Cross Roads

Quite ironic, s..t farm previous..s..t track now....lol

The fundamentals are solid business plans for any entertainment business even more so in speedway now days with the lack of corporate sponsorship. Running with in the region of 18 revenue days per year is just un sustainable. Compound this with lack of consistent entertainment drives a very difficult business. Very few clubs see consistent levels of attendance this in part due to the stop start of home meetings you need regularity to keep interest, some will argue due to ever increasing gps, sec etc. so what are the answers.. Utilise the arena on a more consistent basis. Promote the centre green for other sports offer loyalty schemes attend 6 meetings next visit half price. I still honestly believe within this city and surrounding shires the gates would be far better with more entertainment that I'm sorry to seem like broken record to many of these Leicester forums is in a large part down to a poor track. Competing with rugby football basketball etc can be hugely expensive for family's such as my own. Come on Leicester speedway listen to the general public the ones who spend there hard earned money. The old saying of speculate to accumulate has never been so apparent. I really do hope that this is not the end after all those years but unless there are significant and difficult humble pie u turns then sat 17th sept may we'll be the last time the gates open for some time.....

Fingers crossed that a short term lease can be agreed between the owners and Motorsport's in the interim of locating a new site. Such an iconic venue with many happy memory's watching speedway and stock car racing over the years. Keep fighting.

Let's take it back to when the lions first opened and bring the bikes out to the start line introduce the riders individually complete the coin toss and let them have a couple of practise laps as we are saying it's an entertainment sport lets start entertaining a little more.

Yes he may have shortened the straights but not to any great effect. Clearly again last night from watching the racing lines tight to the boards on bend 2 then close on bend 4 is a natural line the bikes make. If only they could make the bends wider would be a tremendous little stadium yes means major work to move temp stands but look at the long term gains. Actual racing with multi lines such a shame...

Nice to see a bit of effort made by the winning home riders lap of honour with the lions flag. For one minute I thought it was an entertainment business lol.. Now for the return of some start line girls and completion of mowing the lawn.

The point is whilst we remain a Saturday night team we shall always struggle. Don't get why we can't become a Friday night club. Yes cov ride on this night but can't be that many fans who support both teams. This way far better chance of bigger pool of guests to choose from and even riders we may be able to entice of heat leader quality...

As an avid supporter of this great family sport for many years from first being taken along to B.Road in the final years by my parents then getting my weekly fix from up the m69 (sorry) until the relaunch now taking my own family to numerous events around the uk i believe even in these challenging times there are some short term wins the club could action. Just so we are all clear I believe the track shape is poor and until further modifications are made 70% of the racing shall remain processional sad when you compare to the likes of Peterborough up the road and given time the new belle vue however this post is not to go over old ground. Quick wins. Meeting intro. Bring the bikes out to the start line introduce the riders coin toss in front of the fans and allow practise laps. Winner of a heat, home or away rider MUST complete a lap of honour get one of the track staff to have a chequered flag on exit of bend two as with the early days of the GP. Re build the pits so the fans can see the action (medium term) in the short term get the home team to set up outside onto the back wall as with the second half guys, allow access into this area from the slope on bend one with fenced area for HS let the fans see what's going on.. More mid meeting interviews Rob seems to do a descent job so let's have more of the team and management. Post meeting interviews if they will participate get the away manager and there top rider to participate. Jon Cook was the first person in some considerable time. Yes we will only see the real potential of this club with crowds when we finally address the track creating revenue to finally develop the project. We are now at a Crossroad we either Drop down to the premier league to continue as a weekend sport or go mid week enticing a wider pool of rider availability (my preference) before I get comments of the crowds will drop with family's each week etc how do other sports manage then with week night events. I really do believe if the entertainment is improved people will start to return it's been long enough since we returned to the city time to kick on. One final point I know lions live in the jungle but please cut the grass before the next home meeting or we shall have our own jungle...