Wolverhampton Speedway bosses promise to find new venue
ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman
BBC News
Speedway club bosses have actually pledged to discover a new place 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 promotion code season.
About 17,000 individuals have actually now signed a petition calling for it to be saved.
But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten stated the "fantastic" support had actually led to talks with authorities about a new site.
"The fact that this petition has been signed and got such a huge quantity of assistance in simply a couple of days is rather exceptional 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 but comprehends 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 fundamental part of Wolverhampton folklore".
"My energy in the last few days has actually turned to providing a new website where we can establish a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the main occupants," he said.
"I wish to develop our own venue, I wish to be the primary holder of the occupancy and likewise develop something that is open six days a week to assist train motorcyclists; to train children to take them off the streets."
He said he had actually handled to bring a stadium to Redcar and had gotten understanding from that task.
"I 'd enjoy to be in a position where I can bring a speedway stadium to the city of Wolverhampton," he stated.
The response from people made him believe this was possible.
"The quantity of people that signed the yohaig code petition has actually took my breath away. The assistance for this sport is quite fantastic," he stated.
Mr Van Straaten said it would be an "enormous" blow if it didn't occur, however included he was going to be favorable and they had the rest of this promotion code year to search for a website.
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