Gymnasium “Magna Grecia”

Magna Grecia Sports Centre is located in Taranto,  it will be fully operational for the Games, and after that it will offer an extra sports facility in the Magna Grecia District.  During the XX Mediterranean Games, the new gym will be the training facility for 3×3 basketball.

Municipal football field Talsano

The Municipal Stadium already avails of a training facility;  its renovation in view of the Mediterranean Games will subsequently provide Talsano with an improved venue for sports, thus strengthening the network of the services already available on the urban scale.  Artificial turf is currently being laid and it will be suitable for multiple sports.

Navy Sports Center “Cugini”

The Navy Department Sports Centre is located within the military area of Arsenale Militare in Via Cugini, Taranto. The Centre offers a green area with multiple sports facilities: an athletics track, tennis courts, volleyball and basketball courts, archery and football fields, a gym and a rowing tank. On top of the new sports facilities, the centre will offer large areas for outdoor events, as well as office spaces and press rooms.

Sports center - Salinella

The new multi-discipline sports centre will be used for youth activities and promotional events, as well as for professional competitions and other sports events at national level, including martial arts. This venue will have a 1,300-viewer capacity; a multifunctional use of the building will be made possible on a daily basis by means of telescopic grandstands, as three separate areas for training will be concurrently available. This venue will be a sustainable building with eco-friendly materials and energy-saving technological systems.

Aquatics Center

Taranto New Swimming Stadium will be Apulia first swimming facility meeting all the requirements of Olympic standards, and – as such – and it will be the driving force for the urban regeneration of the area where it will be located. It has been designed based on state-of-the-art parameters of for energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, and it will host activities and events for swimming and water polo, at both national and international level. The stadium will be equipped with an outdoor pool (50 x 21 m.) with a 1,000-seat grandstand, plus an indoor pool (35 x 25 m.) with a mobile pontoon and a 1,000-seat grandstand. If needed, the seating capacity for the outdoor pool will be further increased by installing a temporary 2,000-seat grandstand.

Athletics field “Salinella”

Located in the Salinella district, this school facility has traditionally been one of the most important venues at both city and province level, for sports at large and athletics in particular. It currently offers a 400m six-lane athletics track; it will be renovated, so as to become an eight-lane track, with new services for the athletes.  Its stationary grandstands can currently sit up to 740 viewers; temporary grandstands will be installed for an increased capacity of 3,000 seats for international events.

City playgrounds - Giardini Peripato

3×3‭ ‬basketball games will be hosted in the Peripato Gardens‭, ‬a green area in Taranto city centre‭. ‬The games area and temporary grandstands with an 800-seat capacity‭, ‬four training areas and a lounge area for the athletes will be available in the gardens‭.‬

Football Stadium “Erasmo Jacovone”

Jacovone Stadium is the city football field and was previously named Salinella Football Field after the area where this venue is located.  This facility is equipped with one natural grass field (named “Jacovone B”), next to the grandstand, reserved to first team training and to Taranto Club junior team matches. While it currently has a capacity of 26,890 viewers spread on two rings, a planned major renovation will shrink the number to 18,000.

Nautical Center

Taranto New Nautical Centre will be key to the urban redevelopment strategies for the Ionian capital.  It will host the local Nautical Club, and as such it will be a unique structure in Southern Italy: a new reference venue for water sports (sailing, rowing, etc.), at international as well as Olympic level. The starting area, the equipment for the race, platforms, nautical equipment and a temporary grandstand with a 1,000-seat capacity will be installed.

New “Ricciardi”

The goal set for Ricciardi Gym is ambitious‭: ‬the renovation of an area where an unfinished building is located‭, ‬as well as the renewal of the existing gym‭. ‬Both the building and the old gym will be demolished to make room for a new building embedding the new Ricciardi gym‭. ‬The venue will provide supporting services to sports‭, ‬as well as complementary services for activities aiming‭ ‬at improving community life‭, ‬including entertainment and sports‭ (‬including skating‭). ‬The new Ricciardi Gym will be part of the Salinella Sports Campus‭.‬

Sports center - Paolo VI

The new multi-discipline sports centre will be used for youth activities and promotional events‭, ‬as well as for professional competitions and other sports events at national level‭, ‬including martial arts‭. ‬This venue will have a 1,300-viewer capacity‭; ‬a multifunctional use of the building will be made possible on a daily basis by means of telescopic grandstands‭, ‬as three separate areas for training will be concurrently available‭. ‬This venue will be a sustainable building with eco-friendly materials and energy-saving technological systems‭.‬

Tennis Club Taranto

Located close to the city centre‭, ‬the tennis club hosts competitions at both regional and national level‭. ‬It avails of 5‭ ‬tennis‭ ‬courts‭ (‬three red-clay courts and two Mateco-covered courts‭) ‬approved by Italian Tennis Federation‭, ‬as well as a weights room‭. ‬Temporary grandstands are rented out for extra seat capacity‭.‬

Sports Hall PalaFiom

This Sports Arena was inaugurated in 1998‭, ‬thanks to the commitment of Federazione dei Metalmeccanici Fiom-CGIL‭ (‬a local Trade Union‭). ‬It mostly hosts volleyball‭, ‬basketball and five-a-side football‭. ‬The field has a dimension of 40‭ ‬x 23‭ ‬x 10‭ ‬m‭. ‬and a capacity of 1,200‭ ‬viewers‭.‬

Sports Hall “V. Mazzola”

Inaugurated in 2004, the Sports Arena is located in the eastern quadrant of the city, where Valentino Mazzola Stadium used to be. The stadium too was named after the Grande Torino football team champion who died tragically in 1949. It is a multi-purpose venue, mostly used for volleyball and basketball; it hosts internal games of local men’s volleyball teams and women’s basketball teams. Given its 3,000-viewer capacity, the venue can also host concerts, shows and other sports events.