Stadio Olimpico | |
The Olimpico | |
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| Former names | Stadio dei Cipressi (1928–53) Stadio dei Centomila (1953–60) |
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| Address | Viale dello Stadio Olimpico Rome Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°56′02″N 12°27′17″E / 41.93389°N 12.45472°E |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Public transit | ATAC tram line 2; bus lines 32, 69, 168, 188, 280, 301, 446, 628 |
| Owner | Sport e Salute[1][2] |
| Operator | Italian National Olympic Committee |
| Type | Stadium |
| Genre(s) | sporting events |
| Capacity | 70,634[3] |
| Record attendance | 78,886 (12 May 1974, Lazio – Foggia 1-0)[4] |
| Field size | 105 × 68 m |
| Field shape | Rectangular |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | 2, atop of Northern and Southern stands |
| Current use | Association football venue Athletics venue Rugby union venue Concert venue |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1928 |
| Built | 1928–53 |
| Opened | 17 May 1953[5] |
| Renovated | 1988–90, 2007–08 |
| Construction cost | 3,400,000,000 ITL (1953) 233,000,000,000 ITL (1988–90) 17,000,000 € (2007–08) |
| Architect | E. Del Debbio (1928) L. Moretti (1933–37) C. Valle (1951) A. Vitellozzi (1951–53, 1988–90) M. Clerici (1988–90) |
| Builder | Speroni (1928) |
| Structural engineer | A. Frisa, A. Pintonello (1927) C. Roccatelli (1951–53) P. Teresi, A.M. Michetti, M. Majowiecki (1988–90) |
| General contractor | Co.Ge.Far. (1988–90) |
| Tenants | |
| 1953–present 1953–present 1953–present 1954–present | |
| Website | |
| Stadio Olimpico Tour | |
Stadio Olimpico (English: Olympic Stadium), colloquially known as l'Olimpico (The Olympic), is an Italian multi-purpose sports venue located in Rome. Seating over 70,000 spectators, it is the largest sports facility in Rome and the second-largest in Italy, after Milan's San Siro.[3] It formerly had a capacity of over 100,000 people, and was also called Stadio dei Centomila (Stadium of the 100,000). It is owned by Sport e Salute, a government agency that manages sports venues,[1][2] and its operator is the Italian National Olympic Committee.
The Olimpico is located in northwestern Rome in the Foro Italico sports complex. Construction began in 1928 under Enrico Del Debbio and the venue was expanded in 1937 by Luigi Moretti. World War II interrupted further expansions; after the Liberation of Rome in June 1944, the stadium was used by the Allies as vehicle storage and as a location for Anglo-American military competitions. After the war, the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), appointed as operator of the venue, completed construction, and it was opened on 17 May 1953 with a football game between Italy and Hungary. Since opening, the stadium has been home to the city's principal professional football clubs, S.S. Lazio and A.S. Roma. It changed its name to Olimpico in 1955, when Rome was awarded responsibility for the 1960 Summer Olympics. Before 1990, the venue was almost entirely unroofed, except for the Monte Mario Grandstand (Italian: Tribuna Monte Mario). In 1990, the Olimpico was rebuilt and roofed for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
The Olimpico was the principal venue for the 1968 and 1980 European Championships as well as the 1990 FIFA World Cup, hosting the grand final for each competition, as well as a group stage and one of the quarter-finals of the 2020 European Championship. The venue hosted two finals of the European Cup, in 1977 and 1984, and two UEFA Champions' League finals, in 1996 and 2009. Since 2008, the Olimpico has hosted the Coppa Italia final. The Olimpico hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and track-and-field events of the 1960 Olympics, the 1974 European Athletics Championships, the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1975 Universiade. In 2024, it hosted the European Athletics Championships. It has hosted the Golden Gala since 1980 and, since 2012, is the usual venue of the Italian rugby union team in the Six Nations championship.
After its 1990 reconstruction, the stadium has also hosted concerts. The record for highest attendance for a musical event at the stadium was set in 1998 when 90,000 spectators attended a concert of Claudio Baglioni.[6][7]
- ^ a b "Decreto 3 febbraio 2004. Conferimento di beni immobili patrimoniali dello Stato, ai sensi dell'art. 8, comma 6, del decreto-legge 8 luglio 2002, n. 138, convertito in legge, con modificazioni, nella legge 8 agosto 2002, n. 178" [Decree of 3 February 2004: assignment of the estate owned by the State]. Official Gazette of the Italian Republic (39). Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. 17 February 2004. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
Ravvisata l'opportunità di individuare tra gli immobili da conferire in proprietà alla CONI Servizi S.p.A. quelli facenti parte del complesso del Foro Italico, in Roma, non aventi requisiti storico-artistici e quindi suscettibili di alienazione ai sensi del decreto del Ministro del tesoro, del bilancio e della programmazione economica […]
- ^ a b "Decreto del Presidente del consiglio dei ministri 17 giugno 2021. Modalità di attuazione del trasferimento di beni immobili destinati al Comitato olimpico nazionale italiano (CONI)" [Prime Minister's decree of 17 June 2021: implementation of the transfer of real estate assigned to the Italian National Olympic Committee]. Official Gazette of the Italian Republic (214 serie generale). Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
[…] conseguentemente, ogni richiamo alla Coni Servizi S.p.a. contenuto in disposizioni normative vigenti deve intendersi riferito alla Sport e Salute S.p.a. […]
- ^ a b "Impianti di serie A – stagione 2017/2018" [Serie A venues season 2017/2018] (PDF) (in Italian). Rome: Osservatorio Nazionale sulle Manifestazioni Sportive del Ministero dell'Interno. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Bicocchi, Giorgio (19 November 2012). "Lazio-Foggia 1974. Il Guinness dell'Olimpico" (in Italian). Rome: Centro studi Nove Gennaio Millenovecento. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Puccini, Gianni (17 May 1953). "In 100.000 allo Stadio Olimpico" [100,000 at the Olympic Stadium] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). Rome. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Venegoni, Marinella (6 June 1998). "Baglioni, strada facendo c'è il record all'Olimpico" [Baglioni, along the way there's the attendance record at the Olympic Stadium]. La Stampa (in Italian). Turin. p. 13. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Luzzatto Fegiz, Mario (21 May 2015). "Tutto Baglioni in concerto" [All Baglioni in concert]. Corriere della Sera. Milan. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.