Hall Green Stadium

Hall Green Stadium
Location York Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England
Coordinates 52°26′17″N 1°50′25″W / 52.4380°N 1.8403°WCoordinates: 52°26′17″N 1°50′25″W / 52.4380°N 1.8403°W
Owner Greyhound Racing Association
Opened August 1927
Tenants
Greyhound racing

Hall Green Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium located in the Birmingham suburb of Hall Green.[1] Opened in August 1927 it was the first greyhound track to be built in the city.[2] It hosted speedway races between 1928 and 1938.[3] It is one of six owned and run by the Greyhound Racing Association[4] and one of the 28 licensed stadiums in the UK.

The track itself is a 412-metre long oval track with a sand covered surface. The capacity of the stadium seems to be somewhat in question with estimates ranging from 2,500[5] to 3,000.[6] The stadium's main stand facilities include outside terracing along the main straight, fast food outlets and a bar on the first floor and an indoor seated area with glass frontage overlooking the track on second floor. Also on the second floor is the a la carte restaurant.[7] Executive suites that can hold between 18 and 100 people are located on the first bend of the track.

Related facilities include a hotel situated on bends 3 and 4 which opened in 1990,[8] some rooms of which offer views of the track and a purpose built snooker hall along the back straight with 21 full sized tables.[9] Conference facilities are also provided and managed by the stadium.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Track Search". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Chronology of Birmingham". Birmingham.gov.uk. 26 October 1907. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Birmingham%20Hall%20Green.htm
  4. ↑ "Hall Green, Birmingham". Trap6.com. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Hall Green Stadium". Dog Track.com. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Information on the stadium from Betting Kingdom". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham Hall Green". Love the Dogs.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Love the Dogs - Hall Green Greyhound Stadium". Choose Your Venue.com. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "(Untitled)". Love the Dogs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "(untitled)". Find me a Conference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

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