Stadio Giovanni Mari
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Stadio Giovanni Mari is a multi-use
History
The plant, built near the plants of the engineering company Franco Tosi inspired by similar plants built in England,[2] was inaugurated on 2 October 1921[3] with a ceremony that foresaw an athletics event organized by the Legnano Gymnastics which lasted from 8.30 am to 5 pm.[3]
After this event a football match was held between the
Before the inauguration of the stadium, the A.C. Legnano played home games on a soccer field in via Lodi, built at the expense of Franco Tosi and the industrialist Antonio Bernocchi.[4] The Via Lodi field, after the construction of the Via Pisacane stadium, continued to be used by the A.C. Legnano as a competition field for the youth sector and as a training ground, a place of use that remained in use until the end of the 1990s century.[2][5] Later the via Lodi camp was transformed into a municipal boules alley.[6]
From 1937 to the stadium of via Pisacane is organized annually, on the last Sunday of May, the
In the fifties, with the A.C. Legnano between Serie A and Serie B, the capacity of the Via Pisacane stadium was increased to 22,000 spectators thanks to the use of temporary stands that were made of tubular steel structures.[11]
On 11 October 1987, it was dedicated to the historic president of the A.C. Legnano Giovanni Mari , died 4 September of the same year. The title was made official on the occasion of the football match with the Pro Patria, football team of the neighboring city of Busto Arsizio.[12]
On 2 July 1994, the Giovanni Mari stadium hosted the XIV
Following the bankruptcy of the A.C. Legnano, between 2011 and 2015, the plant hosted the home games of the Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Legnano 1913 Calcio, which in 2015 reacquired the rights to use the symbol and the historic denomination A.C. Legnano.
Description
The Giovanni Mari stadium has a rectangular plan, with the grass football pitch[1] having dimensions 105 x 65 m[13] and fully enclosed.[13] The stands, built in reinforced concrete are divided into four independent sectors: the central tribune to the south (the only one to be equipped with some seats and a roof made of pre-installed sheet metal on a metal frame), the Distinti to the north and two curves to east and west (dedicated respectively to guest fans and local organized groups).[1]
All 5,000 seats in the system are seated
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Stadio Mari Giovanni" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Giuseppe Tosi" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ a b c D'Ilario, Monti & Tajè 1993, p. 46.
- ^ D'Ilario, Monti & Tajè 1993, p. 37.
- ^ "Ritrovato il cartellone che, al via Lodi, celebrava lo scudetto degli Allievi" (in Italian). 16 February 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Inaugurato a Legnano il bocciodromo Franco Landini" (in Italian). 10 July 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ a b Ferrarini & Stadiotti 2003, p. 182.
- ^ Autori vari 2015, p. 126.
- ^ "La Storia - Dalla Festa del Carroccio al Palio di Legnano" (in Italian). Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ D'Ilario, Monti & Tajè 1993, pp. 339–340.
- ^ Fontanelli & Zottino 2004, p. 182.
- ^ D'Ilario, Monti & Tajè 1993, p. 158.
- ^ a b c d "Lo stadio Giovanni Mari" (in Italian). Retrieved 8 July 2015.
References
- Autori vari (2015). Il Palio di Legnano : Sagra del Carroccio e Palio delle Contrade nella storia e nella vita della città (in Italian).
- D'Ilario, Giorgio; Monti, Iginio; Tajè, Marco (1993). Quando si dice lilla (in Italian). Famiglia Legnanese-Banca di Legnano. SBN IT\ICCU\MIL\0252460.
- Ferrarini, Gabriella; Stadiotti, Marco (2003). Legnano. Una città, la sua storia, la sua anima (in Italian). Telesio editore. SBN IT\ICCU\RMR\0096536.
- Fontanelli, Carlo; Zottino, Gianfranco (2004). Un secolo di calcio a Legnano (in Italian). Geo Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-6999-047-2.