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With regard to expensive accommodation, a big hats off to the organisers for the 17.00 (ish) start which allows train travellers to get back as far as London and Manchester (and Norwich, although didnt see Jason Doyle on the train!).

Yes of course Cardiff must continue and £50 for any event of that duration for the pinnacle of the sport is the going rate. 

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5 minutes ago, SPD444 said:

My first and last time. If you want pre event entertainment then go to one of the London NFL games, they show you how it should be done,  nothing in the stadium before other than dire light show, riders introduced in total darkness, never mind it’s all about the racing......err, what racing? Couple of overtakes and that was it. Forgot about playing the bongos, wasn’t that fun. And the joy of sitting listening to those fog horns, thank god we do not have them at Wembley. Total cost for two of us, train, tickets, hotel, food, couple of beers...£600 ish, 23 minutes racing, value for money. NO. Wish I had given money to my local club.

Total cost for me:

Ticket: £19

Fuel: £30

Sandwich: £0.89

Maccies: £6.49

Why the hell are you spending £600?!?

You can't really complain that it was poor because you decided to spend £600 on a £50 day out

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On the train home now with my 12 year old son from our first ever Speedway GP and whilst the racing wasn’t the best it was a fantastic weekend and the Cardiff experience itself was wonderful.

Bought my top tier tickets a year ago - less than £50 for two of us, great seats, stadium brilliant, atmosphere fantastic. Didn’t witness the bad behaviour others have mentioned. My 12 year old said it was the best night ever.

Enjoyed the fanzone - can’t get as close to the stars in other sports and got loads of freebies, pics, autographs etc.

Will be back next year definitely.

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21 minutes ago, rob tatum said:

I honestly cannot believe people on this moaning about paying £50 for a ticket to to attend a gp at this incredible stadium 

I ask you have you ever attended a premier league match ,concert etc etc if yes then you will know £50 is par for attending an event of this magnitude 

Also book in advance you can get tickets for £20 which lets face it is cheap ,i pay that to attend bristol rovers and somerset rebels and although i love attending there is no comparison in stadium and atmosphere 

Ok this one wasnt a classic gp but your not going to get a wroclaw or malilla every time 

My wife and i had a wonderful day and have done for the 19 yrs we have attended for me the bomber gp will take some beating lost my voice for 2 wks after that 

Look forward to many more years 

 

Good man a gas head and Somerset man, the fact is I paid the same for Cardiff what I did for somerset the night before, Somerset was cracker but your sat or standing on a grass bank with poor lighting and not very good catering and toilet outlets, Cardiff superb venue great view ( we were right above the woffinden/ Freddie incident) but poor racing and badly mannered and pissed up poles. Mind you we've paid more for some very bad rovers games where you know that the opposing keeper does,nt have a shot to save!!

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21 minutes ago, iainb said:

Total cost for me:

Ticket: £19

Fuel: £30

Sandwich: £0.89

Maccies: £6.49

Why the hell are you spending £600?!?

You can't really complain that it was poor because you decided to spend £600 on a £50 day out

Are you the Leicester fan i seen at Perry Barr put a fiver into the Charity bucket and ask for £4 change ? to walk the track at perry barr this season. 100% true story by the way.

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Sad state of affairs that the only Grand Prix allocated to the UK is held on an artificial track around a rugby pitch, when we have 3 divisions of league speedway operating regularly on proper speedway tracks.  

Nothing new of course,  as the later Wembley World Finals were run on a track that was only used for the world final and had to modify the corners of the football pitch to accommodate it. 

Now we have a National Speedway Stadium - seems ironic that it isn’t deemed suitable to host a GP. 

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47 minutes ago, rob tatum said:

I honestly cannot believe people on this moaning about paying £50 for a ticket to to attend a gp at this incredible stadium 

I ask you have you ever attended a premier league match ,concert etc etc if yes then you will know £50 is par for attending an event of this magnitude 

Also book in advance you can get tickets for £20 which lets face it is cheap ,i pay that to attend bristol rovers and somerset rebels and although i love attending there is no comparison in stadium and atmosphere 

Ok this one wasnt a classic gp but your not going to get a wroclaw or malilla every time 

My wife and i had a wonderful day and have done for the 19 yrs we have attended for me the bomber gp will take some beating lost my voice for 2 wks after that 

Look forward to many more years 

 

I'm not complaining. Just that based on people's previous experiences as posted on here I was given to understand that the cheaper tickets were always available on the day so it was a bit of a shock when they weren't and cost me more than expected. When it's just me and the wife going I always opt for tickets over £50 anyway but paying for a larger group I could have done with getting cheaper tickets.

It's good for the event that the tickets sold out but given that the view from the upper tiers is pretty similar all the way round it wouldn't hurt to make more cheaper seats available and maybe boost attendance even more.

Yes I attend Premier league football weekly. I have a season ticket which works out about £28 a game and away matches are capped at £30. My Arsenal away ticket was £26.

Yesterday was my grandsons 1st speedway experience and he blew his horn and waved his flag all the way through and loved it so I don't begrudge it.

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Just now, old bob at herne bay said:

Sad state of affairs that the only Grand Prix allocated to the UK is held on an artificial track around a rugby pitch, when we have 3 divisions of league speedway operating regularly on proper speedway tracks.  

Nothing new of course,  as the later Wembley World Finals were run on a track that was only used for the world final and had to modify the corners of the football pitch to accommodate it. 

Now we have a National Speedway Stadium - seems ironic that it isn’t deemed suitable to host a GP. 

Why would you hold an event that draws a crowd of over 40,000 people at a venue that holds 8-10,000? Madness!

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10 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Sad state of affairs that the only Grand Prix allocated to the UK is held on an artificial track around a rugby pitch, when we have 3 divisions of league speedway operating regularly on proper speedway tracks.  

Nothing new of course,  as the later Wembley World Finals were run on a track that was only used for the world final and had to modify the corners of the football pitch to accommodate it. 

Now we have a National Speedway Stadium - seems ironic that it isn’t deemed suitable to host a GP. 

It`s not that it`s deemed unsuitable to host a GP because it obviously is, however we have the rights holders and Promoters of the series BSI/IMG who don`t want another GP in the UK(and i can understand that decision). Who knows what will happen in the future when in a couple of years time a new promoter could be running the series.

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51 minutes ago, iainb said:

Why would you hold an event that draws a crowd of over 40,000 people at a venue that holds 8-10,000? Madness!

He didn't say replace Cardiff, he said why is the only GP at Cardiff. Why couldn't the NSS have one as well as Cardiff, just like Sweden & Poland do.

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