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Belle Vue instead of Wimbledon.
Martin James Ireland (Verified User) Posts 1128 Dogs 5 / Races 0 28 Jun 2015 19:29
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Looking at a video from BV recently there seems to be heaps of room to develop this in to a proper track. I heard on Irish radio recently that 6 Million people live within 30 minutes of Manchester centre so is it time to move on especially as the new Wimbledon will have a restricted crowd capacity.
White City what a loss i hope we dont say the same about Harolds Cross soon. EXTERNAL LINK
Chris Robertson Ireland (Verified User) Posts 1043 Dogs 28 / Races 0 28 Jun 2015 19:48
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martin james wrote:
Looking at a video from BV recently there seems to be heaps of room to develop this in to a proper track. I heard on Irish radio recently that 6 Million people live within 30 minutes of Manchester centre so is it time to move on especially as the new Wimbledon will have a restricted crowd capacity.
White City what a loss i hope we dont say the same about Harolds Cross soon. EXTERNAL LINK
Sadly Belle Vue is another track run by the GRA until it's owners can profit from selling it for development EXTERNAL LINK . The GRA have continually run stadiums down over the years and sold them, this ethos will not change. No GRA track has a future, let alone a chance to be developed into a better greyhound facility.
Maureen Day United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 1246 Dogs 4 / Races 4 28 Jun 2015 20:00
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I believe that London needs a greyhound track and, as it is the only one left, Wimbledon it is. I certainly cannot see anyone buying land and getting planning approval for anywhere else in London.
I hope it gets the go ahead from the local authority for re-development as a greyhound track and not as a football stadium and that the Paschal Taggart bid gets approval from NAMA.
Chris Robertson Ireland (Verified User) Posts 1043 Dogs 28 / Races 0 28 Jun 2015 20:13
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It's an unbelievable situation that has been allowed to develop clinging onto the last London track by our fingertips. If Paschal does by some miracle get it, he is now proposing a 3000 capacity stadium. Which would be better to have a sold out Derby in modern facilities , than a partly filled scrap heap that currently hosts the Derby.
Martin James Ireland (Verified User) Posts 1128 Dogs 5 / Races 0 11 Jul 2018 18:15
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Property developers causing panic stations amongst Manchester greyhound folk. Track was sold for small money by GRA a few years back now owned by a pension fund
Mark Mayers United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 699 Dogs 9 / Races 1 17 Oct 2019 17:47
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A venue held in high regard by many & definately a sleeping giant. All that's needed is vision. Can see the larger kennels returning. Can be the future of racing in the north, fingers crossed a force for good.
Francis Walsh Ireland (Verified User) Posts 390 Dogs 0 / Races 0 17 Oct 2019 20:59
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Whats the long term plan for Belle vue, i thought it was earmarked for development.
Jim Erskine United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 115 Dogs 0 / Races 0 18 Oct 2019 13:34
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Perry barr and belle Vue, have been taking over by Arc racing, I would think that racing is gaurenteed for the foreseeable future
Chris Blackburn United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 55 Dogs 2 / Races 0 19 Oct 2019 17:53
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Only the leases have been transferred. You would not invest unless you owned the track. Belle vue needs millions spending on it. The facilities are extremely poor. They have a suite for groups that has no windows , all racing on tvs. What a joke. Live 15 mins from track and have not been there for 20 years. Boring 4 bend racing 99% of the time.
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