Odsal

[foamfence 2,917]

31 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

All air fences are removable, that’s how they get replaced after a puncture during a meeting.

The Cardiff air fence belongs to the circus that is the GP and it’s owners.

It would cost a few Bob to transport around 45 + panels to Bradford from any other track and I doubt any one track has enough panels to fit out Odsals track although Belle Vue might come close plus the compulsory spares. To give you a comparison , your track , Redcar, uses 31 panels so quite a lot needed for a track three times the size.

 I believe they also need suspended wood panels under the air fence.

[foamfence 2,917]

22 hours ago, Halifordukesfan said:

People always knock Odsal's level of speedway fans but it's a vast stadium, you could put the fans of any British club in the stand & it wouldn't be full, no other speedway stadium has a capacity of nearly 23,000.

They were getting less than a thousand towards the end and that's from a time when crowds were slightly bigger than now, on average at least.

[Rob B 1,245]

29 minutes ago, foamfence said:

They were getting less than a thousand towards the end and that's from a time when crowds were slightly bigger than now, on average at least.

And a Championship winning team in final season 1997.

[BuxtonTiger 122]

6 hours ago, Rob B said:

And a Championship winning team in final season 1997.

So who can afford to run speedwa y at odsal assuming 3 or 4 hundred turn up and pay?

[Racin Jason 72 1,267]

And rumours of a 4K a meeting rent making it a massive risk 

[noaksey 343]

27 minutes ago, BuxtonTiger said:

So who can afford to run speedwa y at odsal assuming 3 or 4 hundred turn up and pay?

Nobody 

[Andrew 125]

10 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

It would cost a few Bob to transport around 45 + panels to Bradford from any other track and I doubt any one track has enough panels to fit out Odsals track although Belle Vue might come close plus the compulsory spares. To give you a comparison , your track , Redcar, uses 31 panels so quite a lot needed for a track three times the size.

Sheffield has 52 panels plus the four end wedge shaped pieces,so you'd be looking at something similar for Odsal.

Hopefully it will get some speedway staged there,went plenty of times in the mid to late 80's early 90's although that grandstand was bloody cold,even in mid summer!

[Halifordukesfan 60]

Speedway anywhere needs new blood, both running the sport & younger spectators through the turnstiles, a good percentage of the previous Dukes fans have probably departed to that great arena in the skies above us. Television only works to a certain extent, bringing the sport to a wider audience but that's got to be converted to bums on seats and they've then got to get a similar experience as TV, inter-heat activity, good presenters, re-runs on large tv screens, no long delays, you need to keep fans entertained for 2-2 1/2 hours, not just the 15 miutes of racing, modernize the whole package, not just the bikes & leathers.

[Ringitsneck 348]

9 hours ago, Halifordukesfan said:

Speedway anywhere needs new blood, both running the sport & younger spectators through the turnstiles, a good percentage of the previous Dukes fans have probably departed to that great arena in the skies above us. Television only works to a certain extent, bringing the sport to a wider audience but that's got to be converted to bums on seats and they've then got to get a similar experience as TV, inter-heat activity, good presenters, re-runs on large tv screens, no long delays, you need to keep fans entertained for 2-2 1/2 hours, not just the 15 miutes of racing, modernize the whole package, not just the bikes & leathers.

So basically, under the current leadership.....we are doomed.

 

[Fortythirtyeight 838]

On 4/10/2021 at 4:26 PM, foamfence said:

 I believe they also need suspended wood panels under the air fence.

They don’t.

[Halifordukesfan 60]

Superb opportunity for Odsal Speedway resumption this year now Cardiff has been cancelled, bring it on.

[Ringitsneck 348]

6 minutes ago, Halifordukesfan said:

Superb opportunity for Odsal Speedway resumption this year now Cardiff has been cancelled, bring it on.

As they don’t have a promoter or hold a track licence , how do you think this will happen ?

[Halifordukesfan 60]

Just now, Ringitsneck said:

As they don’t have a promoter or hold a track licence , how do you think this will happen ?

Use the same promoter as Cardiff, licence wouldn't be a problem with the kind of revenue the meeting would generate.

[tyke 271]

53 minutes ago, Ringitsneck said:

As they don’t have a promoter or hold a track licence , how do you think this will happen ?

This is speedway. Rules are made up on the hoof if it's deemed 

[Ringitsneck 348]

1 hour ago, Halifordukesfan said:

Use the same promoter as Cardiff, licence wouldn't be a problem with the kind of revenue the meeting would generate.

That’s a completely different organisation and the FIM would have to grant it a licence .