Stadio Acquedotto | |
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 Interactive map of Stadio Vanni Sanna | |
| Location | Via Coradduzza, 2 07100Sassari |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′5″N8°34′47″E / 40.71806°N 8.57972°E /40.71806; 8.57972 |
| Capacity | 10.000 currently limited to 6.145 |
| Field size | 105 x 67,5 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1922 |
| Renovated | 2021-2025 |
| Tenants | |
| S.E.F. Torres 1903 | |
Stadio Vanni Sanna (formerly known asStadio Acquedotto) is a multi-usestadium inSassari, Italy. It is currently used mostly forfootball matches and is the home ground ofS.E.F. Torres 1903. The stadium holds 10,000.
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 fromAlghero 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 by the Associazione Memoria storico Torresina and the Sef Torres 1903 Foundation with great enthusiasm.[1] 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.[2][3]
The structure has always hosted the home games ofS.E.F. Torres 1903, which currently plays in theSerie C championship. The stadium also hosts the matches of theTorres Calcio Femminile, winner of 7 Italian Championships, 7 Super Cups and 8 Italian Cups. From September 2021 the stadium will also be used again byU.S.D. Latte Dolce for home games.[4]
On 18 August 1987, the concert of theSpandau Ballet was held at the stadium, in 1989 the stadium hosted a concert byVasco Rossi and on 28 August 1991Fabrizio De André 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 ofLitfiba and that ofPino Daniele. In 2006, the stadium hosted a concert byLuciano Ligabue with the support of Finley and Rio, a former group of Marco Ligabue.
| Date | Concert | Tour | Spectators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 1987 | Spandau Ballet | ||
| 27 August 1988 | Eros Ramazzotti | ||
| 29 September 1989 | Vasco Rossi | Liberi liberi Tour (1989) | |
| 27 August 1991 | Fabrizio De André | Tour 1991 | |
| 23 September 1994 | Tazenda,Sting | Ten Summoner's Tales | 20000 |
| 21 August 1995 | Litfiba | Spirito Tour 1995 | |
| 23 August 1995 | Pino Daniele | Tour 1995 | |
| 17 August 1996 | Claudio Baglioni | Io sono qui | |
| 3 August 2002 | Luciano Ligabue | LigaLive | 15000 |
| 30 July 2006 | Luciano Ligabue | Nome e cognome tour 2006 | 10000 |
| 1 August 2023 | Placebo | Nome e cognome tour 2006 | 4500 |
The stadium is easily reachable byATP Sassari urban transport with line 8 (which leaves fromSassari station) and from CS (Circola Sinistra) at the stop Piazzale Segni.
By car it can be reached from theSS 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.
