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Aberdeen Regent Park Greyhound Stadium

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Aberdeen Regent Park
Greyhound Stadium
Map
LocationAberdeen
Coordinates57°09′45.9″N 2°05′32.8″W / 57.162750°N 2.092444°W / 57.162750; -2.092444
Opened1932

Aberdeen Regent Park was a greyhound racing stadium in Aberdeen. It is not to be confused with the Holburn Stadium.

The stadium opened on 25 June 1932 near School Road in Aberdeen.[1] The first race meeting featured thirty greyhounds in six races and attracted a crowd of 2,000.[2] The Aberdeen Greyhound Racing Company held racing on a regular basis at Regent Park over 315 & 360 yards. Despite two meetings held on Saturdays there was already plans to build a larger track called the Holburn Stadium. The track had a betting licence during 1935 and 1936 but the company was dissolved in 1940.[3] The stadium remained in place and is now used as an athletics stadium.

References

  1. ^ "OS County Series Aberdeenshire 1955". old-maps.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Results, 5 July". Aberdeen Journal. 1932.
  3. ^ "Companies Act, 1929" (PDF). The London Gazette.