Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium

Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium
New Don Valley Stadium
Full name Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium
Location Attercliffe Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Coordinates 53°23′45″N 1°25′33″W / 53.39596°N 1.4259°W / 53.39596; -1.4259Coordinates: 53°23′45″N 1°25′33″W / 53.39596°N 1.4259°W / 53.39596; -1.4259
Public transit Attercliffe Road/Sheffield Arena (Sheffield Supertram)
Owner Sheffield City Council
Sheffield Hallam University
Legacy Park Ltd
Operator Sheffield Eagles
Capacity 2,500 (expected to rise to 3,000)
Field size 149 x 85 yards (pitch)
Surface 3G synthetic pitch
Construction
Built 2014-2017
Opened 2018
Construction cost £10 million
Tenants
Sheffield Eagles

The Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium is a stadium under construction in the Olympic Legacy Park. It occupies part of the site of the former Don Valley Stadium, and is the home to Sheffield Eagles rugby league team.

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 was to contain a 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). The college, which costed £10 million and is backed by Sheffield College and Sheffield Hallam University, opened in 2016.[5]

On 11th March 2018, the Sheffield Eagles finally made a long-awaited return to Sheffield, after spells playing in Doncaster, Rotherham and Wakefield. The first competitive sporting event played at the OLP ended in a 10-44 loss to the Toronto Wolfpack. This was after the scheduled first game against the London Broncos was postponed due to bad weather conditions.

References

  1. ↑ "Sheffield Council cuts will lead to 'massive change'". BBC News. BBC. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jessica Ennis's Don Valley Stadium will close". BBC News. BBC. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/video-details-of-50million-olympic-legacy-park-for-former-don-valley-site-unveiled-1-6871174
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-31944251
  5. ↑ "£10m UTC college for Don Valley Stadium site". BBC News, Sheffield and South Yorkshire. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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