Hillsborough boxing gym: Boxing gym and live music venue plan for former Sheffield industrial building
A live music venue and boxing gym is lined up to open in a big industrial unit near Sheffield Wednesday’s football stadium
Plans have been drawn up for the facility which would take over the site of what has previously been part of the Hillfoot Multi Metals building on Herries Road, near its junction with Penistone Road.
RL Boxing & Management Promotions Ltd has told Sheffield Council that it wants to alter the industrial unit so that it will have a space for live music at one end of the building, and a boxing and fitness gym at the other.
Documents which the company has submitted in support of a planning application for the scheme say that they already have support from the British Boxing Board of Control for holding boxing matches there.
They stated: “There is nothing on the scale or industry of the proposed venture in the city centre or Hillsborough locality.”
They added: “One of our directors is listed with the BBBofC as a licensed promotor. The board have approved the site and will be working with us to ensure the ideal venue.”
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They said they had approval for an 800 capacity for the venue, which could also host wrestling and weight lifting, as well as live music events, and do not believe it will have any negative impact on Sheffield city centre.
Another document described how the unit would be divided by a wall, with a boxing and fitness centre one side and an entertainment venue on the other, complete with a stage.
They added they had been unable to find a suitable venue more centrally in Hillsborough, or in Sheffield city centre.