Tag: Italy

Redecoration nod for ‘The Greyhounds’ home

Article posted by Coliseum, November 11^th, 2020

The City of Bologna (Italy) has ratified the move to totally rehabilitate Stadio Dall’Ara. Though the road ahead is still long, but the City’s go-ahead comes as a welcome piece of news. Of course, the final design documentation is now being prepared. Stadio Renato Dall’Ara is a multipurpose... » Read more

Belgium and Italy back to ghost games

Article posted by Coliseum, October 28^th, 2020

With COVID-19 second wave hitting Europe with full blast, Italy’s Serie A top tier football league will go behind closed doors once again for at least a month following a spike in coronavirus cases in the country. As the fatal virus is staring Europe in the face, the Italian Government passed a... » Read more

‘Viola’ ready to splurge on venue revamp

Article posted by Coliseum, October 21^st, 2020

Italian Serie A football club Fiorentina is ready to invest €250m (£228.3m/$290.9m) to completely rehabilitate its home venue – Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy. ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club based in Florence,... » Read more

Leading-edge sports complex for Viola

Article posted by Coliseum, October 15^th, 2020

Italian Serie A football club Fiorentina unfolded plans for a new avant-garde sports complex – Viola Park Sports Center – which will be housed just a stone’s throw away from the team’s home ground – Stadio Artemio Franchi – in Florence, Italy. To this end, a press conference... » Read more

‘Sbloccastadi’ boost to Italy stadia revamp

Article posted by Coliseum, September 18^th, 2020

The official ratification of a new legislation designed to give a shot in the arm to the development of sports infrastructure in Italy was welcomed among others by the Italian football club Fiorentina and Lega Serie A (top Italian football league system) head honcho Luigi De Siervo. The so-called... » Read more

Fans grace Parma-Empoli friendly in Italy

Article posted by Coliseum, September 9^th, 2020

After six months of severe lockdown in Italy due to COVID-19 which took a huge toll on lives in the country and is still causing wrenching pain to the world, around 1,000 supporters came to the Tardini Stadium in Parma, Italy, for the pre-season friendly match between Parma Calcio and FC Empoli... » Read more

Lying-in-the-cans AS Roma project gets nod

Article posted by Coliseum, July 22^nd, 2020

It is almost a too good to be true kind of news. Italian professional football club AS Roma has been given the green light to start construction for their stadium in Tor di Valle in Rome, Italy. The development has been hanging fire for eight years now and not a single brick has been laid. Now,... » Read more