INTRODUCTION
Northern Racing Ltd is a customer service driven group of racecourses that is constantly striving to improve the racing experience for both spectators and participants.
New Developments
The board of Northern Racing has given approval for the development of a new £7.5m Grandstand in the Premier Enclosure at Fontwell Park Racecourse in West Sussex.
Architects have been appointed to produce a three-story building complete with twelve private hospitality boxes on the top floor, a glass fronted hospitality/banqueting lounge for 250 people on the middle floor and a multi-purpose hall on the ground floor with new catering and betting facilities.
The project managers for the scheme are Arcadis AYH and the architects are Manchester based AFL.
It promises to be one of the best Grandstands in the country. As well as being used for more than twenty race meetings a year, the stand will be hired seven days a week for events including weddings, conferences and exhibitions.
Detailed plans will be completed this summer with a planning application being submitted to Arun District Council in August/September. Once planning approval has been granted the stand is expected to take 14 months to build.
Race meetings will continue to take place during the construction period.
Fontwell Park was purchased by Northern Racing in 2002 and every year since has shown consistent growth in attendances, hospitality, sponsorship and non-race day business.
