Swindon Stadium

[Steve Shovlar 10,439]

Got problems with the drains is the latest one. That should hold things up until 2019 at least. Then they will discover a rare moss on the pile of rubble which has some form of protection.

[Midland Red 2,383]

This was posted on the Oxford thread today

 

Swindon are already desperate for dogs, they lost big kennels when Towcester opened....if anybody thinks that a new stadium will be built in Swindon any time soon then they need a reality check!

[Odds On 373]

lets all be 100% honest here, does anyone see a new stadium being built?

Edited July 10, 2017 by Odds On

[The White Knight 9,039]

lets all be 100% honest here, does anyone see a new stadium being built?

Well I'm still hoping so.

[waytogo28 2,054]

lets all be 100% honest here, does anyone see a new stadium being built?

 

There never was a chance of a new stadium being built. Another venue lost to speedway. Five years on Poole V Belle Vue will be the only UK match in a very contracted elite league ( providing Poole have re-layed their track by that time ). They will race Home and Away on alternate weeks and fans elsewhere can watch speedway via Pay Per View.

[Fromafar 10,391]

lets all be 100% honest here, does anyone see a new stadium being built?

If it doesn't happen, there will be parts to pick up from a scrapyard if we believe it is lying somewhere just to be bolted together.

[waytogo28 2,054]

Can't see the new drains being ready until the end of 2018 ( at the rate the project has gone so far ) so maybe, just maybe a glimmer of a light re the middle of 2019 for the inaugural meeting. Time for two more Abbey Farewells.

[Vince 9,459]

Let's hope it's like Belle Vue which seemed just as unlikely to ever happen for a while

[mikebv 10,320]

There never was a chance of a new stadium being built. Another venue lost to speedway. Five years on Poole V Belle Vue will be the only UK match in a very contracted elite league ( providing Poole have re-layed their track by that time ). They will race Home and Away on alternate weeks and fans elsewhere can watch speedway via Pay Per View.

 

And even though it will only be a two team league, both teams will still be full of bloody guests!!😀

[Daniel Smith 5,672]

But Gaming International have already purchased the £20k worth of cut and shut portacabins.

So Swindon has to be going ahead, oh, hang on............

A few grand losses against a few £100k housing profits, hmmmm

[steve roberts 9,246]

 

There never was a chance of a new stadium being built. Another venue lost to speedway. Five years on Poole V Belle Vue will be the only UK match in a very contracted elite league ( providing Poole have re-layed their track by that time ). They will race Home and Away on alternate weeks and fans elsewhere can watch speedway via Pay Per View.

Not whilst Clark Osborne is in charge!

[Steve Shovlar 10,439]

Went past the stadium this morning so took a look. Nowt going on.

[MattK 3,447]

But Gaming International have already purchased the £20k worth of cut and shut portacabins.

So Swindon has to be going ahead, oh, hang on............

A few grand losses against a few £100k housing profits, hmmmm

 

Not a few hundred thousand, a few million.

 

200 houses on the site of the "new" stadium, £100k profit per house, makes £20,000,000 profit.

 

Anyone who thinks they'll build a new stadium is living in cloud cuckoo land.

[Guest compost]

Is the council pro-, neutral or anti- Speedway ? Anyone know ?

 

If they are pro then why not form a supporters group and approach them for available/suitable land and put down a new track (note I say track not stadium at least not to start with) ? Why be so focused on a site that probably has had it (which is a real shame and I did used to go there, though as a neutral) ? Apologises if this suggestion seems naive to those in the know but if you want the Speedway to continue then surely the only way that is going to happen is if the fans (plus maybe the promoters and even the bspa) do something themselves.

 

Tin hat on standby.

[MattK 3,447]

Is the council pro-, neutral or anti- Speedway ? Anyone know ?

 

The council are fairly pro in my opinion. They, and the local MP, make all the right noises, but at the end of the day, they cannot make a developer do something they don't want to do and there is a tremendous demand for housing in Swindon.

If they are pro then why not form a supporters group and approach them for available/suitable land and put down a new track (note I say track not stadium at least not to start with) ? Why be so focused on a site that probably has had it (which is a real shame and I did used to go there, though as a neutral) ? Apologises if this suggestion seems naive to those in the know but if you want the Speedway to continue then surely the only way that is going to happen is if the fans (plus maybe the promoters and even the bspa) do something themselves.

 

Tin hat on standby.

 

No tin hat required at all. You are on exactly the same wavelength as me. Using my example above, building houses on this land would return £20m in profits to the developers. Why not agree to back their change of plans for housing instead of a new stadium, in exchange for a small contribution towards a new track elsewhere. Say 20% of the profits?

 

I know some may say that the speedway club have no leverage to conduct such a deal, but I disagree. Take Oxford as an example. Risk Capital Partners/GRA/Cowley Property Investment Ltd have a multi-million pound white elephant on their hands which they cannot develop into housing (their preferred choice), cannot sell (without a significant loss) and don't want to run as a going concern. All thanks to fan power. I'm sure the developers at Swindon don't want to find themselves in a similar situation.