Wolverhampton Speedway managers promise to discover brand-new location
ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman
BBC News
Speedway club employers have pledged to discover a brand-new place after news they can not remain at their home of 96 years.
Wolverhampton Speedway said on 17 April they were devastated their tenancy contract for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this promotion code season.
About 17,000 individuals have now signed a petition calling for it to be conserved.
But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten stated the "fantastic" support had actually led to talks with authorities about a brand-new site.
"The fact that this petition has been signed and got such a big quantity of assistance in just a few days is rather exceptional and I believe that's definitely been the yohaig code impact and opened the door to these conferences for the club," he stated.
Site owner Entain has said it will focus on greyhound racing but comprehends fans and the club will be "dissatisfied".
Mr Van Straaten, who took over running the club from his daddy in 1986, said speedway was "a fundamental part of Wolverhampton folklore".
"My energy in the last few days has turned to providing a new site where we can develop a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the main tenants," he said.
"I wish to create our own venue, I wish to be the main holder of the tenancy and also produce something that is open 6 days a week to assist train motorcyclists; to train children to take them off the yohaig code streets."
He said he had actually handled to bring a stadium to Redcar and had gotten understanding from that task.
"I 'd love to be in a position where I can bring a speedway stadium to the city of Wolverhampton," he stated.
The reaction from individuals made him think this was possible.
"The quantity of individuals that signed the yohaig code petition has actually took my breath away. The assistance for this promotion code sport is quite incredible," he said.
Mr Van Straaten said it would be an "enormous" blow if it didn't occur, but included he was going to be positive and they had the rest of this year to search for a website.
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