Man in black Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, MattK said: You're not wrong. You can see the houses encroaching on the stadium on Google Maps. Everything above the red line used to be open fields offering a nice barrier between the housing estate and the stadium. Now it is all housing. Wish I knew how to post my photo, ‘cos it’s even worse now! See that triangular field just above the stadium? All new houses. And the brownish area just below the warehouse behind the main stand? Those houses are now finished. Woo Hoo! managed it!! This was the stadium on 12 Feb 2019...... Edited March 8, 2019 by Man in black 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 U really need to be a believer to see the stadium run in five years time unless serious money is pumped in to it NOW. I'd be worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 46 minutes ago, Man in black said: Wish I knew how to post my photo, ‘cos it’s even worse now! See that triangular field just above the stadium? All new houses. And the brownish area just below the warehouse behind the main stand? Those houses are now finished. Woo Hoo! managed it!! This was the stadium on 12 Feb 2019...... Wow, there certainly has been no effort at all in amending the new track shape. Swindon fans have to be concerned, the worry has to be, will they even complete the season?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looking at those photos it's hard to see how speedway in Swindon can survive. Nothing stands in the way of the insatiable need for housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 10 hours ago, steve roberts said: Strewth! Last time I went to Blunsdon it was so very rural...didn't realise that the housing was that close! Absolutely! Scary when you see things like that... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 If I lived in one of those houses, personally, I would rather have a stadium on my doorstep than have even more houses. I live opposite a church and yes, the congregation park their cars all over the shop on a Sunday, a funeral or a wedding. But I would rather the church than more flippin houses! The church is not that attractive either! But I do wonder whether the stadium will be swallowed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Lots of houses means lots of potential fans... Potential customers literally being brought to your door step.. (Or Swindon being brought to their doorstep as the case maybe?) What an opportunity to grow your business.... There will be no issues with these locals not knowing what Speedway is... Edited March 8, 2019 by mikebv 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgy Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 9 minutes ago, mikebv said: Lots of houses means lots of potential fans... Potential customers literally being brought to your door step.. (Or Swindon being brought to their doorstep as the case maybe?) What an opportunity to grow your business. .. Great twist on it. Opportunity to promote entertainment on your doorstep. I would love to have a track within walking distance. Sadly, it only takes a few ‘Only Me’s’ to make things difficult. Swindon fans get buying - some could watch from their bedroom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Hodgy said: Great twist on it. Opportunity to promote entertainment on your doorstep. I would love to have a track within walking distance. Sadly, it only takes a few ‘Only Me’s’ to make things difficult. Swindon fans get buying - some could watch from their bedroom. Wouldn't be the first time would it. Exeter, Romford and West Ham were three tracks that had houses surrounding their stadiums. For Romford it proved fatal, but the orher two ran for years without any problems. That was then but this is now. If Swindon do survive long term in the middle of a housing estate. It might give hope to future planning issues at other clubs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Hodgy said: Great twist on it. Opportunity to promote entertainment on your doorstep. I would love to have a track within walking distance. Sadly, it only takes a few ‘Only Me’s’ to make things difficult. Swindon fans get buying - some could watch from their bedroom. I remember at the 'dog bowl' the houses adjacent to the back straight had a completely unrestricted view from their bathroom windows overlooking the track when 'The Chieftain Stand' was demolished.... No one ever watched.... A 'proper business' would be engaging with their new neighbours and giving out special offers, eg a few meetings free to try it, reduced price tickets ongoing, organising meet and greet open days pre season exclusively for them etc.. Must be a couple of thousand people now within walking distance, and the demographic of house buyers in those size houses suggest young (ish) professionals with plenty of kids in tow... Speedway's much needed target audience... (Obviously still having a track to run on would be a distinct advantage in attracting them). Edited March 9, 2019 by mikebv 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 3/8/2019 at 9:41 AM, teaboy279 said: Last time I went to Swindon the car park was big enough to act as a pits for 100 race cars and lorrys and spectator parking. Now it looks barely bigger then rye house's tiny car park. And the master plan appears the have a massive white elephant with literally no prevision for stadium parking at all!! But they still wouldn't let us leave the dogs in the far end of the car park when we were on holiday and found out they now weren't allowed inside the stadium, as they might have bitten someone. Cretins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwright71 Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) On 3/7/2019 at 8:50 AM, Robert Lee said: Of course people are entitled to express their views. Just saying that some of the extreme personal insults and character assassinations you often see on here will not make anyone better-disposed to speedway. Its difficult to cut the people involved with this project much slack when all we have heard from them for the last 3 years is, failed promises, unmet deadlines, deafening silence, misleading stories and downright lies. Edited March 9, 2019 by iwright71 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiarule Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 And the reason attendances have fallen away. Even the most ardent fan losing interest.. I for one used too travel down. Have lunch Blunsdon house but not no more.. Track changes my ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startline sid Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 8 hours ago, Gemini said: But they still wouldn't let us leave the dogs in the far end of the car park when we were on holiday and found out they now weren't allowed inside the stadium, as they might have bitten someone. Cretins. from what I can see don't think anyone will be going - just how are they going to do the track changes in time ? and from what I saw last the track certainly needed a lot of work doing to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 19 hours ago, startline sid said: from what I can see don't think anyone will be going - just how are they going to do the track changes in time ? and from what I saw last the track certainly needed a lot of work doing to it I feel sorry for the Swindon fans and I have some friends who support them, but the place itself doesn't hold very good memories after being escorted out in 2008 or 9......well sort of......the steward should have stayed with us to the gate because we took a wrong turning and ended up round the back of the stadium somewhere where the riders vans were. So instead of heading home the dogs were left in the car to sleep off several hours of walking around the Uffington White Horse area and we were able to watch the match. What was annoying is we paid to come in with no problem and the 2 ladies on the gate made a fuss of the dogs so they knew we had them with us, but then at the next check point charlie we met the head jobsworth steward who refused to let us go any further. Never been back since. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Gemini said: I feel sorry for the Swindon fans and I have some friends who support them, but the place itself doesn't hold very good memories after being escorted out in 2008 or 9......well sort of......the steward should have stayed with us to the gate because we took a wrong turning and ended up round the back of the stadium somewhere where the riders vans were. So instead of heading home the dogs were left in the car to sleep off several hours of walking around the Uffington White Horse area and we were able to watch the match. What was annoying is we paid to come in with no problem and the 2 ladies on the gate made a fuss of the dogs so they knew we had them with us, but then at the next check point charlie we met the head jobsworth steward who refused to let us go any further. Never been back since. Must have been the same 'jobs worth' who once shouted at Swindon legend, Bob Kilby, that he was trespassing behind the main stand! Edited March 10, 2019 by steve roberts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, geoff58 said: around november rosco quoted the team will be getting plenty NEW track practice for the season ? hmm that's not going to happen is it !! Sometimes people in power would be better off saying nothing, rather than coming out with crap statements. It's far better being a wise monkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 14 minutes ago, cityrebel said: Sometimes people in power would be better off saying nothing, rather than coming out with crap statements. It's far better being a wise monkey. You obviously didn`t read this weeks "star" Having a go at Rosco is no longer allowed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliant Robin Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 3/9/2019 at 8:15 PM, Mafiarule said: And the reason attendances have fallen away. Even the most ardent fan losing interest.. I for one used too travel down. Have lunch Blunsdon house but not no more.. Track changes my ass. You've not driven past too recently then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, racers and royals said: You obviously didn`t read this weeks "star" Having a go at Rosco is no longer allowed Everyone in speedways inner circle is beyond criticism. They are a protected species. Edited March 11, 2019 by cityrebel Mistake in post 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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