Steel City Stadium at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park is about to take a bold step forward in enhancing its flexible workspace offer, with the introduction of a high-quality business lounge and café.
Our development partner, Scarborough Group International’s (SGI) vision for the Stadium has always been to create a vibrant, connected environment where businesses can thrive alongside world-class academics, researchers, clinicians, elite athletes, entrepreneurs and students.
Building on the managed workspace, meeting rooms and event facilities already located on the upper floors, this next phase introduces a new business lounge offering hot desking, private booths and informal meeting areas. SGI has designed it to inspire – a place where start-ups and established companies alike can work, connect and grow.
Alongside the lounge, the new café will serve high-quality refreshments in a relaxed and welcoming space – perfect for casual catch-ups, informal meetings or simply taking a break. It’s not just for our members and tenants – SGI wants the wider community to feel at home here too.
Since opening in 2022, Steel City Stadium has become home to more than 30 forward-thinking organisations, including Medilink UK – the country’s largest health technology trade association – and UK NEQAS, a leader in laboratory medicine quality assessment. With this next step, SGI is strengthening the stadium’s role as a go-to destination for innovation-led businesses and a gateway to the Park’s wider ecosystem, including the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, and the soon-to-open National Centre for Child Health Technology.
SGI renamed the stadium Steel City Stadium to honour Sheffield’s proud industrial heritage and reflect its bright future as a global centre of excellence in sport, health and wellbeing. This next phase is about realising that vision.
Ian Sanderson, Estates and Development Consultant at SGI, commented:
“Steel City Stadium is at the heart of Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park’s transformation. It’s no longer just a sports venue – it’s becoming a thriving business destination. By activating the ground floor, we’re creating a space where people can come together – to work, to collaborate, and to connect.”
To help our business community succeed, SGI is also working closely with Sheffield Technology Parks (STP), who will provide on-site support, mentoring and networking opportunities.
Tom Wolfenden, CEO at STP, said:
“Innovation often starts with a conversation. That’s why we’re so excited about this new space – it’s more than just coffee and coworking. It’s about building a dynamic community where great ideas can flourish.”
Deb Hetherington, our Director of Innovation Ecosystems at SGI, added:
“High-growth businesses need more than desks – they need the right support, the right people and the right energy. That’s exactly what we’re building at Steel City Stadium.”
With its elite sports facilities and expanding business offer, Steel City Stadium is fast becoming a key part of both Sheffield’s sporting and business landscape.
The new business lounge and café are set to open in early summer 2025. For more information, visit our Workspace page.
