Spl77 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 2 hours ago, DBP said: Its been reported that polish fans will be allowed in but at 25% capicity. Not for the first round of matches thats still behind closed doors but for the second round think its around 19th June If something along those lines were given the go ahead by the government here British speedway could Re start no problem at all. The BSPA plan over the last 25 years of making speedway such a niche market could finally bear fruit. All those supporters who have been driven away makes social distancing at speedway matches totally possible. See the BSPA are genius and have been creating a business model that works in a pandemic crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 There really is no debate to be had here. Speedway is barely profitable with paying fans, it won’t happen behind closed doors here. If it does it is financial suicide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Totally agree. The shoestring speedway runs on makes it impossible to run with no income coming through the turnstiles. The social distancing aspect is tricky as well. It can probably be implemented at some tracks, but not others. Wolves can only accommodate supporters in a relatively small section of Monmore as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted June 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 Just for the record. 3.8k people watched Birmingham v Peterborough last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Happy Hunter said: Just for the record. 3.8k people watched Birmingham v Peterborough last night. VIEWING figures for televised speedway meetings between 80 and 100 thousand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enotian Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 7 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: VIEWING figures for televised speedway meetings between 80 and 100 thousand given that people have paid subscriptions for more content than speedway you couldn't expect those figures for a pay per view but even if you got 50% at £5 per event (c20 heat individual, 4TT, pairs etc) you're into £200k income. I'm no expert on the costs of running a meeting but I can't imagine £200k wouldn't cover it. alas I think the window of opportunity has passed and now our screens will be filled with millionaires who didn't want to entertain us when we needed them to. whilst our under paid speedway riders who I'm sure would have jumped at the chance to entertain are still sat twiddling their thumbs earning nothing for another six weeks at least. we've all been let down during this pandemic but you do have to feel for the riders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted June 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I think you are right that the opportunity is passed. The sad thing is that, as far as I can see, no one even bothered to do the sums to find out if my original suggestions were feasible. Like you I have no idea what it costs to put a meeting on but Philip's figures suggested that there is an audience for live speedway and even old meetings can get nearly 3k viewers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enotian Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 11 hours ago, Richard Weston said: Eastbourne put together a cost/benefit analysis and said they felt the paying audience would not be sufficient to run meetings. yes I wouldn't pay to stream an Eastbourne meeting unless it was against the Diamonds. There is no way each track could have run meetings and relied on streaming revenue. Those receipts would be far lower than gate receipts and other income that a normal meeting would generate. But with a little creative thinking arranging one meeting per week featuring a number of teams (albeit scratch line ups due to the lack of riders) either pairs, individual or 4TT might have attracted viewing figures of the scale previous TV matches had. Then you start to look like having a viable product. Not ideal but might have got the sport some much needed exposure at a time when sports channels must have been desperate for live content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 22 hours ago, Richard Weston said: Eastbourne put together a cost/benefit analysis and said they felt the paying audience would not be sufficient to run meetings. Think they are right ,unless the riders took Substantial pay cut. Even then I doubt it would be viable for British League Speedway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted September 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 On 6/10/2020 at 9:07 AM, Happy Hunter said: I think you are right that the opportunity is passed. The sad thing is that, as far as I can see, no one even bothered to do the sums to find out if my original suggestions were feasible. Like you I have no idea what it costs to put a meeting on but Philip's figures suggested that there is an audience for live speedway and even old meetings can get nearly 3k viewers. A streamed meeting! Whatever next! https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.38333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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