Stadio dei Marmi

The Stadio dei Marmi sits inside the Foro Italico complex in Rome's Nomentano district, and it has never needed a name change the way the rest of the site did when the Mussolini-era project was renamed after the war. It opened on 4 November 1932 as part of the ceremony that launched the whole complex, and its identity was fixed from that day: an athletics bowl ringed with marble steps and statues rather than a stand-alone football ground.

Capacity has stayed at 5,280, a modest figure for a venue built on such a grand architectural scale, and there is no record of it ever being expanded or reduced. The relatively low count reflects the arena's built purpose — the marble terracing was designed to frame the track and the surrounding statuary as much as to hold a crowd.

The running surface is now Mondo's Sportflex Super X 720, laid in grey, part of work completed in 2023–2024. In 2025 the venue added three new tennis courts inside the stadium bowl, including a SuperTennis Arena, extending the Foro Italico's role as a home for the Italian Open beyond its main show courts. The stadium has no resident football club; the Carrara ground that shares its name is a separate arena entirely.

Its competitive history includes hosting the hockey tournament at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and its marble statues and steps have made it a recurring backdrop for film shoots and a stop on the city's tourist routes, alongside its continuing use for athletics and tennis.