ITALY - Stadium and Arena Development News

[dande]

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has any news about proposed or in construction indoor arenas in Italy size 10,000 and more. As far as I know there is only Fila Forum and the old olympic arena in Rome, Palleour I think it´s the name.

[GENIUS LOCI]

Correct name is PalaEUR in Rome: in EUR district
Fila Forum (or Assago Forum) is in Milan

Some month ago we tried in Italian forum to do a schedule of Italian arenas: I think those thread could be much useful to you. I see if I'm able to find it...... see you later

[GENIUS LOCI]

Here I am...

And here the thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=180452

Sorry, it's in Italian

[GENIUS LOCI]

Italian indoor arenas top ten (existing and u/c)

Gianni Agnelli (Torino): 12350/?/17500* places
Filaforum (Assago - Mi): 12000/15000* places
Bpa Palas (Pesaro):10323 places
PalaMazda (Milano): 10045 places
PalaDesio (Desio - Mi): 10000 places
PalaEur/lottomatica (Roma): 9000/10500* places
Palavela (Torino) : more than 8285/ ? places
PalaMalaguti (Bologna) : 8278 places
PalaLivorno (Livorno) :8033 places
Pala Sada (Monza - Mi): 8000 places


* for congresses or concerts

[GENIUS LOCI]

FORUM DI ASSAGO - MI
http://www.forumnet.it/

[therock]

Torino - Turin

TORINO'S NEW ARENAS:

Palasport Olimpico Giovanni Agnelli
The XX Winter Olympics will be held in Turin in early 2006. As part of the scheme, a new ice hockey stadium will be built. The design by Isozaki/Archa and Arup won first place in an open competition in June 2002.
The design can accommodate up to 12,500 spectators during the ice hockey games with a maximum capacity of 17,500 for post-Olympics flexibility use. Its large structural roof spans of up to 90m and limited number of main supports means that stadium will have a high degree of flexibility for different uses. The services strategy for the building minimises energy demand and ensures that the environment can be easily adapted to suit the many uses of the building, ranging from ice hockey to exhibitions and concerts.
The stadium is due for completion in October 2005, in order to tune and test the building for the opening of the Winter Olympics in February 2006.
ARCHITECT: :Arata Isozaky
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS 12,450 (hockey) - 17.500
Completion Date: October 2005







Palavela
ARCHITECT: Gae Aulenti
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS 8,300
Completion Date: December 2004













Oval (Lingotto area)
Completion Date: September 2005
COMPETITION RING m 400
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS : 8,463

[dande]

Thanks guys, I like the new oval in Torino. I am supprised that the arena in Trieste didn´t make the list, I thought it had capacity of 10,000?

[therock]

Originally Posted by dande

Thanks guys, I like the new oval in Torino. I am supprised that the arena in Trieste didn´t make the list, I thought it had capacity of 10,000?

No, it have a capacity of 6,943!

[Kuvvaci]

Originally Posted by GENIUS LOCI

FORUM DI ASSAGO - MI
http://www.forumnet.it/

What is the capacity of this arena?

[GENIUS LOCI]

^
Filaforum (Assago - Mi): 12000/15000* places

Officially...
15.000 places is for concerts: but normally a sold out concert at Assago Forum overcomes 20.000

However: 12.000 seats

[northern italian]

Originally Posted by GENIUS LOCI

PalaEur/lottomatica (Roma): 9000/10500* places

Palaeur is 11.000 for basketball/indoor sports (look at the play-off 2005 of Virtus Rome, they made various games with 10.500-11.000 people on the seats).

[northern italian]

Some other pics of Filaforum (thanks Claudio Dega)

[azimo]

sansiro stadium

[Kuvvaci]

interesting

[highburysouljah]

LATEST NEWS
AC Milan to leave San Siro?
Reuters

AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani says his club could leave their famous San Siro home and build a new a venue in the city.

"Our stadium is among the least worst in Italy, the pitch is magnificent, you have a good view from the stands, the majority of fans don't get wet if it rains and it is easy to get to."

"But the first level was built in 1926 and sharing with Inter Milan isn't easy. Inter's directors have different ideas to us and so maybe it is time to think of two new stadiums for the city of Milan," Galliani said in an interview with the daily Corriere della Sera.

Milan, formed in 1899, played at five different stadiums before moving to the San Siro in 1926 and were not joined by Inter until 1947.

Before moving in with their 'cousins' at the San Siro, Inter played at the Arena, in the centre of the city, which is the oldest venue in the world to have staged first class football having been opened in 1807 a century before Inter were formed.

The three-tier San Siro, which currently has space for 80,000 fans, was radically redeveloped for the 1990 World Cup finals and was the venue for the opening game of that tournament.

Although the World Cup allowed huge investment in stadiums across Italy, Galliani, who is also president of the Italian Football League, said it was not spent wisely.

"The error of 'Italia 90' was developing existing stadiums or building new ones with athletic tracks. That was how we lost a historic opportunity," he said.

The Delle Alpi stadium in Turin was one of the new venues built for the World Cup but will be demolished next year to make way for a new venue for Juventus which will have a reduced capacity and no running track.

Italian clubs could have a second chance to get access to funds for stadium development with the country bidding to host the European Championships in 2012.

Attendances in Italy this season are down by 20 per cent and while some, such as Football Federation chief Franco Carraro, have blamed ticket prices and crowd violence, Galliani says the stadiums are also to blame.

"All the club presidents agree with my view that the fall is without doubt related to stadiums that are obsolete and not designed for football," he said.

"You can't see much of the game, you have a bad view and if it rains you get soaked, as happened to 5,000 Livorno fans at Florence on Sunday who will have caught colds after watching the match in the pouring rain. We can't go on like this," he said.

"The way forward is to build new stadiums because the majority of the current ones are neither savable or able to be restructured," added Galliani who highlighted German club Schalke 04's AufSchalke Arena in Gelsenkirchen as a model.

"The Germans told me that they sell an average of 30,000 litres of beer for each game. In our stadiums you can't even get a cup of water," he said.

"It's obvious that as long as the stadiums are like this people will prefer to watch the game on television rather than go to the match," he added.

[MoreOrLess]

I'd certainly agree that the italians missed an opportunity in 1990. One running track around a big stadium I can understand but they must have at least half a dozen 50,000 seat stadia with them.

[andysimo123]

I a couple of team want new studiums in Italy. I know Juventus want to build a new ground but with half the number of seats.

[Iain1974]

Originally Posted by andysimo123

I a couple of team want new studiums in Italy. I know Juventus want to build a new ground but with half the number of seats.

I thought Juve were drastically re-developing the Delle Alpi to 42,000 seats?

[andysimo123]

Originally Posted by Iain1974

I thought Juve were drastically re-developing the Delle Alpi to 42,000 seats?

Ye they are going to build a totally new ground inside the old ground.

[cellete]

I think Juve is right doing that; the atmosphere in Delle Alpi is cold even in some matches in Champions.