Stadio Olimpico
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Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. Assets of CONI, the structure is intended primarily for football, there are held inside of Lazio and Roma and is the seat of the final Coppa Italia, and all athletics, but occasionally hosts concerts of light music and events of various kinds. Throughout its history, it has underwent three substantial restructurings and a complete restyling.
History
During the 1960 Summer Olympics, the stadium hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and the Athletics competitions. The posts were eliminated in the feet, with the result to actual capacity to 65,000 spectators. Following hosted several editions of the Ialian Championships in Athletics, the 1975 Summer Universiade (the stadium was the only venue in the Universiade), and the 1987 World Athletics Championships and still hosts the annual meeting of the Golden Gala.
The main feature of the stadium was its surprisingly low elevation from the ground, despite its considerable capacity. Te result was achieved thanks to partial sottoelevazione of the pitch, also exploiting the natural shape of a hollow ground around it. Thanks to these measures the system was integrated seamlessly with the surrounding environment, providing a very pleasing visual appearance and content. The seats were originally made of wood, later replaced by others in stone pale green. This was not a cover of stairs, with the exception of a small structure, which was added later, that in addition to cover a small part of the Tribuna Monte Mario, hosted journalists for Radiocronaca and press rooms. The only criticism in the years the stadium was over-distance curves from the game that seriously the vision of football, due to the presence of the athletics track and the need to place the perimeter of the existing structure.
Renovation
In 2007 it was engaged in a vast plan of restyling inside the stadium to conform to UEFA standards, for the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final which was disputed in Rome. The work was performed and completed in 2008, have included the establishment of standard structures, with improvements in security, the adjustment of changing rooms and press room, the complete replacement of the seats, installing new maxishermi digital high definition, I decline benches, the partial removal of barriers in the stands between Plexiglas and the playing field, and a reduction of posts, until the current capacity of 72,698. In order to increase the comfort of the audience a part of the modernisation of the stadium were the increase of the points of rest and adjustment to a toilet. These actions have allowed the Olympic Sadium classified as Elite of the stages of Europe.
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San Siro
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The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, more commonly called Stadio San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy. It is the home of A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano. The stadium is named in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played both for Internazionale and Milan in the 1930s and 1940s.
History
The stadium construction started in 1925 in the Milanese district of San Siro, which gave its original name. The idea to build a stadium in the same district as the horse racing track, belongs to the man who then was the president of AC Milan, Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a stadium only for football (there is no athletics track in it). The inauguration was on September 19, 1926, when 35,000 spectators saw Internazionale defeat Milan 6-3. Originally, the ground was home and property of AC Milan. In 1947 Internazionale became tenants and the two have shared the ground ever since. Although Giuseppe Meazza played for both Inter and Milan, he enjoyed more success at Inter and is more favoured by the Inter faithful; as a result, Milan fans favour the term San Siro for the ground.
As well as being used by Milan and Inter, the Italian national side also plays occasional games there and it has also been used for the 2000–01, 1969–1970 and 1964–65 Champions League/European Cup finals. The stadium was also used for UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997–98.
The stadium underwent further renovations for the 1990 World Cup with $60 million being spent, bringing the stadium up to UEFA 5-star standard. As part of the renovations, the stadium became all seated, with an extra tier being added to 3 sides of the stadium. This entailed the building of 11 concrete towers around the outside of the stadium. Four of these concrete towers located at the corner to support a new roof which has distinctive protruding red girders.
Both Milan and Inter are in the process of new stadium feasibility studies
Events
Other than football matches, the San Siro has been host to many pop music concerts. Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Vasco Rossi, Ligabue and The Rolling Stones,Laura Pausini have headlined at the stadium more than once. The San Siro was also the venue for the boxing match between Duilio Loi vs. Carlos Ortiz for the Junior Welterweight title in 1960.
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