The Stadio Benito Stirpe, also known as ''Stadio Casaleno'' and officially named PSC Arena,https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/psc-arena-e-il-nuovo-naming-dello-stadio/ is an

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football stadium in the

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city of

Frosinone Frosinone (; local dialect: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lazio, administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is about southeast of Rome, close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of th ...

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. Designed in the mid-1970s and built in the second half of the 1980s, the stadium remained unfinished for about thirty years. The stadium was completed between 2015 and 2017 on the initiative of local football team

Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Calcio () is a professional football club based in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. The club was founded on 5 March 1906 under the name Unione Sportiva Frusinate, but conventionally the year 1928 is indicated as the beginning of competitive a ...

, who won a lease for the stadium from the local council for 90 years, in order to replace the old municipal stadium. With a capacity of 16,227, it is the largest stadium found in the

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, and the third in Lazio. It is dedicated to the memory of , entrepreneur and chairman of Frosinone Calcio in the 1960s, and father of , his successor at the helm of the club. The total cost of the stadium was approximately €20 million, of which approximately €15 million went to the 2015–2017 construction completion.

Structures and facilities

The Benito Stirpe Stadium comprises 16,227 seats split between five stands: the 'Main Stand', the 'North Stand', the 'East Stand', the 'South Stand' and the 'Away End' (which is the south-west corner). File:Benito_Stirpe_panoramica_Frosinone_Foggia.JPG, The stadium File:Benito_stirpe_stadium_night_np.jpg, The stadium File:Benito_stirpe_stadium_night_af.jpg, The stadium File:The Stadio Benito Stirpe in february 2020.jpg, The Stadio Benito Stirpe in 2020 File:Stadio_Benito_Stirpe_Frosinone_Palermo_2-0_Main_Stand.jpg, The Main Stand (June 2018) File:Inaugurazione_Benito_Stirpe_frosinone-cremonese_28_9_2017.png, The North Stand (October 2017) File:Benito_Stirpe_Frosinone_Palermo_curva_nord_coreogr_q.jpg, The North Stand (June 2018) File:Benito_stirpe_stadium_map_english.png, Outline of Benito Stirpe with the stand names and capacities File:Logo benito stirpe.png, Official logo of the Benito Stirpe Stadium The Frosinone dressing room at the Benito Stirpe stadium

The Frosinone dressing room at the Benito Stirpe stadium

References

External links

Official website
Benito Frosinone Frosinone Calcio Sports venues in Lazio Sports venues completed in 2017 Benito 2017 establishments in Italy {{Italy-sports-venue-stub