Cardiff GP 2025 Cancelled

[TINYS]

2 hours ago, noaksey said:

Not a word about the thousands who have booked hotel rooms/travel etc

If there was any doubt about the viability of the event why announce the date?

Shambolic 

Exactly

[R87]

Good riddance.  No sympathy for anyone that bought tickets and hotels for that disgraceful event.  The day speedway stood up for itself and gave Wales miserable hole in tbe ground what it deserves

Edited 6 hours ago by R87

[AFCB Wildcat]

For those that bitched about 'rip off Cardiff' , I see that Premier inns in Manchester are all around £400 or more for those 2 nights.

Bargain! 👍

[TINYS]

2 hours ago, Haza said:

What about fans who have pre paid for a Cardiff hotel 

That's me.

[TINYS]

1 hour ago, fatface said:

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.

 

[NickB]

3 minutes ago, AFCB Wildcat said:

For those that bitched about 'rip off Cardiff' , I see that Premier inns in Manchester are all around £400 or more for those 2 nights.

Bargain! 👍

Parklife festival that weekend, already one of the highest demand weekends in Manchester all year, nothing to do with Speedway

[TINYS]

Just now, TINYS said:

 

Me too enjoyed everyone of the GP's and I went to them all, will miss the buzz of the town centre and I found the people very welcoming.

[DJC]

10 minutes ago, R87 said:

Good riddance.  No sympathy for anyone that bought tickets and hotels for that disgraceful event.  The day speedway stood up for itself and gave Wales miserable hole in tbe ground what it deserves

Bet your fun at parties 🤡

 

Hope it absolutely hammers down 

[AFCB Wildcat]

15 minutes ago, NickB said:

Parklife festival that weekend, already one of the highest demand weekends in Manchester all year, nothing to do with Speedway

I wasn't suggesting it was entirely to do with speedway.

My point was that all major cities hike prices at weekends and when there are events on. Cardiff wasn't unique in that.

 

[AceBelle]

41 minutes ago, AFCB Wildcat said:

For those that bitched about 'rip off Cardiff' , I see that Premier inns in Manchester are all around £400 or more for those 2 nights.

Bargain! 👍

parklife weekend /OASIS that's why !!

[AceBelle]

35 minutes ago, TINYS said:

Me too enjoyed everyone of the GP's and I went to them all, will miss the buzz of the town centre and I found the people very welcoming.

stop it you will have me crying 😪🤣

[AceBelle]

33 minutes ago, DJC said:

Bet your fun at parties 🤡

 

Hope it absolutely hammers down 

same applies to you ditto 🤡

[AceBelle]

All this garbage about it alway's rains at B/vue pathetic childish comments for one we all no the track has one of the best drainage system in europe !! and it's not got a roof well 98%of GP'S are run on tracks with no roofs !! only cardiff and the polish warsaw had roofs !! every chance all  the rest could get rained off ? also and fans should have made sure a refund was available to them or get insurance to cover them for hotels because you never know if you have to cancel for personal reasons there own fault for not checking before booking !! also Manchester city centre is on a 20 mins walk from staduim taxi 10 mins 2 massive football clubs also 2 visit for staduim tours maybe ? use you're imagination plenty to do !!

Edited 5 hours ago by AceBelle

[Grachan]

I think this is sad, but inevitable.

Last time I went to Cardiff the crowd was shocking, and with teams shutting down and the leagues shrinking, so the number of people going will also shrink.

Cardiff never sold out, but it used to be pretty full until recently. Now there were more empty seats than occupied ones.

GP now back to when it was held at places like Coventry and Hackney.

Next thing we'll be back to one- off World Finals in Poland.

Only positive about this is the Belle Vue track, but I'm not even convinced they can fill the stadium for 2 nights.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Grachan

[IainB]

So, the "new era" keeps going from strength to strength,  the series is down to 1 big stadium in a major city, there's little to no promotion, all of the world's best riders are not riding in the series, the points system is a shambles, you can win a GP by coming 10th, the "sprint race" is not a sprint race... hang on though, there's TV screens and a camera in each pit bay, that'll get the masses queuing for tickets!

Edited 4 hours ago by IainB

[Tinker]

Big mistake having two GP's at Belle Vue. Just cannot see the reasoning or positives behind this. One GP is something to really look forward to, just leave it at that!

[JoeW436]

3 hours 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.

Agreed. When will they learn?

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

1 hour ago, R87 said:

Good riddance.  No sympathy for anyone that bought tickets and hotels for that disgraceful event.  The day speedway stood up for itself and gave Wales miserable hole in tbe ground what it deserves

Wow, there is a bundle of compassion right there 

[AceBelle]

24 minutes ago, Tinker said:

Big mistake having two GP's at Belle Vue. Just cannot see the reasoning or positives behind this. One GP is something to really look forward to, just leave it at that!

it's a one off to fit all GP'S in we will probally get one in 2026 the cardiff one will go elsewhwere in europe ?

[AceBelle]

1 minute ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Wow, there is a bundle of compassion right there 

why would anyone book and pay for something in advance with checking on cancellation fees ? surely you would have insurance more fool them for booking without checking let's face it it's dear in the 1st place !!