Last weeks of life for the historic home of Vigevano basketball. At the end of the current sporting season, the via Carducci stadium will be demolished to make way for a new structure capable of accommodating a thousand spectators in the grandstands. It could not continue. There was the real risk of a stop to sporting activities and access to the public, given that the PalaBasletta was going ahead with exceptions. And sooner or later the federation itself would stop turning a blind eye…
The PalaBasletta in via Carducci: here Vigevano basketball has won two promotions in Serie A
«There were too many problems to deal with, many unsolvable criticalities. Without forgetting that after the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, many rules regarding the static nature of buildings have changed», are the words of Marino Spaccasassi, vice president and general manager of Nuova Pallacanestro Vigevano 1955. Who “blesses” the urban regeneration plan which envisages the demolition of the historic home of ducal basketball to create a new, modern and functional facility capable of accommodating a thousand spectators.
Marino Spaccasassi, vice president and general manager of Nuova Pallacanestro Vigevano 1955
«The intervention proposed by the Municipality of Vigevano is correct – continues the manager of ducal basketball – at Basletta we go ahead with exceptions because there are no spaces. With this intervention, the city will have a modern and efficient structure available for the entire youth basketball sector of the city as well as for the minor basketball championships. There is a real hunger for space in this city. Surely everyone is sorry, that facility is the story of our basketball, but the world must go on».
The works for the launch of the urban regeneration plan – financed with Pnrr funds – which, in addition to the PalaBasletta, concern the renovation of the historic facade of the Regina Margherita elementary schools and the creation of a car park serving the historic center for a total of 37 parking spaces, they will start in August.
