Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield (where Jessica Ennis trains) may be closed down to save money for the (loony) Council.

The stadium was built in 1991 for the World Student Games (whatever they are !) at a total cost (only revealed in 2011) of £658,000,000 !

Even after closure the Council will STILL be paying £25 million a year TILL 2024 for a stadium that has been demolished !!!!

This is total Labour lunacy ...

sorry, forgot link to above story ...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-20926575

(the last time Don Valley Stadium was full was when the Rolling Stones played there in 2005 !)

In The Know wrote:

The stadium was built in 1991 for the World Student Games at a total cost of £658,000,000

Rubbish.

The stadium was opened in 1990 - and built at a cost of £29m.

Google is your friend....

Total cost of all World Student Games venues (ALL still being paid for !) plus staging costs £658,000,000 (see BBC link above).

Don Valley Stadium cost £29million to build plus £25 million a year (till 2024) in interest payments and running costs.

The scheme was launched by loony Labour and the true costs revealed by the LibDems.

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THE final bill to Sheffield taxpayers from the World Student Games 20 years ago will be an “eyewatering” £650 million and won’t be paid off for another 13 years, The Star can reveal.

Less than half the debt - £296m - has been repaid so far and annual repayments of up to £30m will continue to eat into Sheffield Council’s budget until 2024.

The total, which increased dramatically through refinancing processes, is more than four times the original £147m cost of building venues for the 1991 Games.

www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/nearly-20-y...alf-to-pay-1-3193430

In The Know wrote:
Don Valley Stadium cost £29million to build plus £25 million a year (till 2024) in interest payments and running costs

Again, factually incorrect.

The £25m covers a lot more than just the stadium!

ITK know his stuff and has wiped the floor with you

Ben 9 wrote:
[quote]In The Know wrote:
Again, factually incorrect.

Absolutely correct (according to the local paper, The Star and the BBC) but if you knew better you wouldn't have to backtrack with every subsequent post, would you?

(according to the local paper, The Star and the BBC)

Watcher wrote:
ITK know his stuff and has wiped the floor with you

Talking of wiping the floor my cleaner speaks better English than you.

Watcher wrote:
ITK know his stuff

But he said/typed that it cost £658m to bulid Don Valley stadium!!!!!

Ben 9 wrote:
Watcher wrote:
ITK know his stuff

But he said/typed that it cost £658m to bulid Don Valley stadium!!!!!

I said that Don Valley Stadium was built for the World Student Games which cost 650 million - which it did.

I said that even after demolition of the stadium the Council will still be paying 25 million a year (until 2024) in interest charges / refinancing etc - which it will.

In The Know wrote:

The stadium was built in 1991 for the World Student Games ...at a total cost..of £658,000,000 !

Even after closure the Council will STILL be paying £25 million a year TILL 2024 for a stadium that has been demolished !!!!

What the report actually says is
"Don Valley stadium opened in 1991 for the World Student Games in Sheffield at a cost of £29m"
"Sheffield City Council could save £500,000 per year if the Don Valley Stadium was to close"

ITK is such a hypocrite. When is comes to others twisting the truth they are quick to point it out. Here it's not even twisting the truth it's telling a lie to make a point. The stadium cost £29m.

What have the Olympics got to do with a small stadium in Yorkshire?

Truth Seeker

LOL ! Yet another "new" poster (all with remarkably similar IP addresses, one bets) !

Distort the facts as much as you want, but Sheffield Council will STILL be paying £25 MILLION a YEAR TILL 2024 even AFTER Don Valley has closed.

Another good deal from loony Labour !

Petra wrote:
What have the Olympics got to do with a small stadium in Yorkshire?

1. "small stadium" ?
The BIGGEST (25,000 capacity) athletics venue in the UK prior to the Olympic stadium (isnt Crystal Palace about 18000 seats?)

2. Wasn't the Olympic "legacy" supposed to bring sport for all (as opposed to closing stadiums - within months - and debt for all?)

3. Doesn't Sheffield claim to be Britain's "City of Sport" ???

In The Know wrote:
Distort the facts as much as you want...

No need, you seem to be doing enough of this to keep everyone amused

In The Know wrote:
The BIGGEST (25,000 capacity) athletics venue in the UK prior to the Olympic stadium

Wrong again, ITK.

The City of Manchester Stadium was built in 2002 with a 38,000 capacity.

Ben 9 wrote:
In The Know wrote:
The BIGGEST (25,000 capacity) athletics venue in the UK prior to the Olympic stadium

Wrong again, ITK.

The City of Manchester Stadium was built in 2002 with a 38,000 capacity.



Why not ask ITK about inventing opinion polls?

Ben 9 wrote:
Wrong again, ITK.

The City of Manchester Stadium was built in 2002 with a 38,000 capacity.


... and is now a football ground - NOT AN ATHLETICS VENUE ????

In The Know wrote:
Doesn't Sheffield claim to be Britain's "City of Sport" ???

No ITK, it doesn't.

If you google 'City of Sport' for the UK, you'll see Glasgow, Preston and London - not Sheffield which is called 'City of Sanctuary' because of its favourable treatment of refugees and imigrants.