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| Address | Viale Vittorio Pepe Pescara Italy |
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| Coordinates | 42°27′18″N14°13′48″E / 42.455°N 14.230°E /42.455; 14.230 |
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Public transit | Pescara Tribunale |
| Owner | Comune of Pescara |
| Type | Stadium |
| Event | Sporting events |
| Capacity | 20,476 |
| Field size | 105 x 68meters |
| Field shape | Oval |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 30 December 1952 (1952-12-30) |
| Opened | 29 December 1955 (1955-12-29) |
| Renovated | 2009 |
| Architect | Luigi Piccinato |
| Tenants | |
| Delfino Pescara 1936 (1955–present) Italy national football team (select matches) | |
TheStadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia is astadium inPescara within the central region ofAbruzzo in Italy. The venue opened in 1955 and was designed by the Italian architectLuigi Piccinato. It hosted some preliminaryfootball games during the1960 Summer Olympics.[1] The stadium originated as a multipurpose athletic facility and a center for theItalian National Olympic Committee. The venue hosted several matches for theItaly national football team and was a reserve stadium for the1990 FIFA World Cup. Today, the venue is used primarily forfootball andathletics, and is the home stadium ofSerie C clubDelfino Pescara 1936. The stadium, which completed renovations in 2009, was the main stadium of the2009 Mediterranean Games.
The oval stadium was designed by Luigi Piccinato, who was inspired by the style of the RomanStadio Olimpico, which opened two years earlier. Architecturally, Piccinato notably usedarches to support thebleachers of the Stadio Adriatico. Originally, the stadium had one-level stands and could only accommodate up to 10,000 spectators. After Delfino Pescara's first promotion toSerie A, the top division of Italian football, in 1977, the stadium was widened and expanded with the addition of a second level. The stadium capacity thus increased to 34,000. Prior to theHeysel Stadium disaster in 1985, when venue security and regulations were less strict, the stadium was able to hold up to 40,000 attendees.
In 2009, the stadium was renovated to better accommodate the2009 Mediterranean Games, which Pescara hosted. After spending around €15,000,000, the venue capacity was set to 24,400 seats.Bleachers were covered with laminated wood, air-conditioned suites were added, as well as a newpress box and modernizedelevators.
On 22 October 2009, the stadium was renamed to honourGiovanni Cornacchia, anOlympichurdler and native of Pescara.[2]
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