Arena Gianni Brera | ||
Full name | Arena Gianni Brera | |
Owners | Comune di Milano (city council) | |
Location | Parco Sempione, Milan | |
Broke ground | 1806 | |
Opened | 18 Aug 1807 | |
Renovated | 1945 | |
Tenants | Inter Milan (Training ground) | |
Capacity | 30,000 |
Arena Civica, officially Arena Gianni Brera, is a multi-purpose stadium in Milan, Italy, which was opened on 18 August 1807. One of the city’s main examples of neoclassical architecture, today it mainly hosts football and rugby union games, concerts and cultural events. The stadium can hold 18,000–30,000 spectators.
Since 17 January 2010 the Arena is the home ground of Amatori Rugby Milano, a rugby union club founded in 1927 that won 18 Italian Championships. The stadium is also the host venue for an annual athletics meeting – the Notturna di Milano, as well as the home pitch for Milan's third football team, Brera Calcio.
External links[]
- Description On Comune di Milano website
- ARENA CIVICA.doc (Italian), a document in Microsoft Word format from the Comune di Milano website offering a history of the arena.
- Arena Civica History of the Arena Civica (Italian)
- History of the Arena Civica (French)
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