Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium
| New Don Valley Stadium | |
| Full name | Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Don Valley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Owner | Sheffield City Council Sheffield Hallam University Legacy Park Ltd |
| Operator | Sheffield Eagles |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Surface | 4G artificial pitch |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2014-17 |
| Opened | expected 2017-18 |
| Tenants | |
| Sheffield Eagles | |
The Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium is part of the Olympic Legacy Park that is being built on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium and will be home to the Sheffield Eagles.
History
On 11 January 2013, Sheffield City Council announced that the stadium was to be closed and demolished as part of a £50 million budget-cutting measure.[1] An eleventh hour meeting was held at Sheffield Town Hall on 1 March 2013. Local and national politicians met to discuss the proposed closure and any possibility of preventing it. A final decision was made that the stadium was to close in September 2013[2] and would be demolished from 21 November 2013.
In October 2014, it was announced that the Olympic Legacy Park would be constructed on the site of the old Don Valley Stadium.[3] It will contain an Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre,[4] an indoor sports arena, a sports pitch and stadium to be home of the Sheffield Eagles, Oasis Academy and University Technical College (UTC). Opening in 2016 the college, which will cost £10 million and is backed by Sheffield College and Sheffield Hallam University.[5]
References
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- ↑ http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/video-details-of-50million-olympic-legacy-park-for-former-don-valley-site-unveiled-1-6871174
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-31944251
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