Diego Armando Maradona Stadium — Attraction in Naples

Positives- Incredible atmosphere. 50000 fans sounded like 80000. Felt very safe even though I was underneath the ultras in the curva A stand. Lots of families with children and plenty of police and stewards in and around the ground Cheap tickets - I paid €35 euros for a lower tier seat. Easy to get to and Plenty of parking. I booked on line and parked in the carpark for Naples zoo. Secure and about 500m to the stadium. Plenty of good food outlets around the stadium You can drink beer in your seats watching the game something we cannot do in U.K. Negatives- the 1990 stadium updated for the World Cup is now old and shockingly bad in terms of viewing on lower tier (funnily enough these tickets are called inferior tickets) due to the athletics track around the stadium and a moat to stop fans entering onto the pitch. The advertising boards also block half of the view of the goal. Spent most of the game watching it on the big screens in the stadium. Next time I’d pay a little more and get upper tier tickets (not surprisingly called superior tickets) I wondered why fans brought wet wipes but realised when I saw the state of the seats. They were so filthy fans wipe them down before each match. The club obviously do not do it. The stadium is old and cracking at the seams I saw steal rods exposed through the concrete structure. There is no inside catering, so you can’t get any food at half time. Drinks are purchased from sellers who walk up and down the isles carrying large bags of water coke and beer. Fans are still allowed to smoke inside the stadium No industrial bins or in fact any bins around the stadium. When I left the ground around the stadium was covered with thousands of beer bottles being kicked and smashed. Dangerous if fans decide to kick off. Overall the experience was incredible. The fans sang all game and even the 500 opposition fans were singing and banging their drums when 2-0 down. The fans and atmosphere is the best I’ve experienced at any game( probably something to do with the fact they are top of the league and about to win...

Last time I was here, it was called San Paolo. A face wash, full seat replacement and other much needed improvements have happened since. Still the city and the team deserve more than this. Public transport is very scarse, access is not easy and the traffic is very intense, parking nearby is an expensive dream. The Stadium is named after the God of football but you can't see "him" anywhere. A little museum nearby would be nice to visit before the games. The restoration service is still the same as when the stadium was restored back for Italia 90. You are allowed sandwiches but not bottles so get organised otherwise there are plenty of food trucks outside. I took my son at the distinti inferiori (5 seats away from Curva Inferiore). You can't see much of the action that happens on the far side but it feels like you are on the pitch. [Distinti runs alongside the pitch opposite to the press stands, Curva are the 2 sectors behind the goals] Price wise €45 per ticket (no child discount) is okay; to buy the tickets, there is the rip-off of the fidelity card at 22€ each + 10€ delivery to pay (it lasts for 3 years). The supporters were allowed to wave their flags and the atmosphere was incredible, although I would hate to be behind any of them. Like at Mass they should distribute a leaflet with all their chants on it, I know just a few of them. We watched Napoli-Verona, (0-0) the away supporters were not allowed to travel because they are racist. The game was rather boring, no goal and when Osimhen smashed the post, it was too far for us to see it but it stillresonatein my ears. For sure I'll be back next season when Napoli will play to defend their long waited title and again for a Champions League game when among 55 thousand people will be shouting out of our souls...

This article is about the stadium in Naples, Italy. For the stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, see Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. Stadio Diego Armando MaradonaStadio San Paolo Serie A.jpg UEFA Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap Former names Stadio San Paolo (1963–2020) Location Naples, Campania, Italy Owner Comune di Napoli Executive suites 20 Capacity 54,726 (all-seater) Record attendance 90,736 (Napoli vs. Juventus, 15 December 1974) Field size 110 m × 68 m (361 ft × 223 ft) Surface Grass Construction Broke ground 1948 Built 1948–1959 Opened 6 December 1959 Renovated 1989–1990, 2019 Architect Carlo Cocchia, Luigi Corradi Tenants S.S.C. Napoli (1959–present) Italy national football team (selected matches)

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (formerly known as Stadio San Paolo) is a stadium in the western Fuorigrotta suburb of Naples, Italy. It is the fourth largest football stadium in Italy,[1] after Milan's San Siro, Rome's Stadio Olimpico and Bari's San Nicola. For the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, the stadium hosted the football preliminaries. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of S.S.C. Napoli. Constructed in 1959, the stadium was extensively renovated in 1989 for the 1990 World Cup and again in 2018. The stadium currently accommodates 60,240 spectators, but in the past with terraced sections, the stadium took...