Speedway could help PRSA financial crisis
Thursday, 3pm - COULD speedway be the answer to the Princess Royal Sports Arena's financial problems?
Stephen Lambert, who is at the heart of the Boston Barracuda Braves team, believes it could be.
"If we had built a track inside the arena's grounds there would have been an income," said Mr Lambert.
"We could make it a mega-complex – a speedway track, greyhound racing – then you would get different bites of the cherry."
The town's speedway team is currently wowing fans in Kings Lynn after an application to race on the Boardsides became unworkable from the team's perspective, said Mr Lambert.
Last week Boston Borough Council voted to pump up to £153,000 of taxpayers' money into the PRSA to help keep it afloat for the next six months.
But Mr Lambert believes had the speedway team built a track on the same site, little, if any, monetary support would have been needed.
"We would have generated some income," he added.
"We would have paid the stadium a rent to have been there."
Mr Lambert said loyal fans are travelling to watch the team in Kings Lynn, but believes the numbers would swell considerably if the Braves returned to perform in their home town.
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Last Updated:
07 August 2008 10:45 AM
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