Juventus Training Center (Vinovo)
Juventus F.C. training facility
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The Juventus Training Center (colloquially known as "the Vinovo") is a football training facility owned by Juventus, located in Vinovo a comune 14 kilometres southwest of the city of Turin. Designed by GAU and Shesa,[1] the training ground features modern facilities and was opened in August 2006. The facility measures a total of 162,900 square meters and originally cost €12.5 million.
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| Location | Vinovo |
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| Coordinates | 44°58′40″N 07°36′58″E |
| Owner | Juventus FC |
| Capacity | 400 |
| Type | Football training facility |
| Construction | |
| Groundbreaking | 2004 |
| Opened | 2006 |
| Cost | € 12.5 million |
Owned through Campi di Vinovo S.p.A., controlled by the club to 71.3% until 2003,[2] until 2018, it was used as a training ground for the Juventus men's team until the construction of the new training center;[3] it is now exclusively used for the matches and training for that of the Juventus youth sector (already from 2017), and that of the women's team.[4]
Facilities
The training area includes:[5][6]
- eleven regular playing fields (nine in natural grass and two in synthetic grass), of which:
- one of reduced size;
- one with a mobile pressostatic cover, used in case of cold and bad weather;
- the "Campo Ale & Ricky" (dedicated to the memory of Alessio Ferramosca and Riccardo Neri, youths of the young bianconeri who drowned in a facility pond[7][8]), with a 400-seat grandstand, reserved for matches of Juventus Women and of all the Juventus youth sector;
- a swimming pool that allows counter-current swimming and hydro massage;
- a physiotherapy center;
- a gym for heating and muscle building;
- soccer tennis;
- seven locker rooms for competitive sports (one for Juventus Women and six for youth teams);
- two warehouses.
The media center includes:
- a hotel of about 350 m2;
- a sports medicine center;
- a room for technical meetings;
- the JTV television studios;
- the press room, which can accommodate up to 30 journalists, for press conferences.