Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
The city officially renamed this 54,726-seat ground for Maradona on 4 December 2020 — locals still argue over what to call it.
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Opened 6 December 1959 as Stadio del Sole (Stadium of the Sun), this reinforced-concrete open-air arena in Fuorigrotta was built to hold 90,000 standing spectators. Italy's then-Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi attended the laying of the first cornerstone. It set a home attendance record of 90,736 on 15 December 1974. Named San Paolo for 61 years, it is now officially Maradona — though many supporters have not changed their vocabulary.
What to look for
- The open-air reinforced concrete frame, in construction from 1952 and opened with Napoli beating Juventus 2–1
- Capacity context: originally designed for ~90,000 standing spectators, cut to ~76,000 for the 1990 World Cup all-seater conversion, now 54,726
- Signage tension around Fuorigrotta — official boards read Maradona, older murals and scarves still say San Paolo
Located in the Fuorigrotta suburb to the west of Naples; the home ground of SSC Napoli.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona is one of 36 sights worth the detour in Naples, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Naples pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Naples
- HerculaneumWhere Pompeii draws the crowds, Herculaneum kept the wooden doors, carbonized food, and 300 skeletons still in the boat houses.
- Teatro di San CarloThe world's oldest continuously running opera house opened here in 1737 — decades before Milan's La Scala existed.
- Naples National Archaeological MuseumA cavalry barracks in 1585, a university for 160 years, now the building where the largest single sculpture ever recovered from antiquity lives.
- Museo di CapodimonteA Bourbon king built this palazzo to hold art he inherited — then it got looted, evacuated, and reassembled across three centuries.
- Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino)Built in three years flat from 1279, this waterfront castle was the seat of kings of Naples, Aragon, and Spain for over five centuries.
- Naples Cathedral (Duomo di Napoli)Gothic nave, Greek temple foundations, Roman roads: the full arc of Naples compressed into one building.