Abandoned Stadium Which Hosted Huge Final Is Now Completely Unrecognisable
A historic stadium has been left largely untouched for years despite previously hosting a huge football final.
Stadiums are a popular topic among football fans, with Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium receiving plaudits from those who have been enough lucky to visit since its official opening in August 2025.
Meanwhile, most Premier League clubs have seemingly tried to move with the times in recent decades, with Arsenal moving from Highbury to the Emirates in 2006.
Renovations and extensions have also been built onto Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium and Liverpool’s Anfield in recent years, while Manchester United have proposed plans to build a 100,000-capacity stadium worth £2bn near their current home of Old Trafford.
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In Italy, AC Milan and Inter expressed how they are “very pleased” after the city council approved the sale of the San Siro, which could lead to its destruction.
The clubs plan to build a new 71,500-capacity stadium ahead of Euro 2032 – the tournament will be joint-hosted by Italy and Turkey.
587 kilometres north in Italy’s capital, Rome, stands the Stadio Flaminio.
The nearly 25,000-capacity stadium was built ahead of the 1960 Summer Olympic Games and hosted the football final between Yugoslavia – now Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia - and Denmark, which the former won 3-1.
It later became the home of the Italy national rugby union team and was renovated in 2008 before they began playing at the Stadio Olimpico in 2012.
Rome-based Serie A sides Roma and Lazio also played at the Stadio Flaminio during the 1989/90 campaign when the Stadio Olimpico was undergoing renovations.
The stadium was also home to semi-professional side Atletico Roma until they disbanded in 2011.
These days, the stadium is out of use and in a state of disrepair, but could soon be given yet another makeover.
Lazio have proposed plans to leave the Stadio Olimpico, which they share with Roma, in search of a new home.
According to talkSPORT, club president Claudio Lotito has put forward plans to restore the stadium.
In January of 2025, the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, approved the proposal for a £332m revamp with a view to making the ground fit for 50,000 spectators.
However, concerns around potential logistical issues remain with Rome city councillor Gioanni Caudo calling it a “mistake”.
Luke Davies