Stadio Benito Stirpe

Football stadium in Frosinone, Italy

Stadio Benito Stirpe
Construction

Stadio Benito Stirpe

Location	Viale Olimpia, Frosinone, Italy
Owner	Frosinone Calcio
Capacity	16,227 seated^[1]
Surface	Grass 105x68m
Broke ground	1974
Opened	2017
Construction cost	€20 million
Tenants
Frosinone Calcio (2017–)

The Stadio Benito Stirpe (also known as Stadio Casaleno), is an all-seater football stadium in the Italian city of Frosinone, Lazio.

Designed in the mid-1970s and built in the second half of the 1980s,^[2] the stadium remained unfinished for about thirty years. The stadium was completed between 2015 and 2017 on the initiative of local football team Frosinone Calcio, who won a lease for the stadium from the local council for 90 years,^[3] in order to replace the old municipal stadium.

With a capacity of 16,227,^[1]^[4]^[5] it is the largest stadium found in the province, and the third in Lazio.^[6]

It is dedicated to the memory of Benito Stirpe [it],^[7] entrepreneur and chairman of Frosinone Calcio in the 1960s, and father of Maurizio Stirpe [it], his successor at the helm of the club.^[8]^[9]

The total cost of the stadium was approximately €20 million,^[10] of which approximately €15 million went to the 2015–2017 construction completion.^[3]

Structures and facilities

The Benito Stirpe Stadium comprises 16,227 seats^[1] split between five stands: the 'Main Stand', the 'North Stand', the 'East Stand', the 'South Stand' and the 'Away End' (which is the south-west corner).

The stadium
The stadium
The stadium
The Stadio Benito Stirpe in 2020
The Main Stand (June 2018)
The North Stand (October 2017)
The North Stand (June 2018)
Outline of Benito Stirpe with the stand names and capacities
Official logo of the Benito Stirpe Stadium

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "AGIBILITA' DEFINITIVA AL 'BENITO STIRPE', L'AVVOCATO CECI: RINGRAZIAMO TUTTE LE ISTITUZIONI" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 16 March 2018.
^ "Stadio pronto ma per allenarsi" (in Italian). Ciociaria Oggi. 5 January 1989.
^ ^a ^b "CONCESSIONE DI LAVORI PUBBLICI DI PROGETTAZIONE ED ESECUZIONE DEI LAVORI DI RISTRUTTURAZIONE E COMPLETAMENTO DELLO STADIO CASALENO IN FROSINONE E SUCCESSIVA GESTIONE" (in Italian). Comune di Frosinone. 14 June 2016.
^ "Stirpe: Frosinone, il nuovo stadio entro febbraio" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 9 November 2016.
^ "Lo Stadio Benito Stirpe a 360 gradi" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 15 November 2016.
^ "Sport nella Regione Lazio: Elenco Stadi di Calcio" (in Italian). comuni-italiani.it.
^ "Frosinone – Stadio Casaleno intitolato a Stirpe: voto unanime, come è andata e come si chiamerà" (in Italian). tg24.info. 31 January 2017.
^ "AMARCORD: Benito Stirpe, il ricordo del Cavaliere che sognava la serie A" (in Italian). tuttofrosinone.com. 29 September 2014.
^ "Frosinone, una Stirpe di successo" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 18 November 2016.
^ "Stadio Casaleno, progetti depositati" (in Italian). Ciociaria Oggi. 29 September 2016.