Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Venice

Venetian football stadium

Cecilia from Venice

""Stadio Pierluigi Penzo" is Venice's football stadium. It's a very welcome break from the otherwise sterile life in the lagoon city. Come slightly drunk!"

Venice has succeeded perfectly in promoting itself as unique city to visit at least once in life. However, it has never succeeded in promoting its football club. In my humble opinion, the most obvious example of real Venetian life is the city’s football team, Venezia FC. It isn't about buying footballers T-shirts -- what about collecting an authentic peak experience at the stadium?

Stadio Luigi Penzo is situated on the eastern tip of the island, a very remote area with no signs pointing in its direction (unless you know where it is, you would hardly find it); I was surprised too to discover there is a stadium on the island.

Even if you are not a sports fan, you could marvel at attending a football match in such a unique setting, with water surrounding you on two sides. You can enjoy the atmosphere generated by the ultras singing chants and drinking beers, with constant jostling and heckling among the more stocious fans.

During the game, a few devoted (and slightly maniacal) ultras stand at the front of the terraces, never taking their eyes off the fans, armed with megaphones, they lead a succession of chants all-game-long. Venezia FC injects some much needed life and variety into the often sterile surroundings of the lagoon city.

It's a pity that in the last few decades the stadium has been heavily damaged and the capacity has declined, falling slowly into disrepair.

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Venice Spotter Cecilia

About me I am Neapolitan by birth and by heart, but a piece of my heart is now dedicated to Venice. I moved here to study a master's degree in tourism, and when I finished my studies last autumn, I decided to stay here and work in the Venetian Tourism space. Of course I am homesick, The Veneto region is so different from the region I come from. North Italy, for those coming from the South, represents the cold, the fog, no sun ,no real pizza, no golden beach with crystal clear water. In these years I have learned to fight against these stereotypes. Why Venice While rus...

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