A relatively new main road had also been built called the City Way and this led directly past the stadium on its east side.

[3] A greyhound called Safe Rock won the prestigious Pall Mall Stakes for new Rochester trainer Fred Wilson in 1936.

[6] In 1960 a kennel block at the stadium suffered a terrible fire, which resulted in the death of 24 greyhounds trained by Reg Morley.

[1] In 1978 John McCririck a Sporting Life journalist took the lead in covering a Rochester greyhound coup that ended in a legal battle and it was not until 1985 that a judge agreed that bookmakers were not liable to pay out on the case.

The shock closure tarnished the reputation of the company chairman Con Stevens (a major name within the industry) due to the fact that he had not given any notice to the staff and trainers.