Stadio Franco Ossola

AS Varese 1910

  • Games of the AS Varese 1910
  • UCI Track Cycling World Cup 1971

The Stadio Franco Ossola (1925-1950 Stadio del Littorio ) is a multi-purpose stadium with an athletic track and a velodrome in the northern Italian city of Varese; near the border with Switzerland in the Lombardy region. The AS Varese 1910 here takes on its home games. The sports center has a capacity of 9,925 seats. For security reasons, it was approved in the last season for 5,761 visitors.

History

The municipal stadium opened in 1925 had at his peak times, up to 23,000 seats. In 1950, the sports complex was named after the football player Franco Ossola, who began his career at the former FC Varese. He was a year ago came in the plane crash of Superga killed. The field of natural grass is the one of a fünfspurigen athletics track includes, but may no longer be used. For another, a 446 -meter cycle track made ​​of concrete with the name Luigi Ganna Velodromo to the playing surface. She was host of the 1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

After the rise of AS Varese 2010 in Serie B, the stadium for about 680,000 euros for the 2010/11 season has been renovated. For example, the capacity was increased to 7,500 seats, the prescribed turnstiles and video surveillance installed at the entrances and exits, renewed the dressing rooms and the press box and furnished rooms for doping samples.

Very close to the stadium, the multi-purpose hall is PalaWhirlpool ( Palasport Lino Oldrini ) with 5,300 seats in the organized inter alia, concerts and the basketball team Pallacanestro Varese discharging their home games.

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