Palazzetto Francesco Tacca
Cassano Magnago, Italy
Palazzetto Francesco Tacca sits in the Quadro district of Cassano Magnago, a town in the province of Varese. It is not large—800 spectators in total—but the parquet floor has earned a reputation for being difficult.
The arena is named after Mario Tacca, a figure whose work in the town's handball community began alongside the club's founding in 1974. The annual Memorial Mario Tacca, an international tournament, has been held here since the late 1990s; the 29th edition fell in 2026, meaning the event has run for roughly three decades. The club was re-founded as a limited company in 2025, but the palazzetto itself has kept its identity through that transition, as it has through the years before.
The venue is accessible to wheelchair users and, with €3.68 million in PNRR funding announced in July 2025, is being developed into a federal technical centre for Italian handball. The club's website—www.cassanomagnagohc.it—carries the match schedule and news from the town.