Stadio Marcello Melani

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Stadio Marcello Melani
nickname =


location = Pistoia, Italy flagicon|Italy
broke_ground =
opened = June 25th 1965
renovated = 1980, 2000
closed =
demolished =
owner = Municipality of Pistoia
operator =
surface = Grass
construction_cost =
architect =
former_names = Stadio Comunale (1966-2006)
tenants =
A.C. Pistoiese
seating_capacity =
13,195

Stadio Marcello Melani is the main stadium in Pistoia, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of A.C. Pistoiese. The stadium holds 13,195.

History

The Stadio Comunale di Pistoia was opened 25th June 1966 with a friendly match between Pistoiese and Vasco de Gama (1-2).

Previously Pistoiese played in the little stadium "Monteoliveto", where about 600 official matches were played.

On 6 December, 2006, the Stadio Comunale was dedicated to Marcello Melani, president of Pistoiese from 1974 to 1984. During his presidency Pistoiese earned the club's only promotion to Serie A in its history. [ [http://www.acpistoiesecalcio.it/cgi-bin/vis_news.cgi?id=1153 Stadio Marcello Melani] ]

References

Links

* [http://www.acpistoiesecalcio.it/stadio_ok.html Stadio Marcello Melani on Pistoiese's website]
* [http://maps.google.it/maps?ll=43.9410,10.9150&spn=0.002006,0.001955&t=k Satellite view of Stadio Marcello Melani]