They were great days, would love our speedway team to return.
Spent a fair few summer nights there as a kid growing up. Used to collect the glass bottles and get money back for them!
Can’t see how they can complain as they bought houses next to a stadium. It’s part of the history of this city and should never be lost.
There's the agent of change principle which was brought in to protect music venues. Essentially a developer building next to an existing venue is responsible for sound proofing. Not sure how that applies when you have existing housing and an existing venue. Could the homeowners argue its been so long since racing has taken place it amounts to a change of use?
Locals want it to reopen as a motorsports venue and are opposed to a housing development from what I understand.
CCC would've done it here too. Thankfully the stadium falls under Rugby Council.
Including the local councillor, who lives next to it
Current lot have to be made to sell it first unfortunately
Bees were always one of the bigger clubs in the country - they were one of the few that could justify a speedway team by their crowds. Whether the damage has been done now I dunno, but it seems there's enough of us still about who'd make an effort to begin with at least.
There was always other stuff going on there day and night. I did my CBT there many years ago in the daytime on a weekday and on a couple of occasions I went go-karting in the evenings on the infield of the track.But if they added stuff like a 3G pitch which would be used every night they might be less keen. I hope they can turn it into a multi sport thing so it can survive but not rugby though
The unfortunate thing is they picked the site up for peanuts so they can factor in a big spend on legal costs before they come to a point where it becomes uneconomical for them working on the assumption that they will get planning at some point if they just keep banging the drum with the legal avenue. Which is why I think there’s still twists and turns to come. The site and Brandon estates IIRC are owned by an offshore hedge fund and I think we all remember how they operate. They’ll go down every legal route possible so long as it still makes financial sense to achieve their end goal. Even then if they get to the point where it no longer makes financial sense they won’t be willing to let the site go for the peanuts they acquired it for. For the people waiting in the wings who want to return it to a motorsport venue the best course of action for them might be a compulsory purchase by RBC which I imagine will be another long drawn out process.
Would it be a novelty thing though? What was the reason for the Bees going bust in general - I know there was issues over stadium ownership like (sound familiar)
Didn't they get kicked out of the league for not being able to fulfil fixtures, or at least be in danger of that, because the owner of the stadium was pushing them out
They shared with Leicester Lions for a short while, but it didn’t work out for whatever reason?
Kind of my point, maybe RBC wouldn't have let it happen to Highfield Road.
This is the thing for me.
You want to just abandon all the speedway fans who used to go to watch them, who had their team ripped away through no fault of their own...?!?
Not what I said.
Well you are saying that by suggesting that speedway fans should have their ground bulldozed for housing!
Not what he’s saying - like I said. Speedway is not football, Brandon needs serious TLC and it needs to show the investment in it would bring a benefit.
It was popular enough to sustain a team there perfectly well.
Is it going to receive the interest to sustain investment though? That’s what I’m asking.
Who's crushing who's fun? I've already stated that if it stays as a speedway track then great. I'm just saying if it isn't viable having it as housing isn't the complete disaster people are suggesting. It would be useful, just in a different way.
