With the new speedway season less than a month away, work has begun on transforming Swindon Stadium.
The development work will take place in two stages with the speedway track ready for mid-April and the greyhound track in situ by mid-May.
Peter Geeves, General Manager said “We are working within the restriction of time available on the arena of this busy Stadium, so it makes it a bit more complicated and takes longer. We will be able to prepare the new greyhound bend in advance, so that the changeover will be days, rather than weeks. I am obviously delighted that we have started work and look forward to completing the new Stadium with some very smart new customer and race facilities”
The work will see both the greyhound and speedway circuits reduced in size. Stadia UK director Bill Glass said: “It will be a smaller circuit but it will still be a decent run to the bend with the 480m start being where the current 509m traps are and the winning line moving back up the straight.”
With the new racing circuit in place, work will begin on demolishing the old grandstand. The new building has already been constructed and will be delivered, in sections, by road.
