But with hindsight, we would preferred the famous faces shown making high profile visits to the city in the past, had stayed away!
The gallery shows big names visits by stars of their time, explaining why they were here, who were jailed for crimes they were later found to have committed, or who were accused of serious wrong doing after their death.
Most of them held honours ranging from MBEs to knighthoods – some were stripped of those after they were disgraced.
Most of them held honours ranging from MBEs to knighthoods – some were stripped of those after they were disgraced.
![Gary Glitter was a big name pop star when he came tp perform at Sheffield Arena in 1997.But the 77-year-old, real name Paul Gadd, was jailed for 16 years at Southwark Crown Court in 2015, for a string of historic sex attacks on three schoolgirls.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBiZTZhZmVlLTA0Y2ItNGFmMi1hZjJiLTI5OGY3MjM2YmVmMjo2MTQ4MDM5Ny00MjZiLTRmYTYtODNlOC1iODk4MDIwNmMxY2U=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Gary Glitter
Gary Glitter was a big name pop star when he came tp perform at Sheffield Arena in 1997.But the 77-year-old, real name Paul Gadd, was jailed for 16 years at Southwark Crown Court in 2015, for a string of historic sex attacks on three schoolgirls. Photo: Paul Chappells
![Guest of honour Max Clifford waas the guest of honour at a Arthritis Reseach dinner at Kenwood Hall in Sheffield in 1999. He was famous as a celebrity PR and publicist to some of the biggest names in news and showbiz. But he was convicted of a series of sex attacks as part of Operation Yewtree, the police investigation triggered by the Jimmy Savile scandal. He was jailed on charges of sexually abusing four girls aged between 15 and 19 between 1997 and 1985. He died in 2017.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmYwZTkxY2VhLWM1ZTMtNGY3OS1iMDRhLTkyMzlmNzkyZjRmMzoxZGM4MjE0OC1jNmUzLTQwMmItYjBhYS05ZTE3NWY4ZDBlNTI=.png?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Max Clifford
Guest of honour Max Clifford waas the guest of honour at a Arthritis Reseach dinner at Kenwood Hall in Sheffield in 1999. He was famous as a celebrity PR and publicist to some of the biggest names in news and showbiz. But he was convicted of a series of sex attacks as part of Operation Yewtree, the police investigation triggered by the Jimmy Savile scandal. He was jailed on charges of sexually abusing four girls aged between 15 and 19 between 1997 and 1985. He died in 2017. Photo: Roger Nadal