Stadio Flaminio
Rome's historic Olympic venue, now in decay, with a future redevelopment plan aiming for 50,570 seats and a retractable roof.
Stadio Flaminio is a stadium in Rome, lying along the Via Flaminia, three kilometres northwest of the city centre, 300 metres away from the Parco di Villa Glori. Its interior spaces include a covered swimming pool, rooms for fencing, amateur wrestling, weightlifting, boxing, and gymnastics. Designed by Pier Luigi Nervi with his son Antonio Nervi between 1957 and 1958, it was built for the 1960 Summer Olympics and inaugurated in 1959. The stadium was mostly devoted to football matches and served as the venue for the football final in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Quick Facts
- Nickname
- Flaminio
- Location
- Viale dello Stadio Flaminio; IT-00196 Roma
- Groundbreaking
- 1957
- Opened
- 1959
- Renovated
- 2008
- Closed
- 2011
- Owner
- Municipality of Rome
- Operator
- Italian Football Federation
Lore & Background
The Stadio Flaminio was built on the site of the previous Stadio Nazionale PNF. After years of abandonment, the stadium fell into an advanced state of decay, traced to improper interventions, widespread neglect, and the physiological aging of materials and plant systems. In July 2017, a grant from the Getty Foundation's Keeping it Modern program supported a conservation plan prepared with the Municipality of Rome, Sapienza University, the Pier Luigi Nervi Project Association, and DO.CO.MO.MO.
Italy. In 2021, Lazio president Claudio Lotito made a proposal to increase capacity to 40,000 and return the club permanently. On 13 December 2024, Lotito presented a pre-feasibility study to Rome’s Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, envisioning a state-of-the-art stadium with 50,570 spectators and a retractable roof, preserving the original Nervi structure, with works estimated at €438.2m and over 80% privately financed. In February 2026, Lazio announced a €480 million development to increase capacity to 50,750 by adding a second suspended tier without touching the original structure, preserving interior spaces (gym, swimming pool, boxing ring), creating a green belt, and using 57,000 square meters of sound-absorbing material. The plan aims for completion by 2031, allowing the stadium to be a candidate for UEFA Euro 2032.
Reader's Guide
The Stadio Flaminio was the home of the Italy rugby union national team for Six Nations tournament home matches from Italy's entry in 2000 until 2011. The Italian Rugby Federation announced in January 2010 an expansion to 42,000 capacity before the 2012 Six Nations, but failure to progress led to moving home games from 2012. With a capacity of 32,000 (8,000 covered), it was the smallest Six Nations stadium. The FIR became upset at broken promises of renovations; it was initially reported they would move to Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, but instead kept Six Nations home fixtures at Stadio Olimpico, planning to return to Flaminio once renovations were completed.
The stadium was originally slated to become home of Praetorians Roma for the Celtic League, but Benetton Treviso replaced them. In the 1989–90 Serie A season, both Roma and Lazio played at Stadio Flaminio during renovations of Stadio Olimpico before the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Stadio Flaminio was also the home of Atletico Roma F.C., who played in Lega Pro Prima Divisione until dissolution in 2011.
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