Don Valley Stadium wasn't a financial drain there are other leisure centres in Sheffield that cost far much more to run and will never return a profit. Don Valley was more than athletics there was a Gymnastics and Athletics academies, Rugby, Football, indoor bowls, model car racing a gym and loads of private events and confrences. The stadium was an icon for Sheffield, but sadly the short sighted council bulldozed it and now Sheffield wont be able to host big multi sport events such as the School Games or Transplant games as happend last year. There was a relatively small cost to running the stadium but now its gone Sheffield will loose far much more with lower exposure and fewer large events