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stadium in

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, Italy. The stadium was built in 1936 and holds 21,092 people.

History

Stadio Alberto Braglia was named after Alberto Braglia who was an Italian gymnast. Artists that have performed at the stadium include

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, U2,

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, among others. The stadium is currently the home of Modena F.C. 2018 and previously

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and Carpi from their promotion to the

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did not meet

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capacity rules. The stadium has also been a temporary home to

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from 2008 to 2013 (because their stadium, Stadio Enzo Ricci, didn't meet

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stadiums criteria) until the club choose to dispute their home matches at

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after their first promotion to

. The stadium held a

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in August 201

The stadium held an international

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playing

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on 27 November 2010. In 2013, the North Stand was named after the late former Modena player

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. In 2017, the local Municipality took away the management of the stadium from Modena F.C. This was due to irregularities in payments and a lack of responsibility in managing the stadium. The Caliendo administration left the stadium without necessary requirements for months. Modena started the 2017/18 season in Serie C without a home, forced to play home games in Forlì. The fans decided to boycott the games in opposition to President Caliendo, insisting that he leave Modena and the city. August 2015 The old natural grass has been changed with the Mixto hybrid grass technology.

References

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Alberto Alberto is the Romance languages, Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic languages, Germanic ''Albert (given name), Albert''. It is used in Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, ...