He’s about to return there White night of sport.and it will do it in style, with an excellent testimonial named after the Livorno volleyball player and strong point of the Italian national team, Elena Pietrini. After the success of the first edition with over 15 thousand people, this year the event, organized by the Lem Foundation in collaboration with the provincial committee of CONI, will take place on Saturday 13 July, from 6.30 pm to 02.30 am, once again between via dei Pensieri, via Allende and the various sports facilities in the area which are part of the so-called Sports Citadel. .
Sports facilities open, activities and fun for everyone
The event was presented on the morning of Friday 14 June at the city’s Cisternino, in the presence of the mayor Luca Salvetti, the event organization manager of the Lem Foundation, Adriano Tramonti, Gianni Tacchi (Lem contact person for relations with sports federations), Marta Priore (responsible for contacts with suppliers for the Lem Foundation) and Gianni Giannone provincial manager of Coni. The objective of the White Night of Sport, a unique event in Italy, is not only to celebrate the sporting tradition of Livorno, but to allow young people, boys and girls to try every discipline. All the facilities in the area, from the Armando Picchi stadium to the PalaMacchia via the Camalich swimming pool, will be open and will welcome families for an evening of sport and fun. Compared to last year, the school field will also be available, having just reopened with the new athletics track and ready to be at the center of the event, with the various athletics specialties and inflatables for the little ones.
Salvetti: “All the ingredients are there for an evening of absolute interest”
“Last year – the words of the mayor Luca Salvetti – the white night of sport was an event that worked and the result of the 15 thousand people who populated the citadel of sport is there to bear witness to all this. That format which worked very well, because it was fun and engaging, this time it was even better calibrated. All this means that in this second edition there will be the associations of the various disciplines, there will be CONI coordinating the sporting front, there will be a good show that will be proposed by the. Lem Foundation and there will be all the best ingredients to spend an evening of interest, both for the people of Livorno but also for those who look at Livorno from outside. The main objective will naturally once again be to create a showcase of the various disciplines also with the involvement of characters, champions and champions”.
“This is a second edition that is even more multifaceted and complex than that of 2023 – said Adriano Tramonti -. A big help comes from the municipality’s sports office and its director Enrico Montagnani”. “Already last year – added Gianni Giannone – there were those who tried to copy this unique event in Italy. The new edition, as it should be, will be improved compared to the previous one. All the federations will be present, confirming the attention for the event. Finally we are able to showcase all the beauty of Livorno sport. On the other hand, every time I meet Giovanni Malagò he reminds me of what this city has done and is doing in the sporting field that an initiative on the historical archives of Livorno sport will soon be carried out with the contribution of all the federations and clubs”.
White Night of Sport, the news of the second edition
“There are basically three new features this year – explained Gianni Tacchi -. The first concerns the organisation, in the car park of the school camp, of an area intended for sports shows of skating, gymnastics, wrestling and aerial acrobatics with fabrics and more. The second concerns the doubling of the food area that will be present under the south curve. The third is the availability of use of the recently recovered school field”. “The work underway by the Lem Foundation – concluded Marta Priore – involves relationships with many skills and many suppliers to obtain the best result. The food area has been doubled, bringing to 6 the food trucks that will be available. Soon we will also be able to reveal the names of the artists who will perform to make Notte Bianca 2024 attractive for everyone, even the youngest.”
The numbers of the event – There will be 42 people present at the event, including sports federations and promotional bodies, for a total of 56 sports activities planned, with a hundred clubs and thousands of boys and girls involved. From basketball to rugby, from tennis to cycling, passing through all the other disciplines present in the city, with some new features such as subbuteo and surfing. The White Night of Sport will also see the involvement of many Livorno champions of yesterday and today. This year too, the main stage will be located in the car park of the school field, where 6 talks on Livorno sport are scheduled, followed by music, and the area for sports shows will also be set up. Outside the stadium, under the south curve, there will be the food area. Sports talks and shows will be held from 6.30pm to 11.00pm, while from 11.00pm to 2.30am the White Night of Sports will move to the rhythm of music for the younger ones.
