Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

The ground on Via del Mare has been rebuilt around a single promotion. When Lecce reached Serie A for the first time, the stands that had held 20,500 since the 1976 works were torn out and replaced across 1985 and 1986 with a bowl for 55,000. Safety rules on all-seater grounds cut that to 40,670, and the €3,660,000 modernisation carried out in 2019 left the official figure at roughly 31,445. Another round of work is planned for 2025–2026 ahead of the Mediterranean Games, a competition the stadium already hosted in 1997.

The mayor who oversaw the 1985–1986 reconstruction, Ettore Giardiniero, held office from 1983 to 1985. In January 2002 his name was added to the ground; in Lecce it is still called simply Via del Mare.

It opened on 11 September 1966 with a friendly against Spartak Moscow that finished 1–1, and took its first competitive match on 2 October. The following year Santos came with Pelé and won 5–1. In 1987 Milan played two UEFA Cup home ties here while San Siro was suspended. Pope John Paul II celebrated mass on the pitch in 1994.

The highest documented figure in recent years is over 25,000, for a Serie B match against Pisa in April 2022.