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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Six stadiums given green light

The Italian government has allowed six stadiums to reopen to supporters this weekend.

A special government committee was appointed to check stadiums, as under the new anti-hooligan measures introduced after the riots in Catania last week spectators will not be allowed into venues that do not comply with the current security regulations.

The six grounds in Italy that fully comply with the requirements of the Pisanu bill and will be able to immediately host fans on the stands are Rome’s Olimpico, Genoa’s Luigi Ferraris, Siena’s Artemio Franchi, Cagliari’s Sant’Elia, Palermo’s Renzo Barbera and Turin’s Olimpico.

The list of stadia which fail to make the grade - among them some of the most celebrated in the land - is decidedly long. Stadiums in Ascoli, Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Brescia, Catania, Cesena, Empoli, Florence, Lecce, Livorno, Mantova, Messina, Milan, Modena, Naples, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Piacenza, Reggio Calabria, Salerno, Trieste, Udine and Verona will remain shut to fans until the works needed to renovate them are completed.

Therefore Serie A Week 23 fixtures Atalanta-Lazio, Chievo-Inter, Fiorentina-Udinese, Messina-Catania and Milan-Livorno will be played behind closed doors.

The Pisanu bill on safety standards does not, however, apply to stadia with capacities of less than 10,000. Good news for seven cities across the country, each of them home to sides in Serie B - Rimini, Frosinone, Treviso, Vicenza, La Spezia, Crotone and Arezzo.

In these seven venues games will go ahead as normal, unless they fail to introduce the special public order measures adopted by the authorities.


Source: C4 Football Italia

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