Don Valley Stadium are so many examples of Council waste where cuts could and should be made without affecting local residents." On 11 January 2013, Sheffield City Council announced that the stadium was to be closed and demolished as part of a £50 million budget-cutting measure. An eleventh hour meeting was held at Sheffield Town Hall on 1 March 2013. Local and national politicians met to discuss the proposed closure and any possibility of preventing it. A final decision was made that the stadium was to close in September 2013 and would be demolished from 21 November 2013. In October 2014, it was
Valley Greyhound Stadium 410 yards in circumference consisting of race distances of 310, 515 and 720 yards. The principal race held at the track is the Glamorgan Cup. In 2011 the stadium underwent a renovation including an indoor stand with seating and viewing areas and racing takes place on Thursday and Saturday evenings. It is one of only five independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) tracks remaining today. Valley Greyhound Stadium The Valley Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium in Twyn Road, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales. The track known as Valley is on Twyn Road sandwiched between the Caerphilly Road and A469