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I should have said Dust ( in the atmosphere) Dave. The seats on row ZZ would be covered in it as it’s proposed to have a sealed roof. Nowhere for it to go except in the atmosphere of the stadium.

 

Yes no meeting on a regular basis.

 

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It was actually the smell of Castrol R that gave speedway it's distinctive smell.The modern synthetic oils are nowhere near as evocative.

 

Absolutely agree .

 

I believe land fill has to stand a certain about of years before any structural work is done on the site, When I worked at GEC on Dick Lane 35 years ago there was a massive land fill next to the foundry it was leveled off and grassed over at one time there were football pitches on it but no buildings.

 

What sort of crowds do they get at speedway?

Could Bulls ever move out and Speedway sustain it purely as their own venue?

 

I thought speedway at Northern had ceased years ago when the “Northern” speedway franchise was sold.?

 

Yearly event , Ive been to just about every year in the last 15 years.

 

So it’s a one off?

 

Per year , yes

 

They do the same at Copenhagens football stadium. That's got a full roof as well, they just convert the pitch surface to a shale track. But then this and the principality stadium are first class facilities where pitch conversion is part of the stadiums set up.

 

Yes I agree but no matter how many millions it brought in it would be swallowed up with little to show for it.

 

So not weekly thus bringing in the claimed attendances for the money pit!

 

At least we wouldn't have to deal with burst water mains that seem to plague Bradford these days.

 

I thought at the time the figures wouldn't stand scrutiny and it seems as this quote still on the council's website is just pure fantasy.

"Independent economic analysis estimates that the new sports complex would attract more than 1.25m visitors a year, more than half of which would be outside Bradford, and lead to £625m visitor spend and more than £1bn of socio economic benefits for Bradford district."

The project was also doomed to failure the way that they added solar farms, shopping centres and hotels to the plans making it more of a christmas list to Santa than a realistic viable project.

I'd be surprised if any projects anywhere are started. This seems to just be a news piece to appease some Tory voting areas prior to the next election knowing full well there is no money to hand out.

 

For the cost of Odsal redevelopment (£50m) we can keep the invaders in luxury for a whole week...

 

Or the Bulls could come to Valley Parade

 

Nope, unless plenty is spent on the pitch to cater for both codes. Oh and their rent is £500,000 a months .. Providing we can sub let?

 

Touché. Spot on , every single word.

 

The shame is , its the same idiots that are returned to office year after year, with the same stupid ideas.
Unfortunately, nothing will change with these guys in charge and turkeys don't vote for Christmas.
Odsal has been a complete shit hole for most of its existence. I went for one of the summer music bashes last year. WOW
Thank god the tickets were complimentaries. You would have to pay me well to attend otherwise.