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 and Nona Williams Stadium campus through the beginning of the 2001 season. Nelson Field is now home to the UW–Stout Soccer teams. AstroTurf 2000 was the surface from its opening through the 2007-08 academic year. FieldTurf was installed for the beginning of the 2008 football season. Drums Along The Red Cedar, a drum & bugle corps competition, was held at the stadium each June until 2010, where the show was rained out. The Stadium is also used by Menomonie High School Don and Nona Williams Stadium Don and Nona Williams Stadium is a football stadium located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Stout