Bologna reveal temporary stadium design

Daniel Sedlarevic05/09/2023 5:55 am05/09/2023

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While the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara is undergoing renovations, Italian Serie A football team Bologna has unveiled designs for the stadium that will serve as its temporary home.

After submitting its temporary stadium project’s blueprints to the Municipality of Bologna in July 2021, Bologna first disclosed specifics about the proposal. The location for the event will be on property held by the municipality that encircles the Agri-Food Centre of Bologna.

This location is perfect because it can take advantage of the nearby parking lots that are already in place and because it has the necessary infrastructure. More than 2,000 of the stadium’s anticipated 16,000 seats will be covered. Bologna Stadio, a corporation established by the team in February 2020 to manage the Dall’Ara reconstruction, will pay the whole $13.3 million cost of the stadium’s construction.

The plan calls for Bologna to play in the temporary stadium for the two seasons that the Dall’Ara will be undergoing renovations. The stadium will thereafter be downsized to slightly over 2,000 seats, while preserving the covered grandstand, for usage by the women’s team and youth football.

The tasks for the refurbishment of the Dall’Ara and the construction of the temporary stadium have been combined into one procedure and will operate in tandem. The temporary stadium’s final design will be evaluated in the following stages, which will take place between the end of 2023 and the start of 2024, through a Services Conference and a request for bids.

“The construction operation of the temporary stadium is linked to the need to find an adequate structure in which the team can play league matches whilst the work is taking place at Dall’Ara since the planners ruled out the possibility of playing at the stadium whilst the work is carried out,” Bologna CEO Claudio Fenucci stated via press release.

The 1927-built Dall’Ara received renovations in preparation for Italy’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup in 1990. The most recent concept aims to scale back the building and remove the superstructure added during the last refurbishment in order to build a 30,000-seat stadium that is completely covered and has its stands closer to the field.

By the end of 2022, work on the Dall’Ara’s reconstruction was supposed to begin, however it has since been postponed. The new-look stadium is now being eyed for a part in Italy’s quest to host UEFA Euro 2032, according to stakeholders.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

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Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

Patrick Irving15/04/2026 6:05 am14/04/2026

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.