Stadio Artemio Franchi is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and the home of A.C.N. Siena. It was built in 1923 and holds 15,373. It is named after former

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president Artemio Franchi. In summer 2007, A.C. Siena agreed to rename the stadium '''Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena, to include the name of their main sponsor,

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 () and established in its present form in 1624 (), it is the world's oldest or second oldest bank ...

. The stadium hosted its first and so far only international match on 17 October 2010, a 2–0 friendly win for

over

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. During March 2011, A.C. Siena announced plans to build a new stadium on the southern outskirts of the city at Isola d'Arbia. The new stadium, with a capacity of 20,000, features a revolutionary below-ground design which was honoured with an

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