Don Valley Stadium as the centre-piece of a £147 million construction programme needed to provide the necessary sports and cultural facilities to enable the city to host the 1991 Summer Universiade. Jan Železný threw in the javelin on 29 August 1993 (which was a world record at the time) and infamously nearly hit the TV commentators who were interviewing close to the start/finish line. There were plans to use the stadium in a Sheffield bid for the 2002 Commonwealth Games (which eventually went to Manchester) and also to use it as a potential joint ground for the city's two football teams. In both
Don Shula Stadium of the 1951 NFL Draft. Don Shula Stadium was built around the preexisting Wasmer Field. Wasmer Field has been the "home turf" for the JCU Blue Streaks since 1968. Don Shula Stadium was opened in 2003 with the official dedication and opening event held on September 27th of that year in a football game between the John Carroll Blue Streaks and the Polar Bears of Ohio Northern University. The stadium was named in honor of Don Shula, an alumnus of John Carroll University and a retired Pro Football Hall of Fame coach in the National Football League. Shula was the