NorthernBee

I once travelled with a meeting official and we were waved into the stadium free of charge. Team manager fair enough, but me? I went and paid like everyone else. Later on in the pits (before bikes started and fans allowed in) I was chatting to an acquaintance who had also come in with a meeting official only they had not gone to pay like I did. They could well afford it and were boasting about getting in for free. I'm not looking for a pat on the back just making a point that some people are freeloaders and British Speedway needs to be stricter about their guest list!

The NSS is supposed to be the jewel in the crown for British Speedway but the more times I visit the more I feel it is a massive case of the emperor's new clothes. Parking is chaos once the carparks are full and the marshals are on the gate for access but not to manage how people actually park in the school playground. They need to go and watch the Workington parking marshals, Northside looks like a work of art once they are finished. I accept that we shouldn't take food in because the fast food outlets expect to make a living from serving up those atrocious burgers. But the food and drink outlets are generally poor and the queues are long. Something has to give. Maybe a 'corkage fee' of a quid to take your own picnic in? I also really resent not being able to take a drinks bottle of water in. Surely in this day and age we should not be buying bottles of water unless it's a preference? Moaning aside, it is possible to get there by public transport especially if you don't mind parking up further afield. We've started using a parking space app and hopped on a bus. More expensive than a space at the stadium but the stress was zero.

Apologies if this has already been mentioned but I believe the streaming cost is fixed in part so that tracks don't end up with empty terraces. A percentage of the cost goes back to the track. That is why the cost is closer to an entrance fee otherwise tracks would never allow streaming.