{"id":5049,"date":"2012-03-29T15:29:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T15:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2017-06-30T19:59:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:59:21","slug":"silviopiola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/silviopiola\/","title":{"rendered":"Stadio Silvio Piola"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Novara Calcio | Opening: 1976 | Capacity: 17,875 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Stadio Silvio Piola was built in the 1970s. The stadium officially opened on 18 January 1976. A few days later, Novara played their first match at the stadium against Juventus (2-1).<\/p>\n

The stadium was initially generically called Viale Kennedy, after the street it was on, but received its official name in 1997. Silvio Piola, all-time top scorer of the Serie A, played the last seven seasons of his career in the shirt of Novara.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Novara installed an artificial pitch<\/a> at the stadium, and after the club promoted in 2011 it was \u2013 together with Cesena \u2013 the first club with an artificial pitch in the Serie A.<\/p>\n

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