Difference between revisions of "Wolverhampton Speedway Bosses Pledge To Find New Venue"

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Wolverhampton Speedway managers pledge to discover new venue
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ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman
BBC News
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Speedway club managers have promised to find a new venue after news they can not remain at their home of 96 years.
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Wolverhampton Speedway said on 17 April they were ravaged their occupancy agreement for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this season.
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About 17,000 people have now signed a petition requiring it to be conserved.
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But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said the "fantastic" assistance had led to talks with authorities about a new website.


"The fact that this petition has been signed and got such a huge quantity of support in just a couple of days is rather exceptional and I believe that's certainly been the impact and opened the door to these conferences for the club," he stated.


Site owner Entain has stated it will concentrate on greyhound racing however understands fans and the club will be "disappointed".


Mr Van Straaten, who took over running the yohaig code club from his dad in 1986, stated speedway was "a fundamental part of Wolverhampton folklore".
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"My energy in the last few days has turned to offering a new site where we can establish a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the primary renters," he said.


"I wish to create our own place, I wish to be the primary holder of the occupancy and likewise produce something that is open 6 days a week to help train motorcyclists; to train children to take them off the streets."


He stated he had actually handled to bring an arena to Redcar and had actually gained understanding from that project.


"I 'd enjoy to be in a position where I can bring a speedway stadium to the city of Wolverhampton," he stated.


The response from people made him believe this was possible.


"The amount of people that signed the petition has took my breath away. The assistance for this promotion code sport is quite amazing," he said.


Mr Van Straaten stated it would be an "tremendous" blow if it didn't occur, however added he was going to be favorable and they had the rest of this promotion code year to search for a website.


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