Stadio Olimpico di Torino

Stadio Olimpico
Olimpico
Full name	Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Former names	Stadio Mussolini Stadio Comunale
Location	Turin, Italy
Built	1933, 2006
Opened	14 May 1933 10 February 2006
Renovated	2006
Owner	City of Turin [1]
Surface	Grass
Capacity	28,000
Field dimensions	105 m x 68 m
Tenants
Torino Football Club Juventus Football Club 1959 Summer Universiade 1970 Summer Universiade 2006 Winter Olympics (opening and closing ceremonies)

The Stadio Olimpico di Torino, formerly Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo and before that Stadio Benito Mussolini, is a stadium in Turin, Italy. It was the site of the opening ceremonies and closing ceremonies of the XX Winter Olympics, held on 10 and 26 February 2006, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the IX Paralympic Winter Games, held from 10–19 March 2006. After the Olympics, the stadium was converted to a soccer ground to host the home games of the football teams towns. It is located in the district of Santa Rita, in the south of Turin.

History

The original project: Stadio Municipale Benito Mussolini

Originally named after Benito Mussolini, Was built for decision Duce himself in order to host the Games of the year Littoriali XI, held in 1933 And the International Student Championships.

The Municipal Administration, as much as possible to shorten the construction time, announce a contest, then dividing the work among three companies: the stadium (stands, bleachers and local affairs) was entrusted to Company Saverio Parisi Rome (designed by the architect. Fagnoni and Eng. Bianchini and Ortensi), the field of athletics, the Tower of Marathon and the ticket to 'Ing. Vannacci and Lucherini (project architect. Del Giudice, Professor. Colonnetti and the engineer. Vannacci), the indoor pool at Company AN. Construction Companies Ing E. Faletti (project architect. Bonicelli and Ing. Villanova). L 'Ing. Guido De Bernardi Finally we took the preparation of fields and slopes.

Work began in the last days of September 1932 and the work was inaugurated on May 14, 1933 the Secretary of the Party Achille Starace at the beginning of Littoriali. The first match played in the new scenario was a meeting between Juventus and Hungarians dell'Ujpest (6–2), return of the quarter-final Central European Cup, the June 29, 1933.

Stage Mussolini during the 1930 In the original design stage consisted of a vast ring ellipsoid, whose major perimeter was about 640 m. The base consisted of a bench of white granite, on which rested the socket in red plaster, the same material were formed at 45 ° planes that mark three strips of glass for lighting indoors, crowned by a white railing. Over this large windows overlooking restricted by concrete pillars that supported the terminal swing, projecting more than three meters with an inclination of 45 degrees.

The approaches were practiced inside through openings 27, the main one of which led to the gallery, with cover from the weather. The parterre was partly covered by cantilevered terraces that adjective, and was slightly higher in the most distant from the field.

The playing field measuring 70x105 meters There were around the athletics track with six lanes, mass graves for the shot put and discus throw, the slopes for the long jump and the top corner. Initially, the curves of the athletics track were designed at three centers, but after protests from the national executive Massimo Cartasegna (who had participated as an athlete to Olympics 1908) Were redesigned to a single center: how the end result, however, the track had an abnormal length of 446.38 meters.

The postwar municipal stadium

After the launch events in 1934 hosted several meetings of Football World Cup held in Italy. Season 1934–35 began to host the matches League CupFor the first years, only those of JuventusBecause the time Turin played in Philadelphia StadiumOf his property. The late FiftiesWhen even the grenade left the old system, hosted the home games of both teams to the championship in Turin until 1989–1990, when the Hall was in turn abandoned for the Stadio delle AlpiBuilt for World Cup Italy 1990.

In this stage Juventus celebrated between 1934 and 1986 than 16 titles champion Italy – Including the last two five-year period 1931–1935, 8 Cups Italy 6 titles and internationally, and one of the league Turin (1976).

From 1938 the late fifties the stadium also houses the headquarters of the provisional Automobile Museum (opened in 1939) until the unification of Italy transfer in progress.

At Stadio Comunale's May 11, 1947 we played a race of the Italian national football team still in the annals of sport for seeing the field in blue as many players from the same team: in Italy—Hungary, Finished 3–2 (with two goals and one of Gabetto Loik), as many as 10 players out of 11 belonged to the "Grande Torino" and the only feelings belonged to the IV port Juventus – And everyone, therefore, practice at home.

In 1959 and 1970 hosted the Universiade and in 1980 and entitled "Vittorio Pozzo", in homage to the coach twice World Champion with Italian national in 1934 and 1938.

After the construction of Stadio delle Alpi, the Comunale Stadium was used less and less up to be intended only to accommodate the Juventus coach (until 2003) And, since 2004 those of Turin.

The reconstruction for the Olympics

Following the agreements with the City, which entrusted the Stadio delle Alpi to Juventus, Was assigned to Municipal Stadium Torino, In exchange for the restructure and operational in time to host the opening and closing ceremonies Winter Olympics. However, due to the non registration of the company grenade Championship (sanctioned definitively August 9, 2005), The City of Turin is the owner of and had returned to complete the restructuring.

The renovation project, consisting of two architects Verona Architect John Work Arteco and has maintained the existing structures, subject to the constraint of the Superintendency of Environmental and Architectural Heritage, and added new structures to withstand the vertical coverage of the entire plant, and a third ring of tiers, structurally continuous and cooperative coverage, with the corresponding part of the previous cover part 44 host closed boxes. Approximately one third of the lining of the roof is translucent plastic, so as to avoid as much as possible that the shadow cast by itself can damage the turf due to less sunlight. The total capacity is 27,168 seats, all covered and seated, lower than the original (originally the facility could accommodate 65,000 people standing) to meet modern safety standards.

For ceremonies were also made numerous ad-hoc expansion to 35,000 seats by temporary structures, construction of a massive construction scenes technical preparation of the Olympic cauldron.

Even within many changes were made: the new main building on the ground floor of a commercial area of 1,163 square meters in the north-west, have also been restored and placed otherwise the center of sports medicine, all services and offices. Outside, however, were built a new Olympic Park and a new Olympic Sports Hall designed by Japanese Arata Isozaki.

The renovation of the stadium has cost 30 million euros. The new Olympic Stadium was officially presented November 29 2005With a ceremony attended by representatives of local, government, the International Olympic Committee and TOROC.

Olympic Stadium

In 2006 the stadium is back to host matches football of two city teams, the Torino and Juventus. From 2011 Olympic Stadium will host matches in the grenade just as Juventus will move in its stage of property arising from the demolition of Stadio delle Alpi. At the end of "cohabitation", if the Turin decide to purchase the plant could rename it "Stadium Grande Torino". According to the words spoken by Mario Pescante the occasion of the inauguration of the renovated stadium.

Despite having been physically eliminated the athletics track (in its place is a carpet of synthetic grass), the distance between the stands and the pitch has not changed (causing disappointment among fans, who would have preferred to have the stands close to the field as a stage "English"). However, when the restructuring was to build a new parterre, which bring the audience a few feet of the front rows. The seats reserved for disabled spectators in wheelchairs are 80, including 64 located in two tribune raised in the parterre of the first ring of separate stations, 12 in the grandstand and 4 in the boxes.

The Olympic Stadium was the first stadium in Italy to fully comply with the dictates of the "Pisanu Law" on the stadium security. Were installed over 80 surveillance cameras, allowing the police to locate and identify perpetrators of violence. The glass enclosure that separates the field from the spectators area, is mobile, it is 2.2 meters high, but in games that do not raise risk of public policy may be lowered to 1.1 meters. Furthermore, the use of technology was high: in the pitch of the coils were placed for heating of the field where cold temperatures and, in case of rain, an automatic system shall tend the sheets covering the ground.

In its first two years of use, from 2006 to 2008, having been placed two separate security zone to separate the sides guests, the actual capacity was limited to 25,500 seats. During the summer of 2008 were held in extension work places available, in view of the return of Juventus Champions League. Were installed about 1,350 new seats, four rows behind the first row of the gallery and separate, creating a new ring was placed on the area where the old track, and to promote the visibility of these new rows of spectators in the areas west East and barriers have been lowered to 110 cm, 220 cm compared to the previous conformation. Finally, 650 seats were recovered with the downsizing of industry guests. The capacity thus became approximately 27,500 seats.

During the summer of 2009, new works have been performed, the parapet separation was lowered to 1.10 meters in all sectors and 444 new jobs were added in the parterre, bringing the total stadium capacity to 27,994 seats

Areas of the stadium during matches of Juventus

Curve Philadelphia (Curve South until 1989)

Juventus fans in Curve Philadelphia during 1980's.Curve Philadelphia is the name under which it is traditionally known plant occupied the area during home games from the nuclei of the most heated Juventus supporters organized. The name originates from the name of the street toward which he faces.

Curva Sud Scirea (Curve South after 1990)

After the tragic death of Gaetano Scirea, In September 1989, the Juventus fans asked and obtained the two curves of the new Stadium, completed in summer 1990, were devoted to the historic Juventus captain.

The curve of the Alps south of the stadium was then called Curva Sud Scirea from season 1990/1991. In 2006, the return of Juventus at the Olympic stadium renovated, the old corner was headed Scirea South Philadelphia, and is home still lit fringes of Juventus supporters.

Curve Scirea North (Curva Nord)

The curve north of the stadiums in which he played against Juventus after 1990 (the Alps, currently and soon the new Olympic stadium owned by Juventus), is called Curva Nord Scirea in honor of Gaetano Scirea.

East Forum

The East Stand of the Olympic Stadium in Turin is the meeting place of families within the plant. On the right, before the North Scirea is a separate sector reserved for fans of visiting teams and Curva Maratona is known as Curva Nord Scirea.

West Stand

The West Stand is the most expensive stand of the Olympic Stadium. His second level is reserved exclusively for print, Commentators and prominent figures by excluding stages of honor.

Areas of the stadium during football games of Torino

Curva Maratona (Curva Nord)

By name Curva Maratona you know the section of the stadium during home games traditionally occupied by the nuclei of the most heated organized supporters of Turin. This name has been attributed to the presence, since the time of the Municipal Stadium, the area behind the curve itself, a high tower actually called "Marathon Tower, which opened near the entrance reserved for athletes participating at 'homonymous athletic contest.

Spring Curve (South bend)

Since reopening the plant after the football Winter Olympics in 2006, South Bend is renamed (when playing Torino) Spring Curve in honor of the youth teams grenade.

Distinti Est

The Distinguished East (the area east of the stadium when it plays Torino) Olympic Stadium in Turin have been the meeting place of families within the plant. On the left side when playing Turin is a separate sector reserved for fans of visiting teams.

Distinguished Ovest

The Distinguished West were the most expensive stand of the Olympic Stadium. His second level is reserved exclusively for print, Commentators and prominent figures by excluding stages of honour.

The ground was constructed from September 1932 to 1933 for the 1934 FIFA World Cup, the first World Cup held in Italy, and originally held 65,000 spectators. It was originally named Stadio Mussolini, after Italy's fascist dictator. It was renamed to Stadio Comunale after the Second World War. For many years, it was home to Juventus Football Club and Torino Football Club before the 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 27,994 covered seats. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Paralympics as the Stadio Olimpico (Olympic Stadium). The stadium will probably be renamed Stadio Grande Torino at the end of its sharing between Torino and Juventus. In the 2011–12 season, when Juventus's new stadium will be ready, the stadium will be used only as the Torino home ground.

Concerts

Formerly named Stadio Comunale

• Adriano Celentano - 1979
• Lucio Dalla, Francesco De Gregori & Ron Asheton - Banana Republic Tour - 1979
• Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising Tour - June 28, 1980
• Dire Straits - 1981
• The Rolling Stones - 1982 European Tour - July 11-12, 1982
• Frank Zappa - 1982
• AC/DC - Monsters of Rock Tour - September 7, 1984
• Claudio Baglioni - Notti di Note Tour - 1985
• Vasco Rossi - C'è Chi Dice No Tour - 1987 & Liberi Liberi Tour - twice in 1989
• David Bowie - Glass Spider Tour - June 9, 1987
• Madonna - Who's That Girl World Tour, with Level 42 - September 4, 1987
• Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun Tour - May 3, 1988
• Michael Jackson - Bad World Tour - May 29, 1988
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Tunnel of Love Express Tour - June 11, 1988
• Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour - July 6, 1988
• Amnesty International - Human Rights Now! Tour - September 8, 1988 (The show featured Sting, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Yossou N'Dour & Claudio Baglioni)
• U2 - 360° Tour, with Kasabian - August 6, 2010

Stadio delle Alpi

• 1990 to 2006 – Stadio Delle Alpi Concerts

References

External links

• (Italian) Official site