Sport&Impianti

GAU Arena, based in Rome, is an architectural firm ready to respond to the renewal of the panorama of sports facilities international level through an important activity of integrated design and management consultancy, which makes each facility unique, economically sustainable and a source of business. In its decades of experience, the GAU Arena team has also gained experience in the field of entertainment and retail centres (auditoriums, cinemas, multi-purpose centres, etc.).
Founder and current team leader of GAU Arena is Gino Zavanella, author of the project for the new Juventus FC stadium.

GAU Arena projects

Among the many commissions for the design of international level complexes, the most important were: Sportilia ‘Città dello sport’, Stadio Euganeo in Padua, Palermo’s new training centre, AS Roma’s new stadium under the management of the Sensi family, named ‘Franco Sensi’, stadium in Rijeka (Croatia), Olympic complex in Mostagamen, Algeria, training centre for Hellas Verona FC, expansion of the Casteldebole training centre for Bologna FC, renovation of the Dall’Ara stadium in Bologna (dressing rooms and hospitality areas) and currently in charge of the integrated design of the New Stadium for Bologna FC, new facility for U. S Avellino and new stadium for Spezia Calcio.

In the summer of 2022, in just 90 days he signed and led the restyling works (dressing rooms, hospitality, field boxes, skyboxes) of the Zini stadium in Cremona, allowing Cremonese to register for the Serie A championship.
Among the latest projects signed GAU Arena by the architect Gino Zavanella are: the Provisional Stadium of Bologna FC, the New Erasmo Iacovone Stadium in Taranto, the restyling of the Renato Curi Stadium in Perugia and the restyling of the grandstand and new coverage of the Curva Ferrovia of the A.Picco Stadium in La Spezia.
In 2023, GAU Arena in RTP was awarded the tender called by ARUS for the renovation of the Arechi Stadium in Salerno.
GAU Arena does not only deal with stadiums and football pitches, in fact, in addition to the recent project for the new Sports Area in Castelsaraceno, the Padel Hero centre in Pisa “a true innovative model in the field of sports centres” was inaugurated, and is the winner of the competition for the New Sports Hall in Salerno (below is the video presentation of the project).