Swindon Stadium

[Pinny]

4 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Obviously from a financial point of view it’s better to build but as my initial post, they haven’t built on the track and the business like macdonalds and greggs would of benefited from the speedway still being there and as one of my customers is within a few hundred yards of the track they told me they wished they would have kept it a speedway track than an industrial estate which it has now become 

The Hancocks were offered a few million for the land were they not? And took it, hence the closure of the speedway. 
 

thats what the story was at the time anyway. 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

13 minutes ago, Pinny said:

The Hancocks were offered a few million for the land were they not? And took it, hence the closure of the speedway. 
 

thats what the story was at the time anyway. 

I think the few million is for the rent of the land but either way the new builds, macdonalds. Greggs, ford, screw-fix etc are not on the land where the speedway was,the outline of where all the track was is still there ,the bar on first bend is used as an office now, the car parks infront of the track are still there and when you go up to the main gates which are still there you wouldn’t know the track isn’t there, not a lot has changed and all the new builds are going the opposite direction to the track as you turn off the main road with ford being the closest, I was under the impression that they were going to build on the track but that doesn’t seem to be the case 

[Pinny]

4 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Obviously from a financial point of view it’s better to build but as my initial post, they haven’t built on the track and the business like macdonalds and greggs would of benefited from the speedway still being there and as one of my customers is within a few hundred yards of the track they told me they wished they would have kept it a speedway track than an industrial estate which it has now become 

The Hancocks were offered a few million for the land were they not? And took it, hence the closure of the speedway. 
 

thats what the story was at the time anyway. 

[salty]

Anyone read the Clarke Osborne article in todays Speedway Star? 

[frigbo]

https://swindonlink.com/sport/consultation/extended/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3q_upQuojLd3tnhi2kr60Xi3GxMHpMZb1Nyus5cDUaXLgUTRGHi6LHvcU_aem_REj1gm9JjewKbou_heU7rg

[The White Knight]

59 minutes ago, frigbo said:

https://swindonlink.com/sport/consultation/extended/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3q_upQuojLd3tnhi2kr60Xi3GxMHpMZb1Nyus5cDUaXLgUTRGHi6LHvcU_aem_REj1gm9JjewKbou_heU7rg

Well, it all seems hopeful.

Keeping my fingers crossed for all 'Robins' fans. They deserve their Speedway......................

[piston197]

I would put that with, the cheques in the post, we stand with WASPI women, etc etc, all of the hollow promises which help another agenda, personally I would love it to happen and if above NDL level would make effort to attend frequently, but the cynical side of me thinks "it ain't going to happen" and Abbey stadium will get built on before a single league meeting takes place at the new venue ?