Cardiff GP 2025 Cancelled

[topaz325]

It is around £25 for a seated Belle vue league meeting.

[topaz325]

8 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Is Manchester easier to get to than Cardiff?

It is from Cumbria !

[topaz325]

6 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

It isnt a covered stadium, no guarantee it wont rain in June, Cardiff you can be certain it will be on.

 

Yes its certain to be on but even a few years ago the track was awful......

[foreverblue]

1 minute ago, topaz325 said:

It is from Cumbria !

Why would anyone leave Cumbria to go to Manchester

[foreverblue]

1 minute ago, topaz325 said:

Yes its certain to be on but even a few years ago the track was awful......

I thought the track was ok last year with some good racing.

[LagutaRacingFan]

This is what happens when your world championship is full of crap riders.

Artem and Emil's absence is felt in my heart.

The FIM are learning a valuable lesson.

Go woke, go broke.

[topaz325]

3 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Why would anyone leave Cumbria to go to Manchester

Yes I know Cumbria is a beautiful county but it does not have a GP speedway venue although it has a great track. 

[Normski]

3 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

I thought the track was ok last year with some good racing.

Agree was some good racing at this year's

[fatface]

41 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Utter rubbish, their costs are a 1/4 of Cardiff, if they were selling Cardiff tickets for £20 then the CAN sell belle vue for that but they won’t 

Speaketh a man with decades of experience of organising international sporting events.

Or perhaps not?

[foreverblue]

1 minute ago, Normski said:

Agree was some good racing at this year's

Also you dont have to stay in Cardiff, stayed in Caerphilly last time, very reasonable and only a short train journey to Cardiff.

[old bob at herne bay]

Manchester Airport much easier from Poland than Cardiff Airport. That’s where most of the fans come from. The few British fans are all Northern/Midlands based so easier travel. Cardiff was an odd choice, no speedway in the country, and very few decent speedway riders , unless you go back to the Williams brothers ! Oh and Phil Morris 🙂

 

Thought Danny Bewdley came from Cumbrian tbh? 

[racers and royals]

3 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Manchester Airport much easier from Poland than Cardiff Airport. That’s where most of the fans come from. The few British fans are all Northern/Midlands based so easier travel. Cardiff was an odd choice, no speedway in the country, and very few decent speedway riders , unless you go back to the Williams brothers ! Oh and Phil Morris 🙂

 

Thought Danny Bewdley came from Cumbrian tbh? 

Bewdley is in Worcestershire.

[fatface]

19 minutes ago, LagutaRacingFan said:

This is what happens when your world championship is full of crap riders.

Artem and Emil's absence is felt in my heart.

The FIM are learning a valuable lesson.

Go woke, go broke.

Woke has killed off the Cardiff Speedway GP?  I've heard it all now 😄

It's a sad, but inevitable end. And there's loads of reasons for it. I suspect the event has been propped up beyond it's natural lifespan from public sector funding in Wales. And that's not sustainable. Cost of living is a factor in this....people simply have less disposable income over the last decade. High energy prices mean that running major facilities...even your local pool...has rocketed and these costs have to be passed on.

But the biggest reason is that British Speedway as a whole is on its *rse. The fan base is shrinking, ageing and ultimately dying....and without that hardcore of supporters, any big event in the UK will struggle.

It was always a fabulous day out, it's the end of era, but I will always have some great, great memories from Cardiff.

Edited 5 hours ago by fatface

[Mike.Butler]

if demand outweighs supply then they can charge almost anything at Belle Vue. Certainly more than at Cardiff i'd have thought where folks got into the habit of waiting till last minute to buy on the cheap.

Edited 5 hours ago by Mike.Butler

[soupy]

58 minutes ago, Haza said:

What about fans who have pre paid for a Cardiff hotel 

Tough titty lol You will still be able to cancel unless you have not taken out insurance or paid up front for a cheaper price.

[orion]

I just love the spin in the Headlines..rather than the doom and gloom and the disaster of losing the biggest day of the year in UK speedway its dress up as a great positive that we 2 GPS in a normal speedway track.

[ShanoXtra]

Well Belle Vue need to learn their lesson from overpriced temp stands on their last outing. It is easier for Polish fans to travel via Manchester airport correct, but Polish fans won't pay £60+ for this event. They have premium stands and multiple SGPs in Poland, Cardiff was an experience, Belle Vue isn't. I went with my Polish GF to both SON Belle Vue and Cardiff last year. The difference in her experience was telling, indoors was amazing and a nice city to walk around, Manchester, well...

[a4poster]

Another consideration is how many fans will do the two meetings or will select just one?  For example where Clubs or Tour Operators offer trips they are not going to do both days without incorporating an overnight stay.

For example Poole or Plymouth are not going to run a coach for both days.

Also, how much is it costing Warner Bros to cancel Cardiff? I presume the WFU will want compensation?

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

54 minutes ago, fatface said:

Speaketh a man with decades of experience of organising international sporting events.

Or perhaps not?

thanks for your usual constructive comments, are you iris’s twin

Edited 4 hours ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[AceBelle]

58 minutes ago, a4poster said:

Another consideration is how many fans will do the two meetings or will select just one?  For example where Clubs or Tour Operators offer trips they are not going to do both days without incorporating an overnight stay.

For example Poole or Plymouth are not going to run a coach for both days.

Also, how much is it costing Warner Bros to cancel Cardiff? I presume the WFU will want compensation?

more like how much will they save it cost a 6 figure some to hire these type of staduims eddie hearn says it's  250.000 k to hire wembley for boxing cardiff will be very similar so warner have saved paying that out !!