Il Messaggero newspaper reports that the Serie A football club AS Roma would have chosen the site that is scheduled to host their new stadium: the Pietralata. The Friedkin family wants the 'Stadio della Roma' nearby the Roma Tiburtina Rail Station, in an area that is a "void" within the full urban fabric, so as not to have to build mobility infrastructures from scratch as envisaged by the former club owner in Tor di Valle. The choice was then to think of a site inside the city center, the redevelopment of a public-owned abandoned site but the club would get 99-years of surface rights. The stadium would resemble "a sort of acropolis placed in a dominant position on the top of the tuffaceous relief" in such a way as to guarantee orderly inflow and outflow and safety in the event of an emergency evacuation. According to the papers, the Giallorossi club has decided to take Arsenal's Emirates Stadium as a reference model: "4 Uefa stars, 60,000 seats", although from the first sketches, it seems that more than the classic oval shape we can turn towards a slightly more squared-off solution, so much so that we are talking about “north, south, east and west stands” and “corners” rather than classic curves. The project would comprise a commercial-tertiary village, a sports center, a public park. The stadium would be reachable by private vehicles. The area to be reserved for buses, cars and motorcycles would range from 70 thousand up to 124 thousand square meters, with places for motorcycles swinging from 7 thousand to almost 10 thousand; parking spaces between two thousand and 5,000 and about thirty coach spaces. Apart from the number of spectators, the simulations were made taking as a basis the same method of access to the stadium as hypothesized at the time of the project studied for di Tor di Valle, 52% of the public by public transport and the rest by private transport. On these parameters, simulations were modulated with an increase in the percentage of mobility with public transport up to 60%. This explains the differences which, in terms of spectators, range from about 12 thousand to over 13 thousand with motorcycles; from 8 thousand to 14 thousand with cars; from 1,000 to 2,000 by coaches and from 30,000 to 35,000 by public transport. But the stadium would be reachable above all by public transport thanks to its proximity to Tiburtina Station (Rome's second busiest rail station and one of the busiest in Italy, served by high-speed rail trains of the national service and regional trains, but also those coming from the Roma Leonardo Da Vinci Intercontinental Airport and viceversa) and the B line of the Rome subway. AS Roma and the Municipality have also planned two cycle and pedestrian bridges: the first will be a "pedestrian-cycle path" which will directly connect the new stadium with the Tiburtina station. The second will be at via Livorno and, bypassing the beam of the railway tracks, an element of direct connection "with the Nomentano district and with the B / B1 metro station in Piazza Bologna".
Work continues at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari where the city continues on repairs on the structure and re-seating of the entire stadium. Also at the same time the field is being gutted and the drainage system re-done (it hasn't been maintained since Italia 90' ) A new roof is expected to begin work in August/ September. I know people laugh at these works and for good reason, but for what it is, the San Nicola is serviceable if it is maintained. At least now the Italian national team can return to playing games there. There was a point where the FIGC was scheduling a match in Bari every August. I hope the athletic track is covered with fake turf as it is in Bologna https://fb.watch/cVgrELoX5z/ In order for the San Nicola to really be a world class stadium, it needs to remove the athletic track like the Estadio Mineirao in Brazil. Same with the San Paolo in Naples and Bentegodi in Verona
Absolutely. Athletic tracks are a thing of the past at major stadiums; sadly there presence in Italy reminds us of the little investment in infrastructure over the last 30 years.
In the biggest WTF news of the day. It seems that Avellino stadium project is going ahead and the old partenio will begin demolition this summer. If this goes through barring any disaster, the new Partenio will be the best stadium in southern Italy. Keep in mind, this is a team that plays in Serie C
Just watched the highlights between Padova-Catanzaro and it seems like they are doing work in Padova's stadium? Behind the goal part looks totally new and zero sits soo far.
The city of Padova are renovating the Euganeo to make it a true multisport facility. The ends will be moved closer to the pitch as seen in this render. Meanwhile within the structure itself will be a new facility that will host other sporting events (volley, basket, handball) It is by no means a perfect project as there are still funding issues. But better than it is right now as the current Euganeo is one of the worst in Italy
GRAVINA: ITALY IN POLE POSITION TO HOST EURO 2032 by Andrew Cesare Richardson | May 30, 2022 19:45 FIGC chief Gabriel Gravina said on Monday that Italy are in pole position to host the European Championship in 2032. Italy last hosted a major men’s football tournament in 1990 with the last Euros to be played in the country a decade earlier, while there were some Euro 2020 matches, including the opener, in Rome. But Gravina said Italy want to host 2032 and feel they are well positioned to do so. Speaking at an Italian sports summit, he said: “There are us and Turkey for 2032. We are well positioned. Italy are finally credible.” Italy are holders of the tournament, having won Euro 2020, which took place across several venues in Europe. Germany will be the hosts of Euro 2024 while a UK and Ireland bid is up against Turkey for Euro 2028. Italy have hosted four major tournament in men’s football, winning two of them. In 1934, Italy won their first World Cup and hosts, while they were also champions the first time they had the Euros in 1968. But at Euro 80, they could only finish fourth – losing to Czechoslovakia in the third-place play off – and third at Italia 90.
Italy have yet to submit their bid. IIRC they have to do so in September of next year. One would imagine that it will be a mix of renovated stadiums & completely new ones. Renovated stadiums: Florence, Bologna, Palermo, Genoa, Completely new: Cagliari, Milan, Rome There are problem stadiums like Verona, Napoli, and Bari where I have no idea what they will do.
The design of the Cagliari stadium has changed to reflect a more realistic representation. The hotel portion seeing the more dramatic change. The stadium will be approx 25k capacity with the possibility to expend to 30k for the euros of 2032
As of now, the Milan stadium project is at a stand still because it isn't clear the intentions of Milan's new owner. They say he prefers to build a stadium separate from Inter in a new location. In the meantime, the designers of the Cathedral have released a new section of the stadium. I really like this project
Every time Roma make progress in their efforts to build a new stadium, Lotito also comes out and announces a project. The Stadio Flaminio in the center of Rome has remained unoccupied for more than 10 years. The city of Roma is really desperate to give it up. Lotito wants it, but also wants the ability to make major modifications. The unfortunate thing is that was designed by the same architect who made the Artemio Franchi. Meaning it is subjected to restrictions. He will present the plan to the city soon. This is the current state:
The completion of the Gewiss Arena will only begin after this season. Really embarrassing that it's taking this long
Monza have completed renovations that have brought the U-power stadium up to Serie A standard. This is included reinforcing the stands that face the camera, and completely re-seating it. It's decent for Italian standards. But those gate barriers are an eye-sore. Galliani has said that Monza will build a new structure if they survive the drop. But their mercato tells me they will
Some stadium news: We don't know the FIGC's bid for Euro 2032, but it's official that the FIGC have named Cagliari as a host city. This means that the capacity of the Stadium will be at minimum 30k. I believe this is the only city right now that is official. https://www.centotrentuno.com/news/...ida-il-nuovo-stadio-per-gli-europei-del-2032/ Keeping with the criteria: one of 60,000 seats, one of which (preferably two) must have 50,000 seats, four of which must have 40,000 seats and three of which must have 30,000 seats If I could guess what the FIGC will put forward: One 70k: Milan (new) One 60k+ :Rome (AS Roma new) Two 50k+: Naples (Maradona renovated). Bari (San Nicola existing) Two 40k+: Torino (Allianz existing), Florence (Renovated Franchi) Four 30k+: Cagliari (new), Bologna (Dall'ara renovated), Palermo (Barbera renovated) Genoa (Ferraris renovated) I think in this you would have nice mix of new and old.
We're starting to see things move on the potential candidate city ends. The city of Genoa are starting to draft plans to renovate the Ferraris. 100 million investment and work that will take up to 5 years. My guess is that a lot of people in the know probably have confirmation that Italy will get Euro 2032