The stadium was named after , a goalkeeper of
U.S. Cremonese who died during
World War I. On 16 November 2013, it hosted
Italy's end-of-year rugby union international against
Fiji. Italy won 37–31. The stadium hosted the
2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship including its final. Stadium's 2017–19 renovation converted it into an
all-seater stadium, reducing capacity from 20,641 to 16,003. Further works were done before the
2022–23 Serie A season to comply with the competitions and also with an intention to further
restore the pre-1929 design parts. This has led to a further reduction of capacity by 1,169 seats to a total of 14,834 places. ==References==