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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|accessdate=21 August 2010}}</ref> A failure to progress these plans has been cited as the reason for moving Italy's home Six Nations games from 2012.<ref name=BBC/> With a capacity of 32,000 (8,000 covered), it was the smallest of the Six Nations stadiums. It is no longer considered big enough for the Italian national team and there were frequent reports<ref name="upgrade" /> that the national team would move to [[Genoa]] or to the [[Stadio Olimpico|Stadio Olimpico di Roma]]. This change was confirmed with the [[Italian Rugby Federation]] (FIR) becoming upset at broken promises of renovations. It was initially reported that the FIR would move Six Nations matches to [[Stadio Artemio Franchi (Florence)|Stadio Artemio Franchi]] in [[Florence]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/12941136.stm |title=Italy to move Six Nations games from Rome to Florence |publisher=BBC Sport |date=1 April 2011|accessdate=2 April 2011}}</ref> However, when the city finally began the promised renovations, FIR announced that it would instead keep its Six Nations home fixtures in Rome at Stadio Olimpico,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.federugby.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3112:rbs-6-nazioni-allo-stadio-olimpico-ledizione-2012&catid=109:italia&Itemid=415 |title=RBS 6 Nazioni, allo Stadio Olimpico l'Edizione 2012 |publisher=[[Italian Rugby Federation]] |language=Italian |date=13 July 2011|accessdate=10 August 2011}}</ref> and that it would return to the Flaminio once the project is completed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/italy/19060.php |title=Italy switch stadium to Stadio Olimpico |author=Sportsbeat |work=RBS 6 Nations |date=14 July 2011|accessdate=6 September 2011}}</ref>
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 [[
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