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; it is located in the

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area of the city. The stadium was built in the latter part of the 1920s, originally under the name Stadio XXVIII Ottobre.

History

The stadium was named after , a sports journalist among the founding members.

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were official tenants of the stadium during the 1933–34 season onwards, as their stadium Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli was having problems. After the

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it was for a time renamed Stadio della Liberazione; Napoli would continue using it until moving to their current home of

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in 1959. For a period of time starting in the 1960s a club from Naples called Internapoli played at the stadium, but they have since moved. It was completely restructured in 1970 and has become a multi-use sports center where athletics, football and rugby games are carried out.

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