Venues
Twelve stadiums were selected to host the World Cup matches in twelve different cities. The Stadio San Nicola in Bari and Turin's Stadio delle Alpi were completely new venues opened for the World Cup.
The remaining ten venues all underwent extensive programmes of improvements in preparation for the tournament, forcing many of the club tenants of the stadia to move to temporary homes. Additional seating and roofs were added to most stadia, with further redevelopments seeing running tracks removed and new pitches laid. Due to structural constraints, several of the existing stadia had to be virtually rebuilt in order to implement the changes required.
Most of the works cost in excess of their original estimates, and total costs ended up being over £550 million (approximately $935 million). Rome's Stadio Olimpico which would host the final was the most expensive project overall, while Udine's Stadio Friuli, the newest of the existing stadia (opened 14 years prior), cost the least to redevelop.
| Rome | Milan | Naples | Turin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stadio Olimpico | San Siro | Stadio San Paolo | Stadio delle Alpi |
| Capacity: 72,698 | Capacity: 85,700 | Capacity: 74,000 | Capacity: 68,000 |
| Bari | Rome Milan Naples Turin Bari Verona Florence Cagliari Bologna Udine Palermo Genoa 1990 FIFA World Cup (Italy) | Verona | |
| Stadio San Nicola | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | ||
| Capacity: 56,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | ||
| Florence | Cagliari | ||
| Stadio Artemio Franchi | Stadio Sant'Elia | ||
| Capacity: 41,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | ||
| Bologna | Udine | Palermo | Genoa |
| Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | Stadio Friuli | Stadio La Favorita | Stadio Luigi Ferraris |
| Capacity: 39,000 | Capacity: 38,000 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 36,000 |
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