Wolverhampton Speedway Bosses Pledge To Discover New Venue
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Wolverhampton Speedway employers promise to discover new location
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ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman
BBC News
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Speedway club employers have actually pledged to find a brand-new place after news they can not stay at their home of 96 years.
Wolverhampton Speedway said on 17 April they were ravaged their occupancy agreement for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this promotion code season.
About 17,000 people have now signed a petition calling for it to be saved.
But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said the "fantastic" assistance had actually led to talks with authorities about a new site.
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"The fact that this petition has been signed and got such a substantial amount of assistance in just a couple of days is quite impressive and I think that's definitely been the impact and unlocked to these conferences for the club," he stated.
Site owner Entain has said it will concentrate on greyhound racing but understands fans and the club will be "dissatisfied".
Mr Van Straaten, who took over running the club from his dad in 1986, was "a vital part of Wolverhampton folklore".
"My energy in the last few days has actually turned to supplying a new site where we can develop a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the yohaig code primary tenants," he stated.
"I 'd like to produce our own venue, I wish to be the main holder of the occupancy and also produce something that is open 6 days a week to assist train motorcyclists; to train youngsters to take them off the streets."
He said he had actually managed to bring an arena to Redcar and had actually acquired knowledge from that project.
"I 'd like to be in a position where I can bring a speedway arena to the city of Wolverhampton," he said.
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The response from individuals made him think this was possible.
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"The amount of people that signed the petition has took my breath away. The assistance for this sport is quite remarkable," he stated.
Mr Van Straaten stated it would be an "enormous" blow if it didn't happen, but added he was going to be positive and they had the rest of this year to try to find a site.
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