Lions' speedway roars to completion
Leicester Lions’ £1.2m speedway track has been completed. It is the first stage of a three-phase project which could create up to 50 jobs once completed.
The speedway track is located at Beaumont Leys Sports Complex, and will be accompanied by a cycle track and all-weather football stadium once the project is completed.
Leicester Lions' manager David Hemsley, also a chartered surveyor with S&P Architects, has been heavily involved with the project.
The city’s office of law firm Harvey Ingram has been assigned to offer legal advice on the scheme.
Hemsley said: "From my point of view, this project presents a very exciting opportunity for Leicester. It has huge commercial and regeneration benefits for the community and will be an enormous boost for the city as a whole. I have been very grateful for all the support I've had on it from Harvey Ingram and am really looking forward to watching speedway take off among a new generation of fans."
Project partners were granted planning permission to develop the Beaumont Leys' site in August 2009. Leicester Lions said it intends aims to compete in the speedway racing late in 2011.
