Centro sportivo Cornaredo

Cornaredo has been the sporting heart of the city for decades and is currently undergoing a transition phase during the construction of the Polo sportivo degli eventi (PSE), alongside the development of the Centro sportivo al Maglio.

At the Centro sportivo di Cornaredo, even after the partial demolition of the stadium, several facilities remain, including a skatepark, a synthetic field for field hockey, a grass field for Football Club Lugano training, and two synthetic fields. FC Lugano's home matches are played in a temporary stadium.

The athletics track is open for 100-meter sprints, but it is available only to members of SAL Lugano. Public changing rooms (numbers 9 and 10) are freely accessible near the unpaved Gerra area, for those who want to run outdoors.

History

November 1951, the Switzerland-Italy match: this is the event that marks the birth of the Stadio di Cornaredo. Today, it is the center of sport in Lugano, but back in 1916, the area where the soccer fields, the athletics track, and other facilities now stand could have become a reserve for fallow deer, roe deer, and stags. However, the City decided otherwise, and since the 1950s, Cornaredo has become the headquarters of sport in Lugano.

Starting in the 1980s, several improvements were made, with the construction of new areas that have given it its current appearance.