Parkside Sports Stadium
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| Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
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| Coordinates | 53°46′14″N 1°32′14″W / 53.77056°N 1.53722°W |
| Opened | 1932 |
| Closed | 1963 |
Parkside Sports Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium in an area known as Hunslet Carr between Hunslet and Belle Isle.
The Parkside Sports Stadium was constructed in 1932 near the Hunslet rugby league ground on the opposite side of the Middleton mineral railway and main tramway.[1] The stadium became the third stadium to race greyhounds in Leeds after Elland Road Greyhound Stadium and Fullerton Park although the latter by now was only running speedway.[2]
Opening
Racing started on 12 December 1932 under the promotion of Parkside Stadium Ltd[3] who chose to affiliate themselves with the British Greyhound Tracks Control Society (BGTCS), an organisation formed to assist tracks wishing to race under regulations and a rival to the larger National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC). The main stand was situated on the north side with the paddock located on the Old Run Road where the Great Northern Railway (Hunslet branch) passed over the road.[4]