T.N.T. Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 WEMBLEY STADIUM WEB SITE Wembley Stadium will welcome roughly 1 ½ million football and rugby fans each year, but it will also have important roles as the country’s leading venue for music concerts and will allow the UK to bid for the greatest events in world sport – from the World Athletics Championship and the Olympic Games to the FIFA World Cup. Athletics will be hosted on a specially built platform that keeps fans as close as possible to the action for football, rugby and athletics while allowing for uninterrupted views of the events. An enormous amount of thought has also gone into creating great venue for concerts. The designers have provided a choice of stage locations but for most events the stage is likely to be end on in the western side of the stadium, again bringing fans as close as possible to the stage. This location, the higher roofline of the new stadium and a new purpose-built sound system will all reduce the amount of noise ‘spillage’ from the stadium. Seats will be demountable to allow for quick rigging for concerts and a clean power supply is built into the stage positions. The old Wembley Stadium hosted many different events, from a papal visit to a charity cricket event (it was rained off). It is likely that the new Stadium will attract a similarly diverse range of events. If it takes a week to build hold and dismantle a track for an atletics meeting, then surely in the football close season as the British GP is, could this be a possible venue for Speedway once more. This may be a dream, but surely it could happen if talks are held as laying a running track and speedway track are possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Agree with that - maybe Wembley could hold the Europen GP and leave the British GP at it's spiritual home in Cardiff. Another idea would be English GP at Wembley, Welsh GP at Cardiff and then that leaves the potential for a Scottish GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jee Man Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 i think Wembley would be good. But Wembley has not got a lot of clubs places to eat and so on. As Cardiff has it all and the sgp there is all in one place which is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 "Wembley Stadium will welcome roughly 1 ½ million football and rugby fans each year, but it will also have important roles as the country’s leading venue for music concerts and will allow the UK to bid for the greatest events in world sport – from the World Athletics Championship and the Olympic Games to the FIFA World Cup." "Athletics will be hosted on a specially built platform that keeps fans as close as possible to the action for football, rugby and athletics while allowing for uninterrupted views of the events." If it takes a week to build hold and dismantle a track for an atletics meeting, then surely in the football close season as the British GP is, could this be a possible venue for Speedway once more. Hmm, something's gone pear-shaped with Wembley's web-site (not to mention its builders!!), I'd say; as surely this is no longer the plan..?? I think the fact that this quote comes from a LONG time ago is given away by the bit about bidding for the Olympics.. We've already bid and WON..!! And are building a huge Athletics Stadium to stage the Olympics. With that 80k seater arena available for track & field I cannot imagine in any circumstances, Wembley being needed to stage Athletics; and as far as I know, there are NO plans to resurrect the previous idea of a floating platform to stage track events at Wembley. Not that I'm dismissing the Speedway GP plans..: far from it..: if they can lay a track at Cardiff then I can see no reason why they shouldn't - at what is, after all, the spiritual home of the Speedway World Championship.. What a shame too, that the short-sighted people who have compiled the web-site talk about a totally spurious "charity Cricket match" (that didn't even happen!) but make apparently no mention of the MILLIONS (and it was well over a million A SEASON in the glory days of the Wembley Lions) that attended Speedway in the old Empire Stadium. We live in a country where history is regularly rewritten when it comes to our sporting heritage (and Speedway for one, is always air-brushed away...); and it's time to fight back...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 What a shame too, that the short-sighted people who have compiled the web-site talk about a totally spurious "charity Cricket match" (that didn't even happen!) but make apparently no mention of the MILLIONS (and it was well over a million A SEASON in the glory days of the Wembley Lions) that attended Speedway in the old Empire Stadium.We live in a country where history is regularly rewritten when it comes to our sporting heritage (and Speedway for one, is always air-brushed away...); and it's time to fight back...!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Of course I right away checked if there's speedway on the page, and found a picture of a BV rider from the timeline, 50's or 60's it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Who wants speedway back at Wembley? Not me for starters. What has Wembley got to offer that Cardiff hasn't? No bars, shops, restaurants at wembley. Noting there but a stadium, stick out on a limb away from the centre of London. Cardiff is smack bang in the middle of the city, parking is easy, and its far far better than Wembley ever was, albeit the crowd was bigger back then. But for me, I I should imagine, the majority of fans who attend Cardiff, it's a no brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Of course I right away checked if there's speedway on the page, and found a picture of a BV rider from the timeline, 50's or 60's it was. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A BV rider? That's none other than the magnificent Peter Craven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 1957 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjw ministerofport Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I agree with Mr Shovlar. What makes me sick, is that Wembley was kept in the black for years by speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badge Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I agree with Mr Shovlar as well, this 'new wembley' is staging concerts this year (subject to it being finished ) and I have a ticket to see Bon Jovi, and let me tell you it ain't cheap! far more than we have to pay for a ticket to see the GP in Cardiff AND no roof so guaranteed racing. No -Cardiff has established itself as the best and biggest attended GP and it needs to keep it IMO. Also coming from Ipswich we have great fun, we leave on Friday stay in Weston super Mare and have a real good weekend's fun, wouldn't get that in London - no parking, fighting on the tubes, and no guarantee there will be trains running when it has finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covbees7 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Who wants speedway back at Wembley? Not me for starters. What has Wembley got to offer that Cardiff hasn't? No bars, shops, restaurants at wembley. Noting there but a stadium, stick out on a limb away from the centre of London. Cardiff is smack bang in the middle of the city, parking is easy, and its far far better than Wembley ever was, albeit the crowd was bigger back then. But for me, I I should imagine, the majority of fans who attend Cardiff, it's a no brainer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I need to go in a dark room and lie down,for once i actually find myself agreeing with Mr Shovlar,LEAVE CARDIFF ALONE!!!! Amenities excellent and well positioned and the craic is mighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I don't know....... lets keep our options open. Don't write off Wembley just yet, it would be great to get a GP back in the capital. Maybe savour Cardiff for the World Cup Final! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Although Wembley is much closer to where I live, I agree with Steve Shovlar (my god, the poor man will wonder what he has done, all these people agreeing with him!). The millenium stadium and Cardiff, make the British GP. As others have said, plenty of bars, easy parking, hotels etc and a real party atmosphere. Can you imagine if it was held at Wembley, I don't think the police would be as easy going as they are at Cardiff. No, my vote would be for it to stay where it is, a great stadium and a great City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 No, my vote would be for it to stay where it is, a great stadium and a great City. Another vote in favour of keeping the G.P. at the Millenium Stadium. This must surely be a record - so many agreeing with Steve Shovlar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Witch Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 A vote to keep it in Cardiff from me too. A brilliant weekend away from home, eating out, meeting up with friends in pubs and a day out en-route home on Sunday. Speedway highlight of my year. Wembley for us would mean leaving home mid afternoon Saturday, taking my own sarnies, no booze and home by midnight. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberCelt Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 (edited) Does this new Wembley have a roof? If not then the weather factor means Cardiff will always be ahead as well as welcoming all of you down here for a great time that somehow I think would just get lost at Wembley Edited February 10, 2006 by AmberCelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Well, it has a roof over the spectators, but not, I think, a sliding roof a la Cardiff. However, the old Wembley was owned by Wembley plc, whereas the new Wembley is owned by the speedway-loving FA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanisnumber1 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Who wants speedway back at Wembley? Not me for starters. What has Wembley got to offer that Cardiff hasn't? No bars, shops, restaurants at wembley. Noting there but a stadium, stick out on a limb away from the centre of London. Cardiff is smack bang in the middle of the city, parking is easy, and its far far better than Wembley ever was, albeit the crowd was bigger back then. But for me, I I should imagine, the majority of fans who attend Cardiff, it's a no brainer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 100% behind Steve on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Who wants speedway back at Wembley? Cardiff is smack bang in the middle of the city, parking is easy, If it was my post you were relying to, I suggested Wembley should be on the GP calendar in addition to Cardiff. You are kidding aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Cardiff wins every time. The day they move speedway (back) to Wembley is the day I stop going to the British GP. The Cardiff weekend isn't just an event now it's a speedway institution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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