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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: ACF Fiorentina | Capacity: 40,000 seats | Scheduled opening: 2021 | Status: in planning<\/p>\n

Description<\/h3>\n

Nuovo Stadio Fiorentina is the planned new stadium of Fiorentina. Fiorentina has been looking to build a new stadium to replace the aged Stadio Artemio Franchi<\/a> from as early as 2008.<\/p>\n

Initial plans focused on an innovative\u00a0and multifunctional arena in the Castello area in Florence’s north-west, but a corruption scandal ended that project.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the city of Florence started forming plans for a new stadium at the site of the Mercafir fruit and vegetable wholesale market in the Novoli area, also in the north-west of the city and close to the airport.<\/p>\n

It took a while for the club and city to reach agreement, and bureaucratic hurdles, land issues, and the search for a new location for the Mercafir market further delayed the project. The project was finally officially submitted by the end of 2016, and plans with images were unveiled in March 2017. The club is hoping to move into the new stadium in 2021, but the start of construction has not been planned yet.<\/p>\n

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