Rob B

Some photos from the football test event today. http://tinyurl.com/hxz4e9f http://tinyurl.com/j7xj8wo http://tinyurl.com/jfogdmw http://tinyurl.com/gmdc4gq http://tinyurl.com/j39zsbl

8 days ago : http://tinyurl.com/zpb7qyl 5 days ago : http://tinyurl.com/z3cwuxe Today : http://tinyurl.com/h7qgz6j

With good weather for the next week, I would think they will play it safe and tyre pack it hard.

192 you want on that road, heading into Manchester, get off at Longsight at Aldi and 5-10 minute walk past Asda.

No not test meetings, test events, the first one was today a 10% capacity test to test turn stiles and facilities etc, the 2nd one is on Sunday a football match at 50% capacity. Track isn't finished yet, nobody will be riding it before heat 1 next Saturday.

All dissappeared from fixtures without a reason given. Probably to do with stock cars being on same day next door.

Permanent, it's flat terracing but raised up above track level. Temporary grandstands will be built on top for World Cup.

There will be raised flat terracing round 3rd and 4th bend. Most of the track has been completed for weeks, just that section of 3rd and 4th bend that isn't.

An updated photo from yesterday : http://tinyurl.com/z3cwuxe

Why are you getting your knickers in a twist when you have already said you won't be coming. You are happy to pay £17 to sit on a wooden bench covered by an asbestos roof, we are happy to pay £17 for a brand new stadium with great facilities.

Don't understand the fuss, if you want to stand or bring your own seat you pay £17 can't get anywhere cheaper and some PL tracks are that price now. If you want a plastic seat with a better view in grandstand with better facilities you pay £20 If you want a padded seat with best view by the tapes you pay £23. Nobody is forcing you to pay anything, stop moaning!

No standing on terrace is £17 cheapest in Elite League. Reserved seats in grandstand are £20

£25 on top of your £20 seat and nothing for vegetarians

Backstraight terracing started going in, will be a great view : http://tinyurl.com/zpb7qyl

It is not solid fence, it's a mesh fence

Not really, not been any official photos for weeks. The person who did the drone video a few weeks ago, posted in here, is hoping to do it again in the next week to see progress.

Nothing official, but few of us going.

The onsite car park is quite small and limited, parking only allowed there if you buy a parking ticket for the season. I'm sure the GRA will be charging to use their car park, a deal has been done with Showcase cinema apparently, I expect more details to be released soon.

No that wouldn't have been possible as you have to remember at the 3rd and 4th bend end they are erecting a 4000 seat temporary grandstand for World Cup. That artist impression is quite out of date now, plans changed, there are architect diagrams on Manchester council planning but again they are couple of years out of date. Pits are on 1st bend similar position to Coventry at end of grandstand.

The one on BV website not correct now, no terracing on bend 1 & 2 full stop (apart from a small section on bend 1 for riders and mechanics etc), there is terracing on bend 3 and 4 for league meetings but not for world cup as temporary grandstand will be there.

If they wanted it in Germany there are far better tracks/stadiums

Does seem a bizarre choice

Which stadium?

If you pause the video at 2:16 you can see the bends are not sharp at all. They are long sweeping bends with short-ish straights (infact the staights are not straight they have a kink in them). Peterborough is a similar comparision but Belle Vue will be longer at 350m and what you can't see on that video though is the banking, the banking is very steep the maximum allowed, but it is not at constant angle, the angle of banking changes across the bend set by a computerised blade to give lots of racing lines.

Back on topic, drone footage taken today : https://youtu.be/JWF2o2j4O6s