Stadio Alberto Braglia is the home of Modena FC and has been the temporary home of Sassuolo Calcio since 2008. The stadium has a capacity of 21,151 seats. Stadio Alberto Braglia opened on the 11th of October 1936 with a match between Modena and Cremonese (0-0). The stadium was first [...]
Stadio Carlo Castellani is the home of Empoli FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 seats. Construction started in 1963 and was completed about two years later. Stadio Carlo Castellani officially opened on the 12th of September 1965, and originally consisted of just one covered stand. Just like Empoli’s [...]
Stadio Euganeo is the home of Calcio Padova. The stadium currently has a capacity of 18,060 seats. The stadium opened in March 1991. Construction had started two years earlier in 1989. The official capacity of the stadium is 32,420, however this is significantly reduced for football matches due to safety [...]
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi is the home of AC Chievo Verona and Hellas Verona FC. The stadium has a capacity of 39,221 seats. Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi opened on the 15th of December 1963 with a match between Verona and Venezia. The stadium initially consisted of only one tier, but a second [...]
Stadio Olimpico di Torino, previously called Stadio Comunale, is the home of Torino FC. The stadium has a capacity of 25,300 seats. Stadio Comunale got built in the 1930s to serve as the host of the Littoriali Games (organised by the Fascist Party) and World Student Games. The stadium opened [...]
Stadio San Nicola is the home stadium of AS Bari. With a capacity of 58,270 seats it is the fourth largest stadium in Italy. The stadium was built between 1987 and 1990, with the perspective of the 1990 World Cup that was going to be played in Italy. Its design [...]
Houston Celebrate Opening of BBVA Compass Stadium
On Saturday the Houston Dynamo’s new stadium, the BBVA Compass Stadium, officially opened with a match between the Dynamo and DC United. The Dynamo celebrated the opening with a 1-0 win over the visitors from Washington DC. The BBVA Compass Stadium is [...]
Boca Juniors Wants to Build a New Stadium
Boca Juniors president Daniel Angelici has confirmed that the club is currently looking into the options of building a new stadium. The president did this in a radio interview while in Spain looking for investors in the club. He right away went into further detail [...]
Chelsea Submit Bid for Battersea Station Site
Chelsea’s interest in the Battersea Power Station site as a potential location for a future new stadium has been no secret, but the club has now officially submitted a bid for the iconic site. From the press release on its official website: [...]
Work Behind the Scenes on New AS Roma Stadium
A recently tweeted photo by AS Roma CEO Mark Pannes has confirmed that the club is currently working hard on realising a new stadium. The photo shows three men looking at a wall full of stadium photos and was accompanied by the following [...]
New Barcelona Stadium Back on the Table
FC Barcelona is again looking into the possibilities of either building a new stadium, or extensively renovating Camp Nou. This reports Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo based on a strategic report the club will internally discuss in the upcoming weeks. The strategic report calls for the return of [...]
Liverpool FC took a step back and forwards at the same time when it decided to proceed with its 9-year-old plans for a new stadium, reports the Telegraph. Even though current American owners Fenway Sports Group had earlier indicated to prefer a redevelopment of Anfield, they now [...]
Valencia Stadium Works Resumed in 2012
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club’s president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
Twenty Years Ago: The Bastia Stadium Disaster
No matches were played in Ligue 1 last Saturday. Instead the league commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Furiani stadium disaster which took the lives of 18 fans and injured hundreds more. The lead up to the disaster starts on the 22nd of April 1992. SC Bastia, from the football-mad [...]
The Stadiums that Could Have Been
Building a new football stadium is no easy task. It usually starts with an ambitious chairman enthusiastically announcing the plans, but all too often ends in frustration and sometimes resignation. Though in the end most stadium proposals manage to overcome [...]
Five Reasons Why Poland and Ukraine Won’t Be Another Portugal
With the European Championships still three months away, there is already plenty of talk about the legacy of the tournament. That is, experts are warning that Poland and the Ukraine might become the next Portugal. Or South Africa, speaking in World Cup terms. [...]
