Wolverhampton Speedway Bosses Pledge To Discover New Venue
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Wolverhampton Speedway employers pledge to discover new location
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ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman
BBC News
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Speedway club bosses have actually pledged to find a new place after news they can not stay at their home of 96 years.
Wolverhampton Speedway stated on 17 April they were devastated their tenancy arrangement for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this season.
About 17,000 people have actually now signed a petition requiring it to be saved.
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But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said the "incredible" support had caused talks with authorities about a new website.
"The truth that this petition has been signed and got such a substantial amount of support in simply a couple of days is rather amazing and I believe that's certainly been the impact and opened the door to these conferences for the club," he stated.
Site owner Entain has stated it will focus on greyhound racing but understands fans and the club will be "disappointed".
Mr Van Straaten, who took control of running the club from his father in 1986, said speedway was "a vital part of Wolverhampton folklore".
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"My energy in the last couple of days has actually turned to supplying a brand-new website where we can establish a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the primary tenants," he said.
"I wish to develop our own location, I 'd like to be the primary holder of the occupancy and likewise produce something that is open 6 days a week to assist train motorcyclists; to train youngsters to take them off the streets."
He stated he had managed to bring an arena to Redcar and had actually gained knowledge from that project.
"I 'd enjoy to be in a position where I can bring a speedway arena to the city of Wolverhampton," he stated.
The response from people made him believe this was possible.
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"The amount of individuals that signed the petition has actually took my breath away. The support for this promotion code sport is quite amazing," he stated.
Mr Van Straaten said it would be an "tremendous" blow if it didn't occur, but included he was going to be favorable and they had the rest of this promotion code year to look for a website.
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