and £££ to the sport and not the stadium. I'd rather stand anyway. Saw 2 world finals there, both excellent

I think this could happen but it needs more than 1000/1500 in that place to keep it there. Also, would this be a cheaper venue for the GP? Prob holds around 40. thousand and its a proper track. Must cost a fortune to hire and adapt the Cardiff stadium.

is there no room down near BP Chemicals? Near the ARL club? Would've thought there'd be no issues since there's a massive smelly chemical plant there

prob correct mate

I'm hoping for a month of open meetings at Redcar during Sept/Oct

Pete Reading Teesside/ Middlesbrough except for 1 single meeting guesting for Swindon

Wolf is great as is adder and golden plover

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