{"id":1804,"date":"2012-01-02T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.nl\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2017-02-08T23:09:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T23:09:36","slug":"karalisarena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/karalisarena\/","title":{"rendered":"Karalis Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Club: Cagliari Calcio | Capacity: 23,200 seats | Status:\u00a0cancelled<\/p>\n
The Karalis Arena, also referred to as Stadio Elmas, was a planned new home of Cagliari Calcio.<\/p>\n
Cagliari Calcio had been looking to build a new stadium since the late 2000s\u00a0as its dilapidated stadium Stadio Sant\u2019Elia<\/a>, once hosting several matches at the 1990 World Cup<\/a>, hardly met safety requirements and did\u00a0not offer sufficient modern facilities for the current age.<\/p>\n Initial plans focused on a stadium with a capacity of around 25,000, but after Italy expressed its interest in hosting the Euro 2016<\/a> tournament these plans were revised upwards to a larger capacity so that the city could qualify as a playing venue. However, after the tournament was awarded to France, plans were again adjusted and the club settled on a stadium with 23,200 seats and an estimated cost of \u20ac45 million.<\/p>\n Definite plans and renders were presented in the summer of 2011, and a site was selected close to Cagliari\u2019s Elmas Airport in the north of the city. However, the plans were heavily opposed by the local aviation authority and a series of legal battles derailed the project.<\/p>\n In May 2012 Cagliario announced to move out of Stadio Sant’Elia and build a temporary makeshift stadium in a nearby town. However, this stadium quickly proved to be unsatisfactory and following safety concerns Cagliari moved back to Sant’Elia.<\/p>\n In 2014, the club finally ditched plans to build the Karalis Arena and instead opted to refurbish Sant’Elia.<\/p>\nImages of the Karalis Arena<\/h3>\n