Don Valley Athletics Stadium, Sheffield, England

Author: Morley, Stephen

Source: Structural Engineering International, Volume 2, Number 4, 1 November 1992 , pp. 242-243(2)

Publisher: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

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Abstract:

In 1987 the City of Sheffield successfully bid to host the 1991 World Student Games. Preparations for the games included the replacement of a number of outmoded recreational facilities with world class sporting venues. Perhaps the flagship of these new facilities was to be a stadium of international standards for the athletics events and the opening and closing ceremonies of the games. The original aim to complete the project in time to hold one major event before the Student Games was achieved. On the 15th of September, 1990, a near capacity crowd of 23,000 - the largest at such an event in Britain for 30 years - attended an inaugural athletics meeting.

Keywords: Don Valley Athletics Stadium (Sheffield, England); Stadiums; Seating geometry; Canopy roofs; Raft foundation system

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/101686692780608309

Publication date: 1992-11-01

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