Allianz Stadium

Allianz Stadium – the first club-owned ground in Italy

In 2011 Juventus opened the Allianz Stadium and became the first Serie A club to own its own stadium. Most Italian clubs play in municipal arenas — frequently shared, rarely modernised, almost always with a running track. Juventus built a football-only ground instead.

Why you hear the difference on a first visit

Anyone who knows the San Siro or the Stadio Olimpico expects distance between stand and pitch. Here the front row sits metres from the touchline. The ground holds just over 41,000, which makes it smaller than Italy's old colossi — and that is precisely its strength.

It was built on the site of the former Stadio delle Alpi, erected for the 1990 World Cup and never accepted by supporters because of its running track and poor sightlines. The replacement is the answer to it.

Location and getting there

The stadium is not in the centre but about seven kilometres north-west, in the Continassa district. Build the journey into your plan: trams and shuttle buses run more frequently on matchdays, but this is not a walk.

Turin-Caselle takes flights from across Europe, and Milan-Malpensa is the larger alternative with a rail connection. Within Italy, high-speed trains reach Turin from Milan in under an hour.

Turin around the match

Travellers heading for Milan or Florence skip Turin, and that is their loss. The Museo Egizio holds the most significant collection of ancient Egyptian art anywhere outside Cairo. The Mole Antonelliana houses the national film museum, with a glass lift running up through the middle of the hall to the spire.

Then the cafés under the arcades, where the bicerin was invented, and the chocolate tradition that produced gianduja. In winter the Alps are close enough to add a day on the slopes.