It is much the same in ol' Nippon. Outside of those laying their money down at the gambling races, though there may be hot racing going on, spectator attendance is slight at best. That changes when the college girls come to town for their events. For some reason, more males show up to watch.
Dennis Young Hotaka, Japan
> Fred,
>
> All I know is what I see on the Forest City website, it looks like
> it's
> inside where the rink used to be, and it looks pretty permanent to me,
> or as permanent as a wooden track can be becuase any wooden track
> can be
> dismantled - right?
>
> I have heard that the racing is very competitive and well attended by
> riders, but that spectator support is poor, I'm as much to blame as
> anyone, I have never driven the 200 miles round trip to London to
> watch
> the racing, I suppose that if support does not improve, then the track
> will disappear, just like so many others.
>
> Brian Booth
> Toronto, Ontaro, Canada