Don Valley Stadium

Don Valley Stadium

Stadium c. 1990
Location	Worksop Road, Sheffield, England S9 3TL
Owner	Sheffield City Trust
Operator	Sheffield International Venues
Capacity	25,000 (50,000 for concerts) (10,000 for football)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	September 1990
Renovated	2008
Closed	29 September 2013
Demolished	21 November 2013 – May 2014
Construction cost	£29 million
Architect	Sheffield City Council
Tenants
City of Sheffield AC (until 2013) Great Britain Spartans Parramore Sports BritBowl (2000–2007) Sheffield Eagles (until 2010) Rotherham United (2008–2012) Sheffield F.C. (1990–2001)

Don Valley Stadium, England, was a stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, completed in 1990, and hosted the 1991 World Student Games. It was named after the nearby River Don.^[1] The stadium was demolished in 2013.

The stadium and facilities were also used for a variety of other events and sports. It served as a training base for the City of Sheffield Athletic Club and was the home of the Sheffield Half Marathon. It was the home ground of the Sheffield Eagles from 1991 to 2013. Rotherham United F.C. played their home matches at Don Valley between 2008 and 2012 when they were without a ground in Rotherham. American football was staged there and the Channel 4 celebrity sports show The Games also used the stadium.

To save money, Sheffield City Council closed the stadium in 2013. The site has since been sold and redeveloped to include a research centre, sports centre and educational facilities for local universities. At the time of its closure, Don Valley Stadium was the second largest athletics stadium in the UK, with a seated capacity of 25,000.