ITALY - Stadium and Arena Development News

[Martuh]

Originally Posted by ravanellidiciamo

the capacity is only 27.000 (35.000 for the Olympics....)

The Stadium is the old one in Turin, renewed (it was the one used for the football matches od Juventus FC and Torino Calcio, before the construction of the "Italia '90" Delle Alpi stadium).

The old version of this stadium had only two rings and a small covering for the spectators. it was built by Mussolini for the first Univerisiad ever, in 1930. Its first name was "Stadio Mussolini", after WWII renamed "Stadio Comunale" (Municipal Stadium).

Actually Torino Calcio will play there from the next season, and Juventus FC will renew the Delle Alpi stadium.... "one stadium for each football team"... like in England.

I thought Torino bankrupted?

[cianobuckley]

as a matter of curiousity who has the larger average home attendances, inter or milan?

[MoreOrLess]

64k last season for Milan and 59k for Inter although the derby is normally near full.

[ravanellidiciamo]

Originally Posted by Martuh

I thought Torino bankrupted?

yes...


but thanxs to "strange" italian laws it had the possibility to restart from the "Serie B".

Torino has not anymore the property of the "olympic Stadium", but at 99% the Olympic stadium (with a new name) will be the home of Torino.

only for the next season (and maybe already at the end of this one) Juventus and Torino will play togheter in the olympic stadium, while Juventus will restructure the Delle Alpi to make it its new home.

[Kai Tak]

Originally Posted by ravanellidiciamo

...it was built by Mussolini...

Mussolini for the Olympics, then we get Hitler's Olympiastadion for the World Cup! Seems we're hitting all the high notes this year in Europe.

[SkyLerm]

I think it would be a pity that both teams leave this amazing stadium, one of my favourites and 2nd largest football stadium in Europe at the moment.

[ravanellidiciamo]

Originally Posted by Kai Tak

Mussolini for the Olympics, then we get Hitler's Olympiastadion for the World Cup! Seems we're hitting all the high notes this year in Europe.

look at that....

that's the Florence stadium also built by Mussolini in 30s (and renewed for Italia '90).

Its form recall a "D" that stands for "Duce".... (Mussolini "nickname".. or "title" )



this word inspired Hitler's "Fuhrer" (both words mean kinda "leader", or "guide").

[Rhoy]

Now that all venues are ready to host the XX Winter Olympic Games I want to offer you some pics..
I hope you will appreciate it..

starting with Torino..


Palavela, Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating
Capacity: 8000/10,000 seats

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the Oval Lingotto, Speed Skating
Capacity: 8000 seats

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[Rhoy]

the Olympic Stadium, Ceremonies and the PalaIsozaki, Hockey

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[Sonic from Padova]

Palahockey Torino 2006

The new building was in fact designed by Arata Isozaki with Giuseppe Amaro and Marco Brizio who took great care to ensure that it would be usable after the Olympics have ended, giving rise to an "event factory", versatile and flexible because of its moveable floors and stands, thus permitting the interior layout to be modified and making the hockey stadium suitable for concerts, conventions and shows too.
The building is on 4 levels: a basement at 7,50 metres below ground, with a competition rink and service facilities, an intermediate level at 3.75 metres below ground for the Olympic family, the media and the sports federations; ground level, used for the entrances and for easy access to the stands; and a floor at 6 metres above ground which serves as a perimeter gallery for circulation containing refreshment facilities.
The hockey rink has been placed at 7.50 metres below ground to reduce the height of the building and the stands are also partially below ground: an idea that has also avoided the need for long emergency stairs, turning them into brief exit routes to the exterior.
When the public enters the complex they arrive at a point halfway up the stands, from which they either go up or down to reach their seats.
On the exterior the Palahockey looks like a large rectangular stainless steel box, suspended over a cement and glass base. The panels, with an matt bubble finish, give the building a dynamic and "vibrating" appearance, as well as reflecting the surroundings and creating light effects. The staggered and irregular arrangement of the panels also increases this illusion of "movement".
Inside, on the contrary, there are perforated and sound absorbent aluminium panels to reduce the level of sound. Ceilings too are in matt-finish stainless steel, to create continuity with the facade, thus confirming the idea of a steel box inside too.
At ground level, on the contrary, the facades on the longer sides are in glass and can be opened, thus creating continuity with the park and the square outside.

The other sides are faced with lightweight cement panels. The exterior paving is in Luserna stone bordering large areas of concrete and grey stone chips.
The same stone is used to face the underground airshaft and for the curbs around the lamps with three rotating projectors used to light up the façade of the building. The construction of this new complex is part of a broader scheme to redefine the area, where the existing structures were designed for the Football World Cup in 1934.
Indeed, this is where the municipal stadium is, as well as the "Maratona" Tower and the Piazza d'Armi park. This new project aims to define a scenario in which existing facilities are refurbished and integrated by new buildings.

Some pics of this fantastic palahockey built for Turin 2006 Winter games!

[Isaac Newell]

Is that steel roof on the stadio Communale permanent ?

[Tosco]

Who's the architect?

[Melchisedeck]

Originally Posted by Tosco

Who's the architect?

Perhaps Arata Isozaki !

[CAESARS-PALACe]

Rome was chosen to host the 2009 World Swimming Championships. For this event new infrastructure will be built, the main project is Santiago Calatrava's "City of Sport" with the aquatic stadium. A few weeks ago there was a presentation of the first model of the project (a massing model).Some pictures (quality of the pics is not great unfortunaly ). I will update this thread when there is a better model and renderings .

[Giorgio]

Calatrava indeed.

[ravanellidiciamo]

a weird and fresh pic of the Juventus' home.

[Kampflamm]

When are they gonna start the remodeling of the place?

[highburysouljah]

people dont like it but when its full the atmosphere is amazing its like a colousium

[ravanellidiciamo]

Originally Posted by Kampflamm

When are they gonna start the remodeling of the place?

at the end of the season, probably after the end of Torino FC Serie B's playoff.

Next year Juventus and Torino will play in the brand-new Olympic Stadium, during the renewal of Delle Alpi.

Then Torino will rest at the Olympic Stadium, which probably will be renamed "Grande Torino" stadium in memory of the legendary team of the 40s.

Juventus will play in the renewed Delle Alpi which will be renamed with a name of a sponsor... it seems that it will be Siemens so --> Siemens Arena.

[ravanellidiciamo]

Originally Posted by highburysouljah

people dont like it but when its full the atmosphere is amazing its like a colousium

u right yo...

sadly the new arena will have a capacity of 33.000 seats only, but it will be finally a soccer stadium and not an Olympic Stadium...