Stadio comunale San Vito "Gigi Marulla" is a multi-purpose
stadium
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, in
Cosenza
Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...
,
Italy
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. The stadium has a capacity of 24,209. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and it is the home ground of
Cosenza Calcio
Cosenza Calcio S.r.l. is an Italian football club, based in Cosenza, Calabria. Currently the team plays in .
Found in 2011 as Nuova Cosenza Calcio as the phoenix club of Cosenza Calcio 1914 S.r.l., the spiritual successor of the original Cosenza ...
from 1914.
Sting
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Fictional characters and entities
* Sting (Middle-eart ...
performed at the stadium during his
Ten Summoner's Tales
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Tour on July 17, 1993.
Bob Dylan
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concluded his
2006 European Tour
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The season began with five events in late 2005 and consisted of 47 official money events, equalling the record set the previous year. This included ...
at the stadium on July 20, 2006.
In 2015 the stadium was entitled to
Luigi Marulla
is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. Created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Luigi is portrayed as the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario, Nintendo's ma ...
, former Cosenza Calcio player and coach.
References
San Vito
Stadio San Vito
Sports venues in Calabria
Buildings and structures in the Province of Cosenza
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