the closure of the stadium was sealed when gra's parent company wembley plc was broken apart and gra were subject to a takeover by risk capital partners with development partner galliard homes in 2005 for £52.4m. plans for 150 houses and 75 flats were mooted but the council publicly stated they were in favour of keeping the site for leisure use. the racing continued for seven years until the gra closed the stadium with the last greyhound meeting was held on 29 december 2012 in front of a capacity crowd with the last winner being moorstown mystiq trained by richard baker.