so was speedway

Would the acoustics be any worse than at a festival? I've never heard anyone at one of the (who wasn't on some sort of 'substance') complaining that the music was escaping into the air! I don't think it would be too bad but getting the locals onside might be a nightmare if it was going on late... I live about 1.5 miles from Bramham where they hold the Leeds Festival and about the same distance from Lotherton Hall where they held a dance festival and heard both clearly - nothing worse than waking up at 2am and hearing Insomnia by Faithless...

I can't see how the acoustics could be any worse then at Leeds Festival. If you are a proper music fan and take an interest in the logistics of live sound like me (I have just graduated with a degree in Sound Technology) then you obviously know that nearly everything sounds like turd when at a festival.

I'm sure that if Odsal were to stage a live event the sound would be a tad better then that a festival.

As for living within the vicinity of these festivals you should contact the promoter or the local council and make a complaint about the excessive noise during these weekends. More often then not they will compensate you with free weekend guest tickets. I have a friend who's parents own a house near the area in which Leeds Festival is held and every year the promoters give them VIP tickets as a way of keeping them quiet.

You can hear an ordinary matchday at Odsal in Bierley, about half a mile beyond the other side of the M606. That's a lot of potential complainers.

I have been in dance tents at festivals though where it was deafening inside and fifty yards away it was near silent. Maybe not so silent to people who haven't just staggered out, but still quiet. Don't know how much engineering or specialist equipment went into that but it was near a posh looking village in Surrey where I suspect there are more than the average number of complainers.

There are a limited number of these, they aren't given away(nominal £40) and you have to show some way in which you have contributed to the community over the last year. This is assessed by the Parish/Village council. My brother lives in Bramham, you see and I actively investigated me getting one of these VIP tickets but you've got to be on the electoral register and the tickets are photo ID

Would be good for a CC cup final break if I go this year

Matchday PA noise is a bit over the top at Odsal for me. I'm not trying to play the old fogey, but when you can't hear the guy in then next seat when he's shouting at you, to me, it's too loud.

Going back to festivals though, I used to find that two minutes up close and personal to the PA turned everything quiet for about 48 hours.....at least after the ringing had stopped.