Stadio Valerio Bacigalupo, Football stadium in Legino, Savona, Italy
The Stadio Valerio Bacigalupo is a football ground in Savona with four stands: the covered tribuna (1,000 seats) on the west side, the distinti (1,200) in its second tier, and the gradinata (1,300) plus the separated 500-seat away sector on the east side.
The stadium opened on 6 September 1959, when Valerio Bacigalupo's mother cut the ribbon before a Savona–Torino match that ended 3-0 to the visitors. It replaced the team's earlier ground at Corso Ricci, at the confluence of the Letimbro and Lavanestro streams. Capacity reached 20,000 in the 1960s, then fell to 4,000 seats after the curves were closed for safety and escape-route reasons.
The stadium is named after Valerio Bacigalupo, a goalkeeper from Vado Ligure who played for Savona before joining Torino and the Italy national team; he died on 4 May 1949 in the Superga air disaster. At the opening on 6 September 1959 his mother cut the ribbon, and Savona lost the inaugural match 3-0 to Torino.
The stadium is accessed via Via Cadorna in the Legino district, where parking is available. The ground is easy to reach on foot and has clear signage for navigation.
The stadium's capacity shrank from around 20,000 seats in the 1960s to about 4,000 today, mainly due to modern safety rules. This reduction reflects how safety standards in sports venues have evolved.
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