Stadio Comunale (Bellinzona)
| Stadio Comunale di Bellinzona | |
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| place | Piazzale Stadio 6500 Bellinzona , Ticino , Switzerland
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| Coordinates | 722240 / 117525 |
| owner | City of Bellinzona |
| start of building | 1946 |
| opening | May 27, 1947 |
| First game | December 1, 1946 AC Bellinzona - Grasshopper Club Zurich 3-0 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | 550,000 CHF (1946) |
| architect | Renato Solari |
| capacity | 5,000 places |
| playing area | 105 m × 68 m |
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The Stadio comunale di Bellinzona ( German stadium of the municipality of Bellinzona ) is a football stadium with a running track in the Swiss municipality of Bellinzona in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino . It is the home of the AC Bellinzona football club and is owned by the municipality. The venue now offers a total of 5,000 seats. There are 600 seats and 4,400 standing places. The play area consists of natural grass .
history
On March 29, 1946, the city council decided to build the city stadium. The first game was played on December 1, 1946 between AC Bellinzona and Grasshopper Club Zurich (3-0). The facility was officially opened on May 27, 1947. At that time it offered space for 21,000 spectators. On May 24, 1950, the floodlight system was inaugurated with a friendly against AC Milan .
In October 2012, the AC Bellinzona presented plans for a new stadium, the Stadio Comunale no longer meets the requirements of the Swiss Football League. The venue was to have 12,000 seats and a lockable roof. The construction project also included a media center, a rehab center, a fitness studio, a hotel, two restaurants with a bar, conference rooms and a library. The costs should amount to 100 million Swiss francs (approx. 82.7 million euros ). After AC Bellinzona went bankrupt in 2013, the new building plans were superfluous.
Grandstand capacity
The venue now offers a total of 5,000 seats.
- Main stand: 600
- Opposite stand (standing): 3,000
- Est sector (standing): 450
- Ovest sector (standing): 450
- Guest sector (standing places): 500
International matches
The following international matches for the Swiss national football team were played in the Stadio Comunale:
Women
| October 19, 1980: |
Switzerland - Italy
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2: 1 | Friendly match (1st international match in Bellinzona) |
| Feb 25, 2006: |
Switzerland - Denmark
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2: 3 (1: 1) | Friendly match |
Men
| 25th Mar 1987: |
Switzerland - Czechoslovakia
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1: 2 (1: 0) | Friendly match (1st international match in Bellinzona) |
Web links
- acbellinzona.ch: History of AC Bellinzona (Italian)
- stades.ch: Picture gallery (French)
- AC Bellinzona ( Memento from April 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- stadionwelt.de: Detailed picture gallery
- europlan-online.de: Stadio Comunale - Bellinzona
- stadiumdb.com: Stadio Comunale di Bellinzona (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ acbellinzona.ch: data on the history of the stadium ( memento from August 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Second division presents stadium project Article from October 20, 2012
- ↑ sport.ch.sportalsports.com: What does AC Bellinzona actually do? Article dated July 16, 2014
- ↑ bellinzona.ch: data on stadium capacity (Italian)
- ↑ fussball-schweiz.ch: friendly match Switzerland - Italy (women)
- ↑ fussball-schweiz.ch: friendly match Switzerland - Denmark (women)
- ↑ fussball-schweiz.ch: friendly game Switzerland - Czechoslovakia (men)