I've been going to the Millenium Stadium to watch the Speedway GP every year since 2008. Back then it attracted over 60,000 fans. This year, 2012, I doubt if there were more than 40,000 with many more fans taking up the cheaper seats higher up in the stadium. I am of the opinion that numbers attending are declining as the format each year is the same. The quality of the speedway itself is great and gets better every year. So it must be the supporting activities that are failing to deliver the ultimate experience to keep the fans coming back. The pre race entertainment is made up of artists/people nobody really knows. It needs either motorbike entertainment or a chart topping band for pre race entertainment. Also, fans will only keep attending if we have British riders in the GP series who remain competitive. Should Chris Harris not qualify, Scott Nicholls decline a GP invitation and no British rider in the series, then attendance figures will plummet in the millennium for 2013 which will be a pity as this event is something special.
Nonetheless, the 2012 GP was an exciting eventful enjoyable night of speedway. The pre race entertainment was not at all inspiring and the PA/sound system was awful this year. I could not understand hardly any of the commentary or of the results. I noticed there were no speakers around the outside of the track this year.
Nonetheless, I'll be back next year as I love my speedway GP at Cardiff. I just hope in 2013 it can offer better value for money, better pre-race entertainment and an improved sound system.
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Favourite moment: Being a Poole Pirate fan, seeing Chris Holder win the GP and Krzysztof Kasprzak coming second in the final. @