BOLOGNA INSIDE Second Edition - IWF Bologna

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SPECTATOR SPORTS
SOCCER
Bologna’s home team, FC Bologna, was founded in 1909. Games are played in the center
of the city at Stadio Renato Dallara (formerly Stadio Comunale), a stadium that seats
nearly 40,000 spectators. You can buy tickets to matches directly at the biglietteria
(ticket office) in Piazza della Pace in front of the stadium, through the offices of the
Centro Coordinamento Bologna Clubs (Bologna Clubs Coordination Center), or at any
Carisbo San Paolo branch during banking hours.
Centro Coordinamento Bologna Clubs
Stadio Renato Dallara
Via Andrea Costa, 71
Tel. 051.6152899
www.bolognafc.it
BASKETBALL
Basketball is popular in Bologna, where the city’s two professional teams, Virtus and
Fortitudo, provoke strong loyalties among their fans. Although the Italian word for the
sport is actually pallacanestro, just about everyone refers to it as “basket.” Regular
season hoops run from October to May.
Fortitudo Pallacanestro
Paladozza Land Rover Arena
Piazza Azzarita
Tel. 051.6430411
www.fortitudo.it
Fortitudo plays at Paladozza Land Rover Arena, an intimate stadium that seats 5,700
spectators. Here you will also find the Fortitudo Point, the team’s merchandising shop.
Fortitudo tickets may be purchased from the ticket office behind the arena on Via
Graziano.
Virtus
Via dell’Arcoveggio, 49/2
Tel. 051.4155911
www.virtus.it
Virtus games are played at Palamalaguti in Casalecchio di Reno. Tickets for games may be
purchased directly from the Virtus office or at the arena.
BASEBALL
Bologna’s most important baseball team is Fortitudo BC, on the scene since 1953.
Baseball is played from April to September and Fortitudo’s home field is Stadio Gianni
Falchi. Tickets may be purchased directly at the botteghino (box office) of the stadium.