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Don Valley Stadium: 'Olympic legacy' development announced | Don Valley Stadium: 'Olympic legacy' development announced |
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Plans to redevelop the site of Don Valley Stadium as a £40m "sports and wellbeing park" have been announced. | |
The Sheffield venue, where Olympic champion Jessica Ennis trains, is to be demolished as part of council budget cuts. | |
The plans include venues for rugby and gymnastics but not athletics, which will move to the Woodbourn Road stadium. | The plans include venues for rugby and gymnastics but not athletics, which will move to the Woodbourn Road stadium. |
No details of how the development will be funded have been revealed. | |
Former sports minister Richard Caborn described it as the "biggest Olympic legacy project outside of London". | Former sports minister Richard Caborn described it as the "biggest Olympic legacy project outside of London". |
'Olympic legacy' | 'Olympic legacy' |
Announcing details of the development, Mr Caborn said it had "already received funding to go to the feasibility stage". | |
The plans include new homes for the rugby league and union teams Sheffield Eagles and Titans and venues for basketball, gymnastics and snooker. | The plans include new homes for the rugby league and union teams Sheffield Eagles and Titans and venues for basketball, gymnastics and snooker. |
The new National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine would also be built on the site, as well as a technical college. | |
Mr Caborn said: "In effect it becomes an advanced sports and wellbeing park giving a comprehensive delivery of the Olympic legacy that we promised in Singapore in 2005." | |
Sheffield City Council leader, Labour councillor Julie Dore, said no council funding would be available for the project. | |
She said: "We are determined to find a solution for Sheffield and this is an opportunity to do that but it needs to be sustainable long term." | |
Sheffield Eagles chief executive Mark Aston said: "It's only a dream, it's not reality at this moment in time but it's moving forward I guess. | |
"It's got to be costed and who's going to fund all that? We're not building our hopes up... but we're the city of sport and we want to develop that." | |
'Huge shame' | |
On 1 March, the local authority confirmed Don Valley would close in September, as part of £50m budget cuts. | |
Jessica Ennis said its closure was a "huge shame". | |
The authority said it spent £700,000 subsidising the venue last year, and it requires major repair and maintenance work at a cost of £1.6m. | The authority said it spent £700,000 subsidising the venue last year, and it requires major repair and maintenance work at a cost of £1.6m. |
Don Valley Stadium was opened in 1991 for the World Student Games in Sheffield at a cost of £29m. | Don Valley Stadium was opened in 1991 for the World Student Games in Sheffield at a cost of £29m. |
Plans have already been announced to reopen the smaller Woodbourn Road stadium as a new home for athletics in Sheffield. | Plans have already been announced to reopen the smaller Woodbourn Road stadium as a new home for athletics in Sheffield. |
It was closed in 2011 and the council has estimated the cost of refurbishing the stadium will be £150,000, with a £70,000 a year running cost. | It was closed in 2011 and the council has estimated the cost of refurbishing the stadium will be £150,000, with a £70,000 a year running cost. |