The stadium is located in Rizzi, about 4 km from the city centre of
Udine. Opened in 1976, as a replacement for
Stadio Moretti, it used to have a maximum capacity of 41,652 seats. In 2013, the City of Udine granted Udinese Calcio a 99-year lease of the stadium. The most recent reconstruction saw the removal of the athletics track, the demolishing of three sides of the stadium with only the "arc" / West stand preserved and the three demolished stands rebuilt closer to the pitch. The cost of the redevelopment was around €50m and the work was completed with Udinese not having to move any of their home games to other stadia. The work on the new stadium officially began on 5 June 2013. During the summer of 2013, the athletics track was dismantled. On 23 June 2014, the foundation stone was laid by Udinese Calcio president
Giampaolo Pozzo. The new Friuli was officially opened on 17 January 2016 when Udinese hosted
Juventus. The sponsorship name of the stadium, Dacia Arena, was unveiled that day therefore the club entered into a new stadium-naming rights agreement with its parent company,
Dacia. ==Important events==