Wolverhampton Speedway managers pledge to discover new venue
ByNick Clitheroe & Clare Lissaman
BBC News
Speedway club employers have promised to discover a new venue after news they can not remain at their home of 96 years.
Wolverhampton Speedway stated on 17 April they were devastated their tenancy agreement for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this promotion code season.
About 17,000 people have now signed a petition requiring it to be conserved.
But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said the yohaig code "fantastic" support had led to talks with authorities about a new website.
"The reality that this petition has been signed and got such a substantial quantity of support in simply a few days is quite remarkable and I believe that's definitely been the impact and opened the door to these conferences for the club," he said.
Site owner Entain has said it will concentrate on greyhound racing however understands fans and the club will be "dissatisfied".
Mr Van Straaten, who took control of 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 actually turned to offering a new site where we can establish a Wolverhampton Speedway club and we can be the primary renters," he said.
"I wish to develop our own venue, I wish to be the primary holder of the tenancy and likewise develop something that is open 6 days a week to assist train motorcyclists; to train children to take them off the streets."
He said he had actually managed to bring an arena to Redcar and had gotten understanding from that project.
"I 'd love to be in a position where I can bring a speedway arena to the city of Wolverhampton," he said.
The reaction from individuals made him believe this promotion code was possible.
"The quantity of individuals that signed the 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, however included he was going to be positive and they had the yohaig code rest of this promotion code year to look for a website.
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