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Sponsor the new Lions

If you are interested in becoming a Leicester Lions sponsor, be it through stadium/stand naming rights, team sponsorship
(i.e. The "Your name" Leicester Lions), the match programme, match or race heat sponsorship, advertising hoardings etc,
please contact Mike Voce at Leicester Speedway Ltd. Click on the email link below.
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Leicester Speedway Ltd

Contact with Leicester Speedway Ltd can now be made directly via email <here>

As it is almost two months now since we announced that the project to develop Beaumont Park into a sports complex had been delayed,
I felt that it was important to give people a further update of the situation.
Following the granting of planning permission last autumn, we embarked upon the task of putting together a legal framework for the whole
of the sports village and this has proved far more complicated than we first anticipated. As a result a considerable amount of time this
winter has been spent locked in discussion with solicitors to define the details of the businesses and also negotiating the terms of the lease
with Leicester City Council.
In our view it is essential for the long term sustainability of the project that we get these negotiations right from the outset because we want
to deliver a project that will outlive the current lease of 99 years. We are mindful of the fact that everyone is willing us to deliver a speedway
stadium now but over eagerness to commence the development may jeopardise the long term future of Leicester Speedway.
I can assure you that we are continuing to plan for this season and we remain committed to delivering the stadium this year and if at all
possible seeing racing commence in Beaumont Leys sometime during 2010.
We do really appreciate the patience supporters are showing us during this frustrating time and rest assured we are equally frustrated.
However, it is the determination of Leicester Speedway Limited to ensure that the project is on sound footing for the long term that has delayed
the development of the site for the time being.

The Leicester Speedway Supporters Club are naturally disappointed to hear that we won't be seeing the Lions in action again at league level in 2010. However, we fully appreciate the many difficulties and delays that Leicester Speedway Ltd have faced in bringing this project to fruition in time for next March and we will continue to support their considerable efforts in getting the new track built and ready for later next year, when the plan is to stage some open meetings, followed by an eventual return to league racing in 2011.

We take the positive view that no longer working to what has proved to be an impossible deadline now allows the Leicester Speedway promoters the opportunity to put together a much more competitive team for that eventual return - something which would have been very difficult at this late stage of the day for 2010. All the top riders are getting signed up to other clubs very quickly and Leicester needed to be further down the line at this stage of the year in order to negotiate contracts with some of the league's top stars. Also, by having a longer period in which to get the track and it's accompanying facilities built it will no doubt be a more attractive venue for supporters to attend than would otherwise have been the case had it been rushed through for March next year.

We've waited 27 years so far so one more isn't going to make a huge difference!

LSSC Committee

Since the recent announcement that planning permission has been secured for a new sports facility at Beaumont park,
we have recieved many emails from contractors and individuals expressing their interest in working at the venue.

Leicester Speedway Supporters Club will never be in a position to hire contractors or employ individuals at the new
Speedway stadium. This will be done by the professional body running the Speedway club.