Wolverhampton Speedway Bosses Pledge to Discover new Venue

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Wolverhampton Speedway bosses promise to find brand-new venue

ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman
BBC News

Speedway club bosses have actually promised to discover a brand-new location after news they can not remain at their home of 96 years.

Wolverhampton Speedway said on 17 April they were devastated their occupancy contract for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this season.

About 17,000 people have actually now signed a petition calling for it to be conserved.

But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten stated the "amazing" assistance had actually resulted in talks with authorities about a brand-new site.

"The fact that this petition has been signed and got such a huge amount of assistance in just a few days is quite remarkable and I think that's definitely been the influence and unlocked to these conferences for the club," he said.

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

Mr Van Straaten, who took over running the club from his father in 1986, stated speedway was "a vital part of Wolverhampton folklore".

"My energy in the last few days has turned to supplying a new site where we can establish a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the primary renters," he stated.

"I want to develop our own venue, I 'd like to be the yohaig code main holder of the tenancy and also create something that is open six days a week to assist train motorcyclists; to train children to take them off the streets."

He stated he had actually managed to bring a stadium to Redcar and had actually gotten understanding from that job.

"I 'd love to be in a position where I can bring a speedway arena to the city of Wolverhampton," he said.

The reaction from people made him believe this promotion code was possible.

"The amount of people that signed the petition has actually took my breath away. The assistance for this sport is rather amazing," he stated.

Mr Van Straaten said it would be an "immense" blow if it didn't happen, but added he was going to be positive and they had the rest of this year to attempt to find a site.

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