Stadio Nuovo Romagnoli is a sports stadium located in

Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...

, the capital of the Molise region of Italy. It is primarily used for

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. The stadium currently hosts the home matches of S.S. Campobasso who play in the

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History

The Stadio Nuovo Romagnoli was designed by former

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chairman Constantino Rozzi, who also designed numerous other stadiums across Italy. Work started on the stadium in 1983, and Stadio Nuovo Romagnoli was officially opened on 13 February 1985, when Campobasso defeated

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1-0 in a

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match. The structure of the stadium is very similar to that of the

Stadio Ciro Vigorito Stadio Ciro Vigorito (formerly Stadio Santa Colomba) is a multi-use stadium in Benevento, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Benevento Calcio Benevento Calcio, commonly referred to as Benevento, ...

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, due to the same project and some of the same architects being involved in the Romagnoli's design. The stadium is called "New Romagnoli" because Campobasso's previous stadium was named after Giovanni Romagnoli. However, the stadium has not yet received an official name. There has been talk of naming the stadium after Michele Scorrano, Campobasso's

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in the 1970s and 1980s, who died after a

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in February 2009. After

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was damaged by a violent storm, Stadio Nuovo Romagnoli hosted the club's home matches between September 2001 and January 2002. On 3 June 2003, the stadium hosted a friendly match between

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and

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, which Italy won 2-0. The game was organized to raise funds for reconstruction and victims after an earthquake hit

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

, where the stadium is based, in 2002.Magnitude 5.9 Southern Italy
/ref> After S.S. Campobasso was taken under new ownership in 2018, the Stadium was given some upgrades including painting the seats with red and blue stripes. As well as upgrades to various other areas.

Concerts

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, 22 September 1990 *

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, 30 August 1991 *

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, 28 July 1997 * Subsonica, 26 September 2002

References

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