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

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, Italy. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

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The stadium holds 10.000.

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

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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

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championship. The stadium also hosts the matches of the

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, winner of 7 Italian Championships, 7 Super Cups and 8 Italian Cups. From September 2021 the stadium will also be used again by

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for home games.

Extra-football activities

Concerts

On 18 August 1987, the concert of the

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was held at the stadium, in 1989 the stadium hosted a concert by

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and on 28 August 1991

Fabrizio De André Fabrizio Cristiano De André (; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent '' cantautore'' of his time. He is also known as Faber, a nickname given by the friend Paolo Villaggio, as a referen ...

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

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and that of

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. In 2006, the stadium hosted a concert by

Luciano Ligabue Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, film director, and writer. Biography Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna in norther ...

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 Sassari station) 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

Stadio Vanni Sanna.jpg, Stadio Vanni Sanna Stadio Vanni Sanna 02.jpg, Stadio Vanni Sanna File:Torres2022.png, View of the Steps in October 2022

References

External links

{{Football in Italy Vanni Sanna Sassari Sports venues in Sardinia ASD Women Torres Calcio