Stadio Vanni Sanna (formerly known as Stadio Acquedotto) is a multi-use

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Sassari Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...

, Italy. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

S.E.F. Torres 1903 Torres is an Italian football club based in the city of Sassari. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league system. Re-founded in 2017, the club is the continuation of the Società per l'Educazione Fisica Torres, bor ...

and U.S.D. Latte Dolce. The stadium holds 12,000.

History

Its first name was "Torres stadium", changed in the seventies to "Acquedotto stadium". On 22 August 2001 it changed its name and was named after Giovanni Sanna, a footballer originally from Alghero who in his career played in Torres 1903 first as a player, then as a coach and sports director. In 2013, a restyling project of the municipal stadium of Sassari was presented, developed with red and blue passion by the Sassari architects Marco Tola and Stefano Sechi, and presented yesterday by the Associazione Memoria storico Torresina and the Sef Torres 1903 Foundation with great enthusiasm. In 2020 an agreement was reached between the Torres club and the Municipality of Sassari to manage the stadium for the next 15 years and in 2021 a new turf was set up in order to improve and redevelop the structure.

Sports activities

Soccer

The structure has always hosted the home games of

, which currently plays in the Serie C championship. The stadium also hosts the matches of the Torres Calcio Femminile, winner of 7 Italian Championships, 7 Super Cups and 8 Italian Cups. From September 2021 the stadium will also be used again by U.S.D. Latte Dolce for home games.

Extra-football activities

Concerts

On August 18, 1987, the concert of the Spandau Ballet was held at the stadium, in 1989 the stadium hosted a concert by Vasco Rossi and on August 28, 1991 Fabrizio De André also performed at the stadium. In 1994, the plant hosted the concert of Sting, accompanied by Tazenda. In August 1995, after a couple of days there was the concert of Litfiba and that of

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. In 2006, the stadium hosted a concert by Luciano Ligabue with the support of Finley and Rio, a former group of Marco Ligabue.

Location

The stadium is easily reachable by ATP Sassari urban transport with line 8 (which leaves from

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) and from CS (Circola Sinistra) at the stop '' Piazzale Segni ''. By car it can be reached from the SS 131, from which you have to take the exit for Viale Italia, turn right into Via Parigi, and immediately left into Via Washington; once you reach the Carabinieri Command, you need to turn right just before the roundabout and take via Verona and via Milano, continuing straight on at the traffic lights and at the next two roundabouts; at the third roundabout, turn into via Vardabasso: at the intersection with Via Carlo Felice, go straight through the roundabout and then turn left. Finally you arrive in Piazzale Segni, where there is a large parking lot.

Gallery

File:Stadio_Vanni_Sanna1.jpg, Stadio Vanni in

File:Stadio_Vanni_Sanna2.jpg, Stadio Vanni in

References

External links

{{Football in Italy Vanni Sanna Sassari Sports venues in Sardinia A.S.D. FC Sassari Torres Femminile