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2024

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  09.07.2024 Italy: Fiorentina wants to halt work at Franchi! The Case goes to court

  At the beginning of June, Fiorentina sent a cease-and-desist order to the city authorities to halt the work on Stadio Franchi. The company's general manager, Alessandro Ferrari, announced that if the construction was not stopped, he would file a complaint with the regional administrative court, TAR. Why does Fiorentina want to withdraw?

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  12.06.2024 Italy: Serie A stadium attendance during 2023/24 season

  The Serie A playoffs are now over, so it's time for a stadium recap of the season. And this one surprised with the best attendance in 27 years. 3 teams surpassed the magic barrier of one million spectators, including Inter and AC Milan, who played a fierce Milan derby for the highest attendance, decided by a minimal difference.

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  20.05.2024 Italy: Dark clouds over Franchi renovation. Massive funding shortfall!

  For many months now, heated discussions have been ongoing regarding the renovation of the Artemio Franchi stadium. First, there were efforts to find a temporary stadium for Fiorentina during the renovation period, and once that situation was resolved, another problem emerged. The club president, Rocco Commisso, has spoken out on this issue.

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  26.04.2024 Italy: How much have Serie A stadiums earned in 2023?

  The Italian league is ranked among the prestigious "Big 5" - a group of Europe's best leagues. Despite this, in terms of revenue, Serie A stadiums lag behind venues in England or Spain, as the Calcio e Finanza portal has shown by publishing the revenue brought in by Italian arenas in 2023. The gap between the bottom and the top of the ranking is huge, but the battle for 1st place was fierce.

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  08.02.2024 Italy: Fiorentina's problems drive modernization of another stadium

  Although a solution has been found in recent days regarding where Fiorentina will play their matches in the 2024/2025 season, the renovation of Franchi stadium continues to stir up emotions. There are heated discussions in the City Council regarding the financing of this investment.

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  07.02.2024 Italy: Fiorentina stays at home

  For the past few months, discussions have been ongoing regarding where Fiorentina would relocate during the renovation of Franchi stadium. Several options were considered for moving to different venues, but none seemed satisfactory enough to fully please all parties involved.

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  16.01.2024 Italy: Fiorentina still hasn't found temporary stadium

  In April of this year, renovation work on the historic Artemio Franchi stadium is supposed to begin. During the reconstruction, Fiorentina needs to find another stadium to play their home matches. However, none of the proposed solutions so far has been satisfactory to all parties involved, and an agreement has proven elusive. Has the matter reached a standstill?

2023

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  11.10.2023 UEFA: Official announcement of EURO 2028 and EURO 2032 hosts

  UEFA has officially announced that the UK and Ireland will host the European Football Championships in 2028, while Italy and Turkey will co-host the event in 2032.

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  15.04.2023 Euro 2032: Explore Italy's bid

  The Italian Football Federation has presented a list of ten stadiums to host the 2032 European Championship. Provided, of course, that UEFA grants Italy the rights to host its flagship tournament. Here is Italy's bid to host Euro 2032.

2022

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  29.11.2022 EURO 2032: Italy has singled out cities for its candidacy

  In February 2022, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) officially confirmed that it would bid to host UEFA EURO 2032, thus abandoning its bid to secure the rights to the tournament four years earlier. We have just found out which centres have a chance to host participants of the event.

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  12.08.2022 Italy: Here are the 2022/23 Serie A stadiums!

  The previous weekend saw league games kick off in 3 of Europe's TOP 5 leagues. After France, England and Germany, it is time for the Italian Serie A, which will inaugurate the campaign on Saturday, August 13. Meet all the arenas where the rivalry for the scudetto will take place!

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  18.03.2022 Florence: Stadio Franchi will be covered with a blade-shaped roof

  In four years' time Fiorentina should already be playing in a completely renovated stadium. The modernisation is due to start next year. So far, the authorities of Florence have chosen the design.

2021

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  16.12.2021 Florence: Eight concepts of stadium reconstruction

  The renovation of Stadio Artemio Franchi will be an extremely complex undertaking. Even so, there are many architectural studios willing to produce a design for Fiorentina's new home. The list of designers has recently been narrowed down to eight applications.

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  02.02.2021 Florence: Fiorentina to reconsider relocation

  After critical decision from the ministry of heritage, Fiorentina announced the intention to abandon Stadio Artemio Franchi. But mayor stepped in with €200 million in public funds and both sides are talking again.

2020

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  18.11.2020 Florence: Fiorentina asks how much can be demolished

  There's already a plan for the new stadium of Viola but it needs to be in line with new legislation.Green light is required from Rome in order for reconstruction of Stadio Artemio Franchi to move forward.

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  16.10.2020 Florence: Details on ne stadium from Viola to come soon?

  After months of waiting it seems we're getting closer to a final decision. So says the mayor of Florence, who wouldn't mind a redevelopment of nearby athletics stadium, as long as the proposal is sensible.

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  19.05.2020 Italy: Will Serie A get an infrastructural fund?

  Talks between the league and CVC Capital Partners could lead to additional resources being available for stadium redevelopment projects. The transaction could be worth €2.2 billion.

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  12.03.2020 Florence: Relocation or revitalisation?

  Fiorentina has confirmed it would not participate in the tender for Mercafir grounds. The club has now been confirmed to be in contact with on more town outside of Florence. But local architects plea for Viola to remain at renovated Artemio Franchi.

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  15.02.2020 Florence: Fiorentina looking for land outside the city

  Tender for the long-desired Mercafir plot is now open but Fiorentina argue conditions make it prohibitive. Thus the new plan: looking around Florence to find cheaper suitable piece of land.

2019

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  18.10.2019 Florence: A step forward for Fiorentina’s stadium plans

  As reported by an Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Florence municipals agreed to sell the area for possible construction of Fiorentina’s new stadium. The mayor of the city, Dario Nardella anticipates, that the stadium could be ready in 48 months.