Stadio Olimpico di Torino
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| Full Name | Stadio Olimpico di Torino |
| Location | Turin, Italy |
| Built | 1933 |
| Opened | 1934 |
| Renovated | 1989 |
| Owner | Torino F.C. |
| Surface | Grass |
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Stadio Comunale Stadio Olimpico Torino |
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Torino F.C. (Serie A) |
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Stadio Olimpico di Torino (before 2006: Stadio Comunale di Torino) is a multi-use stadium in Turin, Italy.
It was built in 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 it was home to Juventus and Torino Calcio before Stadio delle Alpi opened in 1990. 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 27,128 covered seats. The playing area is not roofed. It hosted the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics as Stadio Olimpico (Olympic Stadium). After the Olympic Games, upon further reconstruction, it was to be renamed to Stadio Grande Torino (Great Torino Stadium) 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, until its property stadium (Stadio delle Alpi) will be restructured.
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Official site
| Winter Olympic stadia |
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| Chamonix, 1924 • St. Moritz, 1928 • Lake Placid, 1932 • Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1936 • St. Moritz, 1948 • Oslo, 1952 • Cortina d'Ampezzo, 1956 • Squaw Valley, 1960 • Innsbruck, 1964 • Sapporo, 1972 • Innsbruck, 1976 • Lake Placid, 1980 • Sarajevo, 1984 • Calgary, 1988 • Albertville, 1992 • Lillehammer, 1994 • Nagano, 1998 • Salt Lake City, 2002 • Turin, 2006 • Vancouver, 2010 |
