Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park (Sheffield)

 sports venue, park, olympic venue

The Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park is a brand new sports facility under construction in the Lower Don Valley area of Sheffield, with the aim of preserving the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Olympic Legacy Park is currently being constructed on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium, which was demolished to make way for the new facilities.

About the Don Valley Stadium:

Previously the home of Rotherham United Football Club - Sheffield Parramore Football Club - City of Sheffield Athletic Club - Sheffield Marathon Training - Sheffield Half Marathon Training - 2009 Great Yorkshire Run Training - Concerts - 1991 World Student Games

The Don Valley Stadium is a stadium in Sheffield, England and is the home of Rotherham United FC. The stadium is an athletics stadium which has hosted major UK Athletic events and the 1991 World Student Games. Sheffield Eagles RLFC and Sheffield Parramore FC also use the stadium. It was designed by Sheffield City Council's Design & Building Services and built by RM Douglas Construction. The complex opened in 1990, ready for the 1991 World Student Games and has since become a profitable centre for athletics in the area. It is named after the River Don, near which it lies.

The stadium is situated on the Sheffield Supertram line, between Attercliffe and Meadowhall. The stadium is also used for Channel 4's celebrity sports show, The Games, and for concerts, hosting acts such as Celine Dion, Def Leppard, Spice Girls, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, U2, Tina Turner and Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as hosting the BritBowl, the championship finals of the British American Football League.

The stadium and facilities provide a training base for the City of Sheffield Athletic Club and is home to the Sheffield Half Marathon.

Don Valley Stadium is notable as being the largest athletics stadium in the UK, with a seated capacity of 25,000.