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7 hours ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Lord Tolley gave a good insight during his interview at the speedway show on Saturday.  I didn't know that their stadium rent is paid monthly over 12 months and he said was £5.5k.  The other point of interest I noted was that they have budgeted for next season based on a crowd of 500, which should be easily achievable.

King’s Lynn need a 1000 to break even, and that’s Buster getting hammered for always having the cheapest team. Even if Apple or Google sponsored the Brummies I can’t see 500 being financially viable

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7 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

King’s Lynn need a 1000 to break even, and that’s Buster getting hammered for always having the cheapest team. Even if Apple or Google sponsored the Brummies I can’t see 500 being financially viable

Seems a bit low ...maybe good Sponsors...or they have got there sums wrong...

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2 hours ago, SJA said:

 and they got 500 @ £24 each this means they could spend £6k per meeting 

No.

£24 admission is £20 + VAT.   So a 500 crowd at £20 is £10k.

On average there are 100 points in a meeting, so just £100 per point would wipe out that £10k, without even taking into account the riders' travel expenses and flights and tyres.

Then there's signing on fees, stadium rent, insurance, medical cover, meeting fees, referee fee, track preparation,  other staff costs, utilities, etc etc.

You wouldn't get far on the gate money of 500 people 

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5 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

No.

£24 admission is £20 + VAT.   So a 500 crowd at £20 is £10k.

On average there are 100 points in a meeting, so just £100 per point would wipe out that £10k, without even taking into account the riders' travel expenses and flights and tyres.

Then there's signing on fees, stadium rent, insurance, medical cover, meeting fees, referee fee, track preparation,  other staff costs, utilities, etc etc.

You wouldn't get far on the gate money of 500 people 

Exactly....

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36 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

No.

£24 admission is £20 + VAT.   So a 500 crowd at £20 is £10k.

On average there are 100 points in a meeting, so just £100 per point would wipe out that £10k, without even taking into account the riders' travel expenses and flights and tyres.

Then there's signing on fees, stadium rent, insurance, medical cover, meeting fees, referee fee, track preparation,  other staff costs, utilities, etc etc.

You wouldn't get far on the gate money of 500 people 

Well Birmingham wouldn’t have to pay for the away team, unless you mean across both the home and away meetings?

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10 hours ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said:

Something  doesnt add up ...500 on gate to pay for riders home and away etc. 

Maybe they’re going to push some gourmet burgers at £15 a pop 🤪

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14 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:

Between £3k and £5k guarantee a meeting would be my guess, depending on who they are, and how good they are. 

There are no guarantees from any club, its not allowed. However a sponsorship deal with a club sponsor is  .

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59 minutes ago, Petecc said:

There are no guarantees from any club, its not allowed. However a sponsorship deal with a club sponsor is  .

Nonsense, most clubs Number One in the Premiership are on a guaranteed fee per meeting.

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5 hours ago, Petecc said:

There are no guarantees from any club, its not allowed. 

Wrong.

Guarantees aren't uncommon. 

Some of the figures people make up and claim that No.1's get guaranteed are nonsense, but guarantees often happen at all levels.  A youngster stepping in at reserve may even ask to be guaranteed 3 points.

     

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5 hours ago, Petecc said:

There are no guarantees from any club, its not allowed. However a sponsorship deal with a club sponsor is  .

The Championship made a rule of no guarantees either last season, or the season before..

I am sure all rules were followed...;)

 

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1 hour ago, FishersGate said:

Just watched the video on the brummies FB page with Chris Adams. He said a few new faces will be at Birmingham next season but got a no from every GP rider basically. Any guesses on who they are signing?

Thorsell ?

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1 hour ago, FishersGate said:

Just watched the video on the brummies FB page with Chris Adams. He said a few new faces will be at Birmingham next season but got a no from every GP rider basically. Any guesses on who they are signing?

Well hopefully for the league Lindgren was one who said yes but no "new" GP riders

1. Lindgren

2. Z. Cook

3. Thorsell

4. Zagar/Worrall 

5. Douglas

6. Lampart

7. Edwards 

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16 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said:

Well hopefully for the league Lindgren was one who said yes but no "new" GP riders

1. Lindgren

2. Z. Cook

3. Thorsell

4. Zagar/Worrall 

5. Douglas

6. Lampart

7. Edwards 

they would go bankrupt with that team not a chance !!

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