[2] The venture would cost over £30,000 and take over six months to build before coming to life and the track was one of nineteen that the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) had a financial interest in.

The stadium could be accessed on a private road that linked to Honicknowle Lane and Ham Drive and facilities included the Pennycross Sports Club for members.

[5] The general manager of the stadium Freddie Hore signed Australian Bert Spencer as the first star to ride at Plymouth.

[8] The stadium had residential housing to its south and as the years passed this increased in size and began to close in around the track on the east and then north.

During the sixties the west followed suit resulting in a strange situation where the stadium looked out of place completely surrounded by housing.