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{{Short description|Rugby union and association football venue in Rome}}
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{{Expand Italian|Stadio Flaminio|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox
| name = Stadio Flaminio
| nickname = Flaminio
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| services engineer = Ingg. Nervi & Bartoli
| former_names =
| tenants = [[Unione Rugby Capitolina|Capitolina]]<br />Marines Lazio Football<br/>[[Italy national rugby union team]] (2000–2011)<br/ >[[S.S. Lazio]] (1989-1990)<br/ >[[A.S. Roma]] (1989-1990)
| capacity = 30,000
}}The '''Stadio Flaminio''' is a stadium in Rome. It lies along the [[Via Flaminia]], three kilometres northwest of the city centre, 300 metres away from the Parco di Villa Glori.
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== History ==
[[Pier Luigi Nervi]] designed the Flaminio Stadium with his son, the architect Antonio Nervi, between 1957 and 1958. The structure was built for the XVII Olympic Games in Rome (1960) and inaugurated in 1959. The Stadio Flaminio was built
This stadium is a remarkable example of different ways to use concrete
Abandoned for years, the stadium is now in an advanced state of decay. This degeneration can be traced back to three principal causes: improper interventions that failed to respect the characteristics of the original structure, widespread deterioration caused by years of neglect and the physiological aging of materials and plant systems.
In July 2017, with the cooperation of the Municipality of Rome, Sapienza University, [http://www.pierluiginervi.org Pier Luigi Nervi Project Association] and [http://www.docomomoitalia.it/keeping-it-modern-getty-foundation-docomomo-italia-per-lo-stadio-flaminio-di-nervi/ DO.CO.MO.MO. Italy] received a grant from the Getty Foundation and its [http://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/current/keeping_it_modern/grants_awarded_2017.html Keeping
As of August 2021, much of the main stadium is in a state of disrepair.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/lazio-fans-want-the-flaminio-to-be-their-home-stadium.html | title=Lazio fans want the Flaminio to be their home stadium | date=26 August 2021 }}</ref>
==Events==
[[Pink Floyd]] performed two concerts on 11 and 12 July 1988 during their [[A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour]].
[[Michael Jackson]] performed two sell-out concerts on 23 and 24 May 1988 during his [[Bad World Tour]]. Each concert was attended by a crowd of 35,000 fans. Police and security guards rescued hundreds of fans from being crushed in the crowd. Jackson also performed another sell-out concert on 4 July 1992 during the [[Dangerous World Tour]], in front of 35,000 fans.▼
U2 performed there in 1987 in front of 45 000 fans.
[[Bruce Springsteen]] played two sellout concerts in June 1988 both concerts was attended by a crowd of 40,000 Fans at a total of 80,000 people for his [[Tunnel of Love Express Tour|Tunnel of Love express tour]] having opened his European tour in Turin in front of 65 000 people with one concert at Stadio Communale.
▲[[Michael Jackson]] performed two sell-out concerts on 23 and 24 May 1988 during his [[Bad World Tour]]. Each concert was attended by a crowd of
David Bowie played in front of 45, 000 people in 1987.
==Rugby==
It was the home of [[Italy rugby union national team]] for [[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]] tournament home matches from Italy's entry in the competition in [[2000 Six Nations Championship|2000]] until [[2011 Six Nations Championship|2011]].
The [[Italian Rugby Federation]] (FIR) announced, in January 2010, that the stadium would undergo an expansion, that will increase its capacity to 42,000, before the 2012 Six Nations Championship.<ref name="upgrade">{{cite news |title=Stadio Flaminio set for re-vamp |url=http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/108729.html |publisher=Scrum.com |date=30 January 2010|
The stadium was originally slated to become the home of Praetorians Roma, a newly formed team that would be one of Italy's two representatives in the [[Pro14|Celtic League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8157723.stm |title=Italians pick Celtic League teams |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 July 2009 |
==Football==
In [[1989–90 Serie A|1989–90]] season both [[AS Roma|Roma]] and [[SS Lazio|Lazio]] played at Stadio Flaminio during the renovations of Stadio Olimpico.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stadio Flaminio {{!}} Tutte le informazioni sullo Stadio Flaminio |url=http://www.stadiodi.it/flaminio-roma |website=www.stadiodi.it |access-date=20 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831143358/http://www.stadiodi.it/flaminio-roma |archive-date=31 August 2011 |language=it |url-status=dead}}</ref> Stadio Flaminio was also the home of [[Atletico Roma F.C.]], an association football club who played in [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione]], but were dissolved in 2011. In 2021, Italian newspaper ''[[Leggo]]'' reported that Lazio president [[Claudio Lotito]] had made an 'important and serious proposal' to increase the capacity of the stadium to 40,000 and to return the club to the stadium on a permanent basis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roma. Stadio Flaminio alla Lazio, il Comune conferma: "Lotito lo vuole"|url=https://www.leggo.it/italia/roma/lazio_stadio_flaminio_comune_conferma-6036213.html|first=Enrico|last=Sarzanini|date=23 June 2021|website=Leggo|access-date=25 June 2021|language=it}}</ref>
==References==
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