Sports facilities in Italy continue to represent a significant problem for professional clubs. This is the case of Carraresenewly promoted in B series and already forced to emigrate to play regularly in the cadet championship. The “Marble Stadium” of Carrara, in fact, is considered unsuitable for the second series and needs adaptation works. Significant economic damage for the club led by the tandem Gemignani-Oppicelli, who would have already wanted to open the season ticket campaign and fuel the enthusiasm of the people of Carrara. As in the case of Lecco And Feralpisalòwho respectively optioned Padua and Piacenza in the summer of 2023, Carrarese could play Pisa.
Where will Carrarese play in Serie B? Stadio dei Marmi unsuitable
Two days after the category jump, achieved by beating Stefano Vecchi’s Vicenza in the playoff final, the Carrarese must deal with the inadequacy of the “Stadio dei Marmi” for Serie B. The Carrara sports facility, whose capacity barely exceeds 4,000 seats, needs to be modernized to comply with the parameters imposed by League B. In the meantime , the application for registration for the next cadet championship must be submitted: in addition to the canonical guarantee and the usual bureaucratic aspects, an alternative stage must necessarily be indicated in which the internal competitions can be played until the completion of the works at the Apuan structure.
The first hypothesis is the Arena Garibaldi “Romeo Anconetani” in Pisahome of the local team, which will be Carrarese’s opponents in Serie B. This is the system identified by the Gemignani-Oppicelli tandem, with the agreement between municipal administrations, police headquarters and companies which seems imminentas reported by vociapuana.com. This is a period of “exile” of between 30 and 60 daysa time in which the “dei Marmi” should be brought into line with the legislation, with the works being the responsibility of the Municipality led by Mayor Serena Arrighi.
Carrarese from Calabro, who has already renewed his contract at the dawn of the C playoffs, risks playing without an audience the first 3-4 home games, for reasons of public order. And for the same reasons, at the time of the draw for the new calendar, deeply felt derbies such as the one against Spice in the very first days of the regular season.
The minimum criteria for a Serie B stadium
The “Stadio dei Marmi” in Carrara, like many sports facilities that come from the lower categories, needs major work to comply with the minimum criteria imposed by League B, in terms of infrastructure. First of all, after the exemptions during the playoffs, it will be necessary bring the number of spectators to at least 5,500. Furthermore, it must be adjusted the lighting system, the brightness of which should be increased, for reasons linked to high definition and, therefore, to the television coverage of Sky and DAZN. At the same time, ad hoc boxes must be added for the broadcasters themselves, which are currently insufficient.
At the same time, attention must also be paid to synthetic of the “Stadio dei Marmi”, with the League B which he demonstrated on several occasions a clear preference for natural grass pitches, or at most in a natural-synthetic “mix” (as happened in La Spezia for example, ed.). The municipal administration of Carrara, moreover, had recently announced the allocation of 600 thousand euros for the turf, the adaptation of the toilets and the disabled area. In total, the expense risks exceeding 2 million eurosalso taking into account turnstiles to be installed And video surveillance systems to improve.
Gemignani: “Where will we play? Let’s hope for Pisa”
Manrico Gemignani also heads to the Garibaldi Arena in Pisaentrepreneur, owner and representative of Carrarese: “Let’s hope for Pisa, in fact, I know that the matter is well addressed thanks to the mayor, in fact I thank the administration of Pisa right now. Our goal, however, is to play in our stadium as soon as possible, and the mayor and the administration have always proven to be very sensitive, so I hope that everyone and the entire city council will be united in allowing our fans to follow Serie B at of the Marbles”.
