Stadium demolition gets green light despite local protects.
Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium will be demolished later this month, a leading city councillor has said.
Isobel Bowler, cabinet member for culture, sport and leisure, said it would be knocked down on 21 November.
News of the demolition date came after a 5,922 signature petition campaigning against the stadium’s closure was debated by Sheffield City Council.
Don Valley closed at the end of September. It has been replaced by a refurbished track in Woodbourn Road.
The petition, which called for the council to save “an iconic landmark of Sheffield”, triggered a debate after receiving more than 5,000 signatures.
Bowler said campaigners had asked for the stadium, where Team GB Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill trains, to be mothballed for six months at a cost to the council of £180,000.
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