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Come to poole, we could squeeze you into a seat in the main Grandstand, and see some top class speedway with top class riders at a club that wins Trophies.. you'l be made to feel very welcome... :lol:

 

Starman, your post suggests that Jacques is a bit of a 'porker' and would have to squeeze into one of your blue-haired seats :nono: How rude are you ?

 

As for your other point, why would anyone 'sell their soul' to the Devil :D:t:

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If it is property developers then they certainly won't wait for the Speedway lease to run out.

 

I work in the housing market and the market is a fickle thing, It fluctuates rapidly and this supposed company have decided to make this an investment project; They almost certainly used housing market data from today along with their financial projections

 

I suspect Coventry may be bought out! What happens if the economy has a recession?

 

Sandhu has stitched up the Bee's in my opinion.

Do you really work in housing market or is that a little fib ?

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If it is property developers then they certainly won't wait for the Speedway lease to run out.

 

I work in the housing market and the market is a fickle thing, It fluctuates rapidly and this supposed company have decided to make this an investment project; They almost certainly used housing market data from today along with their financial projections

 

I suspect Coventry may be bought out! What happens if the economy has a recession?

 

Sandhu has stitched up the Bee's in my opinion.

not doing a very good job if living in a garage is anything to go by.... And it's not even yours :)

 

 

In Estonia :)

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If it is property developers then they certainly won't wait for the Speedway lease to run out.

 

I work in the housing market and the market is a fickle thing, It fluctuates rapidly and this supposed company have decided to make this an investment project; They almost certainly used housing market data from today along with their financial projections

 

I suspect Coventry may be bought out! What happens if the economy has a recession?

 

Sandhu has stitched up the Bee's in my opinion.

 

Anyway, back to the discussion. We don't know who the buyer is yet. It would be good to get some idea asap. It could be good news .. :neutral:

 

Blimey, you've had a lot of jobs in your young life :D

While on its paper round it wears a sandwich board advertising an estate agent. :D

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But with Birmingham surely unable with their once-a-week local noise restrictions to accommodate to much (if any) of any emergency hosting of Coventry home meetings and Monmore already doubly-committed to the Wolves and Heathens, would Leicester be the most likely saviour of any Bees' home action if Brandon closes completely mid-season ?

 

Afraid the Brummies would be unable to help in such a situation and retain enough suitable rain off dates, if they could then Dudley would have remained part tennants than moving full time to Monmore.

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Starman, your post suggests that Jacques is a bit of a 'porker' and would have to squeeze into one of your blue-haired seats :nono: How rude are you ?

 

 

No not at all. Just we have a near full Grandstand every week, so it would be hard to find her a space, but im sure we could squeeze her in somewhere.. :D

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In your first post (#38) you called me a clown (or isn't that a clown icon)?

 

There is no opinion in what you quoted but you missed off :rolleyes: which IS the opinion! Wasn't snide at all but if that's how you read it I'm happy for you.

 

 

It a wasted effort trying to have a sensible conversation with that poster.

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If it is housing developers they are taking a bit of a risk with the history of planning failures on the site and nearby.

 

I wish I could agree with you Woz, but that's not the case. I lived in Wolston for over ten years. Farmland, on the outskirts of the village, was sold to a developer. It took them many years and various applications, but they won in the end and when I visited friends last month. It was already a building site. Not even the newts could save it, they just made a pond nearby :(

 

Brandon is effectively brown field and would NOW seem a prime development site for housing sadly....I hope I'm wrong!

 

 

It a wasted effort trying to have a sensible conversation with that poster.

 

It's*

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This talk About Birmingham and Leicester it's Coventry Bees we are talking about.I first started supporting the Bees in the 40's I am fully signed with season tickets for this season the football saga has run on, we need our speedway as the rest of the sport in the City is dying. Gone Highfield Road, Coundon Road is this the last nail in the coffin stop all this backbiting on the forum and get behind Mick Horton and see that whoever has bought the stadium will face a long process before building etc can take place Coventry is the last bastion of Speedway in the UK and we need to fight for Brandon or a replacement if the news is the final nail.

Give up girls

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This talk About Birmingham and Leicester it's Coventry Bees we are talking about.I first started supporting the Bees in the 40's I am fully signed with season tickets for this season the football saga has run on, we need our speedway as the rest of the sport in the City is dying. Gone Highfield Road, Coundon Road is this the last nail in the coffin stop all this backbiting on the forum and get behind Mick Horton and see that whoever has bought the stadium will face a long process before building etc can take place Coventry is the last bastion of Speedway in the UK and we need to fight for Brandon or a replacement if the news is the final nail.

Give up girls

I may be mistaken but we had a conversation among ourselves (office staff and trackstaff,(me and my helpers) in 2008 about the main site of the Stadium and we were told by the council offices, Brandon is definitaly Brownbelt land and as such cannot be redeveloped for anything other than a sporting venue .If I am right there maybe a situation worth looking into by someone with more clout than a poor old truck driver (me) .Fingers and anything else crossed .

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I wish I could agree with you Woz, but that's not the case. I lived in Wolston for over ten years. Farmland, on the outskirts of the village, was sold to a developer. It took them many years and various applications, but they won in the end and when I visited friends last month. It was already a building site. Not even the newts could save it, they just made a pond nearby :(

 

Brandon is effectively brown field and would NOW seem a prime development site for housing sadly....I hope I'm wrong!

 

 

It's*

Luckily for us its a different site with different issues for planners. We don't yet know what they plan to do, it might not be as bad as we think.

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It will be no suprise to anyone if the site of Brandon Stadium is redeveloped for other purposes in the future and that will be a ad day for speedway as many of us have had some great times there from British Finals, Grand Prix's, Miller Testimonial, Olse Farewell and any time Wolves went there and won !!

 

 

The short term shouldn't be an issue as the current lease should still be in place but I do wonder if he sale has anything to do with Coventry City Foot ball Club as they have had financial problems and have been looking for a new home. The Ricoh Arena was too big and expensive for a league club and they needed Premiership football to stay there and that is now as likely as Trinidad and Tabago winning the Winter Olympics Downhill skiing.

 

 

If they can secure the backing from sponsors, council etc then maybe a new smaller stadium (10,000 - 20,000 capacity) at Brandon would be a good option for them. If this is built on the left side of the current car park, the Speedway Stadium could stay there for the next year or so while the right side of the car park could be redeveloped for offices/factories or maybe even a retail park featuring a well known supermarket who would possibly be the actal owners of the land. (Supermarkets ar said to own over 20% of the land in Britain at present)

 

 

Would the new Coventry City FC Stadium include Speedway ? ............. Doubtful but not beyond it but it would possibly mean moving corners during certain times just as Wembley did in the glory days.

 

 

Maybe it has nothing to do with the football or supermarket giants but it is obvious that such a large piece of land can not be financially viable through minority sports like Greyhounds, Stock Cars and Speedway.

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It will be no suprise to anyone if the site of Brandon Stadium is redeveloped for other purposes in the future and that will be a ad day for speedway as many of us have had some great times there from British Finals, Grand Prix's, Miller Testimonial, Olse Farewell and any time Wolves went there and won !!

 

 

The short term shouldn't be an issue as the current lease should still be in place but I do wonder if he sale has anything to do with Coventry City Foot ball Club as they have had financial problems and have been looking for a new home. The Ricoh Arena was too big and expensive for a league club and they needed Premiership football to stay there and that is now as likely as Trinidad and Tabago winning the Winter Olympics Downhill skiing.

 

 

If they can secure the backing from sponsors, council etc then maybe a new smaller stadium (10,000 - 20,000 capacity) at Brandon would be a good option for them. If this is built on the left side of the current car park, the Speedway Stadium could stay there for the next year or so while the right side of the car park could be redeveloped for offices/factories or maybe even a retail park featuring a well known supermarket who would possibly be the actal owners of the land. (Supermarkets ar said to own over 20% of the land in Britain at present)

 

 

Would the new Coventry City FC Stadium include Speedway ? ............. Doubtful but not beyond it but it would possibly mean moving corners during certain times just as Wembley did in the glory days.

 

 

Maybe it has nothing to do with the football or supermarket giants but it is obvious that such a large piece of land can not be financially viable through minority sports like Greyhounds, Stock Cars and Speedway.

The club have confirmed it is not them who have bought the site. They have said in the passed a lot of hurdles would need to be jumped to get any sort of planning permission. It wont be a supermarket either as there is a Morrisons and also a new shopping complex next to it with a Marks and Spencers and Asda Living on the site.

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It will be no suprise to anyone if the site of Brandon Stadium is redeveloped for other purposes in the future and that will be a ad day for speedway as many of us have had some great times there from British Finals, Miller Testimonial, Olse Farewell and any time Wolves went there and won !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wonder what purpoes they might be. I can see the council rubbing their hands together now... Ger Granville, fer fetch the till... And people moaned about Havvy having a fairwell meeting.. Oh i forgot, its not being held at Coventry, is it!!

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Can't see Speedway continuing at Brandon after this season. Regardless of the length that remains on the promoters lease the stadium owner / developer just won't blow any money on maintenance and extra bills required to keep the stadium open.

 

If anything, they'll be looking to pay off the lease

 

This is terrible for Speedway, another venue with history set to disappear and not likely to return. Are there any other oval track venues in and around Coventry as this will be their only hope? A new venue would be almost impossible to find seeing as the football club are struggling with an almost identical problem. There certainly won't be a merge with the speedway and football, they just won't want the track around a football pitch, no club wants that.

 

Belle Vue have been very fortunate in the fact that Manchester City FC has been banging £millions into the redevelopment of the City leaving the council with funds to help pay towards a new Speedway venue.

 

New speedway ventures are nigh on impossible

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The football club have said it is not them ,but to be fair they are conservative with truth to say the least.

I am sure the bees will get a couple more seasons at Brandon as planning procedures are not quick.

But on a negative side I cannot see a property developer keeping the speedway on site .

Equally it's hard to see the cash materialising to develop a new track unless it's a caveat in the deal.

Hoping for a positive outcome expecting the worst.

Up the bees!

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