{"id":55728,"date":"2024-02-22T11:33:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=55728"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T11:33:58","slug":"33-year-old-debt-from-sheffields-student-games-to-be-finally-cleared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/22\/33-year-old-debt-from-sheffields-student-games-to-be-finally-cleared\/","title":{"rendered":"33 year old Debt from Sheffield&#8217;s Student Games to be finally cleared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Council debts from a loan taken to for Sheffield to host the World Student Games will finally be paid off next month after over 30 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events of 1991 cost Sheffield City Council around \u00a3685m.  Some branded it a financial disaster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Debt linked to Sheffield&#39;s World Student Games to be cleared 33 years on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/49n0sHseaY\">https:\/\/t.co\/49n0sHseaY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNews\/status\/1760625839178232229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council debts from a loan taken to for Sheffield to host the World Student Games will finally be paid off next month after over 30 years. The events of 1991 cost Sheffield City Council around \u00a3685m. 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