Stadio Olimpico
One 70,634-seat bowl, two cross-town tenants: AS Roma and SS Lazio both play here.
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Rome's main stadium, built up for the 1960 Olympics, staged the 1990 World Cup final (West Germany 1-0 Argentina) and four European Cup/Champions League finals (1977, 1984, 1996, 2009). It hosts both city clubs plus Italy's football and rugby teams.
What to look for
- The Teflon-and-fiberglass roof, slung by radial cables from a 13-metre steel ring set 29 metres up on 12 pillars
- The two curved end stands, Curva Nord and Curva Sud, each a hemicycle (half-circle)
- The original 1953 bowl sank its pitch about 4.5 metres below ground inside a 507-metre track, keeping the stadium low against the Foro Italico skyline
In the Foro Italico complex, northwestern Rome; check the fixture (Roma, Lazio, or Italy) before you go.
Stadio Olimpico is one of 40 sights worth the detour in Rome, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Rome pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Rome
- Vatican CityThe world's smallest sovereign state fits in 44 hectares — you cross its border by stepping over a white line.
- ColosseumAround 50,000 Romans packed this stone oval to watch spectacles staged over a two-level warren of cages beneath the arena floor.
- St. Peter's BasilicaThe world's largest church, built directly over the grave believed to hold St. Peter's bones.
- Sistine ChapelMichelangelo painted the ceiling standing up, not on his back — and cardinals still elect the pope in this room.
- PantheonA 1,900-year-old concrete dome with a hole punched in the top — when it rains in Rome, it rains inside too.
- Roman ForumThe valley where Rome held elections, tried criminals, and paraded victorious generals down the Via Sacra.