Trees Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 3 hours ago, speed29 said: well we need more speedway tracks in UK!!! im glad Swindon is coming back next season 2023 Swindon is def back next year? Good if so! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 23 minutes ago, Trees said: Swindon is def back next year? Good if so! I'll believe it when I see it...the future of Swindon's Stadium has been banded about for so long now it's easy to think cynically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I'll believe it when I see it...the future of Swindon's Stadium has been banded about for so long now it's easy to think cynically. I was just thinking I'd not seen the press release about it .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 This weeks star said efforts were made to get a GP at Odsal but the track wasn't wide enough to meet FIM standards. It would however meet British league standards if someone could come in and stump up the cash for a bespoke fence that would need to be taken down before every stocks meeting. The new owners are keen to see speedway return, I guess any extra revenue is good from their perspective, they must need all the cash they can get to maintain a big old stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 32 minutes ago, eric i said: This weeks star said efforts were made to get a GP at Odsal but the track wasn't wide enough to meet FIM standards. It would however meet British league standards if someone could come in and stump up the cash for a bespoke fence that would need to be taken down before every stocks meeting. The new owners are keen to see speedway return, I guess any extra revenue is good from their perspective, they must need all the cash they can get to maintain a big old stadium. It would be a huge risk for anyone... A title winning team with world class riders couldnt attract enough punters when Speedway probably had, at least, double the crowds it gets now... And, unlike areas like Swindon, Coventry, Oxford and Birmingham, there hasnt been much of a concerted effort to try and bring Speedway back.. Maybe when they build that Superdome roof, meaning there wont be any rain off threats, it could then be viable... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Bradford Council have submitted plans for a new £100 million 25,000 capacity indoor stadium at Odsal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 59 minutes ago, Gringo said: Bradford Council have submitted plans for a new £100 million 25,000 capacity indoor stadium at Odsal. I think that we've heard it all before! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRDukes Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 Think I've heard this before https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/22316192.odsal-biggest-stadium-permanent-roof-country-new-plans/ 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Gringo said: Bradford Council have submitted plans for a new £100 million 25,000 capacity indoor stadium at Odsal. Is it the same plan that they submitted about 30 years ago? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted September 20, 2022 Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 hours ago, WRDukes said: Think I've heard this before https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/22316192.odsal-biggest-stadium-permanent-roof-country-new-plans/ They have got to win one of the two £50m awards to even get this off the ground,then hope to raise another £50m through sponsorship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 12 hours ago, cowboy cookie returns? said: Is it the same plan that they submitted about 30 years ago? It must be because the numbers quoted are those that it would have cost 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket007 Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 No mention of Stockcars/Speedway within the Stadium. Will there be room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 Can grass grow indoors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dodds Posted September 21, 2022 Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 8 hours ago, rocket007 said: No mention of Stockcars/Speedway within the Stadium. Will there be room? assume if it's a dome then the surface is not permanent so, as with Cardiff and Tottenham, the floor level can be configured for other sports and concerts. Although the strangely low capacity suggests it may be pretty basic - the previous Bradford Superdome in the 80s was going to be 75,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrickn Posted September 24, 2022 Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 6:03 PM, George Dodds said: assume if it's a dome then the surface is not permanent so, as with Cardiff and Tottenham, the floor level can be configured for other sports and concerts. Although the strangely low capacity suggests it may be pretty basic - the previous Bradford Superdome in the 80s was going to be 75,000 Speedway and stox not included in the new plans,but don't worry,we have heard it all before and nothing happened.Wildly over optimistic attendance and revenue figures being bandied about.Once reality sets in,the scheme will be quietly dropped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, Bavarian said: Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 and this Odsal Stadium now - still a great place for speedway - the FIM should think again 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAST GATER Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Bavarian said: and this Odsal Stadium now - still a great place for speedway - the FIM should think again Certainly has potential but it's sadly the financial implications I suspect are too big a reach ! Edited September 25, 2022 by FAST GATER 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 Surly it would cost a fraction of Cardiff costs to put speedway in here, a full Bradford is better than 22000 in Cardiff?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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