Stadio Erasmo Iacovone

{{Short description|Multi-use stadium in Taranto, Italy}}

{{Expand Italian|date=March 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox venue |

stadium_name = Stadio Erasmo Iacovone|

nickname = |

image = Stadio Erasmo Iacovone.jpg|

location = Taranto, Italy |

broke_ground = |

opened = 1965|

renovated = |

closed = |

demolished = |

owner = Municipality of Taranto|

operator = |

surface = Grass|

construction_cost = |

architect = |

former_names = Stadio Salinella (1965–1978)|

tenants = Taranto Sport (1965–present)
Italy national football team (selected matches) |

seating_capacity = 27,584|

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Stadio Erasmo Iacovone is a multi-use stadium in Taranto, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Taranto Sport. The stadium holds 27,584 people.

The stadium was founded in 1965 as the Stadio Salinella{{Cite web |last=Stea |first=Giuseppe |date=2015-12-18 |title=Dal Salinella allo Iacovone: gli anni di un sogno chiamato "stadio" |url=https://laringhiera.net/dal-salinella-allo-iacovone/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=la Ringhiera |language=it-IT}} and was renamed after Erasmo Iacovone, an Italian footballer who died in a car accident at the age of 25 while he was in Taranto, in 1978.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-07 |title=Da Salinella a Iacovone, Taranto celebra i cinquant’anni del suo stadio |url=http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it/bari/sport/15_dicembre_07/da-salinella-iacovone-taranto-celebra-cinquant-anni-suo-stadio-d78ea4fc-9cf6-11e5-bdf0-d580c395bc83.shtml |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it}}