The Explore
Another Birmingham explore and something very different to the usual... having only been closed for a few months I wasnt expecting much from it and knew it would be very new, always prefer something older and a little more decayed really.. even so it was a good laugh having a wander about in there and playing around with the drone on the track was good as well..
The History
The Greyhound Racing Association bought the plot of land, originally known as the Olympia Sports Ground, and the Hall Green stadium was opened on 24th August 1927. It was the first Greyhound racing track to be opened in the city. Facilities at the time included the main stand and stands on the opposite Side of the track. The stadium also hosted speedway races between 1928 ans 1938.
Investment in the stadium in 1970 saw the track become one of the major provisionals in the country and £750,000 was spent on the clubhouse and a new electronic tote board was built. In 1981 the track was changed to its present all sand surface replacing the grass straights , under-soil heating was also installed. In 1987 a snooker club was introduced and in 1989 the hotel "The Lodge" was built.
Fast forward to the present day and the last race meeting was held at Hall Green on the 29th July 2017 Planning permission was granted to the sites owner (Euro property investments) to demolish the stadium and the 48 room hotel to build 210 new houses on the land.
Little video from there as well.. no vlogging and only just over 2 minutes long if you fancy a watch, majority of it is drone footage really..
Another Birmingham explore and something very different to the usual... having only been closed for a few months I wasnt expecting much from it and knew it would be very new, always prefer something older and a little more decayed really.. even so it was a good laugh having a wander about in there and playing around with the drone on the track was good as well..
The History
The Greyhound Racing Association bought the plot of land, originally known as the Olympia Sports Ground, and the Hall Green stadium was opened on 24th August 1927. It was the first Greyhound racing track to be opened in the city. Facilities at the time included the main stand and stands on the opposite Side of the track. The stadium also hosted speedway races between 1928 ans 1938.
Investment in the stadium in 1970 saw the track become one of the major provisionals in the country and £750,000 was spent on the clubhouse and a new electronic tote board was built. In 1981 the track was changed to its present all sand surface replacing the grass straights , under-soil heating was also installed. In 1987 a snooker club was introduced and in 1989 the hotel "The Lodge" was built.
Fast forward to the present day and the last race meeting was held at Hall Green on the 29th July 2017 Planning permission was granted to the sites owner (Euro property investments) to demolish the stadium and the 48 room hotel to build 210 new houses on the land.
Little video from there as well.. no vlogging and only just over 2 minutes long if you fancy a watch, majority of it is drone footage really..
not much to see though!
