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Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Stadio Olimpico Stadio Comunale/Stadio Grande Torino
Full name Former names Location Built Opened Renovated Owner Surface Capacity Field dimensions Tenants
Stadio Olimpico di Torino Stadio Mussolini Stadio Comunale Turin, Italy 1933, 2006 May 14, 1933 February 10, 2006 2006 City of Turin [1] Grass 27,500 (current) 105 x 68 m
it was home to Juventus and Torino Calcio before Stadio delle Alpi opened in 1990. It served as the main stadium for the 1959 Summer Universiade and the 1970 Summer Universiade The stadium was abandoned for several years, before being chosen as an Olympic venue. Much of the original structure was demolished in this refurbishment. The new version of the stadium has 27,500 covered seats. The playing area is not roofed. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2006 Paralympics as Stadio Olimpico (Olympic Stadium). After the Olympic Games, upon further reconstruction, it was to be renamed to Stadio Grande Torino (Grand Stadium of Turin) after the Torino players who died in the Superga air disaster on May 4, 1949. The "Olimpico" will be renamed at the end of its sharing between Torino F.C. and Juventus. In fact the stadium is to be used as the home ground of local football team Torino F.C. and to be temporarily used by Juventus, while its own stadium (Stadio delle Alpi) is restructured.
Concerts
The Stadio Comunale has been host to a number of concerts and live performances. • 1979 - Adriano Celentano • 1979 - Banana Republic Tour - Lucio Dalla, Francesco De Gregori, Ron • 1980 - Bob Marley • 1981 - Dire Straits • 1982 - European Tour - Rolling Stones (2 date) • 1982 - Frank Zappa • 1984 - Flick of the Switch Tour - AC/DC • 1985 - Notti di Note Tour - Claudio Baglioni • 1987 - Who’s That Girl Tour - Madonna • 1987 - Glass Spider Tour - David Bowie • 1987 - Human Rights Now! Tour - Sting, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Yossou N’Dour, Claudio Baglioni • 1987 - C’è Chi Dice No Tour - Vasco Rossi • 1988 - Bad Tour - Michael Jackson • 1988 - World Tour - Pink Floyd
Juventus F.C. Torino F.C. 1959 Summer Universiade 1970 Summer Universiade 2006 Winter Olympics (opening and closing ceremonies)
Stadio Olimpico di Torino (before 2006: Stadio Comunale di Torino) is a stadium in Turin, Italy. It was constructed from September 1932 to 1933 for the FIFA World Cup 1934, the first World Cup held in Italy, and originally held 65,000 spectators. It was originally named Stadio Mussolini, after Benito Mussolini. It was renamed to Stadio Comunale after the Second World War. For many years
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Preceded by Camp Nou Barcelona Preceded by Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final Venue 1965
Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Succeeded by Two legged Final
Succeeded by Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies BC Place Stadium Vancouver (Olympic Stadium) 2006
• 1988 - Tunnel of Love Express Tour Bruce Springsteen • 1989 - Liberi Liberi Tour - Vasco Rossi (2 date) • 2009 - Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 Jonas Brothers • concerts held at Turin’s Stadio Delle Alpi
References
[1] http://www.juventus.com/site/eng/ JPL_stadioolimpico.asp
External links
• (Italian) Official site Coordinates: 45°2′30.30″N 45.04175°N 7.6500139°E 7.6500139 7°39′0.05″E / / 45.04175;
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