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Wolverhampton Speedway Bosses Pledge to find new Venue
25 April 2023
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Nick Clitheroe & Clare LissamanBBC News
Speedway club managers have actually pledged to discover a new venue after news they can not remain at their home of 96 years.
Wolverhampton Speedway said on 17 April they were devastated their tenancy arrangement for Monmore Green would not be extended beyond this season.
About 17,000 people have now signed a petition requiring it to be conserved.
But Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said the "remarkable" support had resulted in talks with authorities about a new website.
"The truth that this petition has been signed and got such a big amount of assistance in simply a couple of days is quite amazing and I think that's definitely been the impact and opened the door to these meetings 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 over running the club from his dad in 1986, stated speedway was "a fundamental part of Wolverhampton folklore".
"My energy in the last few days has actually turned to supplying 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 want to be the primary holder of the tenancy and also 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 handled to bring an arena to Redcar and had actually acquired knowledge from that task.
"I 'd enjoy to be in a position where I can bring a speedway stadium to the city of Wolverhampton," he said.
The response from people made him think this was possible.
"The quantity of people that signed the petition has took my breath away.