Anyone been to a soccer game in Rome?
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| If so, how did you buy your tickets? It looks like stubhub is one option, but maybe not the best? Can you get a taxi easily after a game? Is it just pure insanity and a bad idea to bring a kid especially if you only speak un po' d' italiano? Do they sell food at the stadium? Advice and warnings welcome! |
Anonymous
You aiming for a Roma or Lazio match? Lazio are associated with right wingers, Roma sort of leftist. Not kidding! https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1730264-why-roma-lazio-is-one-of-world-footballs-fiercest-rivalries In general you are gonna want to stay away from seats in the "ultras" seating sections, but those are normally not available widely, but keep an eye on it. It's not the 80s.or.early.90s anymore, so you don't really get the soccer violence anymore, but better not to be in an ultras seating area generally. |
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Thanks for the warning! Looks like only Roma has home game while we are there.
Any advice on buying tickets from America? |
Anonymous
| I would not bring my kid to a game. |
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Why? |
Anonymous
| Haven't been to their stadium, but I'll say that lots of families bring their kids to football matches in Europe, just not in the ultras section. The last time we went, we sat behind a dad (happily smoking away the whole time) and his little kid. |
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Bumping this with another question.
Oddly, the Roma website says the 4/2 match against Samp is sold out already — is that likely or is there something I’m missing? I don’t think it’s their big rival, and when I look at other games there are lots of tickets still available. I saw some tickets on something called viagogo but I’ve never heard of that site and of course there’s a massive markup. I asked my teen if he wanted to go and now he is super excited for it so I’d really like to make it happen but don’t want to pay $60/ticket if it turns out there’s a way to get them for $20 and I’m just not seeing it. I saw someplace online that the cheaper seats are released 3-4 weeks in advance—is it possible they haven’t released those yet? |
Anonymous
You are really gonna need to find someone or some forum or something where they discuss Italian and Rome soccer tickets. I'd check reddit. |
Anonymous
| Or tripadvisor |
Anonymous
| We went to a soccer game in Milan and it was insane. We took our teenagers and were grateful we had good seats. It was the most stressed out I have ever been at a sporting event. |
Anonymous
Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan are on a tier above Lazio and AS Roma. Unlikely to be so wild. It's like comparing Man United or Liverpool to Fulham. Not the same at all even though they are in the same league. |
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We went to a Lazio game our first night in Rome last year for Spring Break for FCPS. My kids were 6th and 9th grade. The 6th grader is a huge Premier League fan and loves all things soccer. We had a great time.
We bought tickets directly from Lazio website. We were staying in a family-run boutique hotel and they gave me this advise re stadium areas: Lazio is a great team, and the game Lazio Sassuolo is an absolute nice game (family friendly) so if you have the opportunity, that is a game to go! I would not buy tickets for the "curva" , so I would consider either "distinti" or even better "tribuna tevere" or "tribuna monte mario" if you want to leave the decision to go or not for last minute, you can do that because I do not think the stadium will get filled with sassuolo (so you might want to wait until you are here to decide) regarding the website where to buy tickets for Lazio vs Sassuolo, I would go to the offical lazio website: https://www.sslazio.it/it/biglietteria/prezzi-e-gare We used a tour company to book all of our other tours etc and they arranged a driver for us that picked us up at our hotel, got us as close as possible to the stadium (still a walk from there) and then told us where we were to meet him for pick up after the game. We were totally jetlagged and know no Italian but we loved every bit of the game and had no issues. We even got stadium food (and my oldest kid has food allergies and they were great helping us through that). We had been to a DC United game but this was a unique experience. The only other thing, I think they switched the schedule on us from when we first looked at tickets to when we actually bought them so do check/recheck schedules. We loved our trip and I'm happy to share other info if you'd like! Enjoy! |
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We've used Groundhopper Soccer Guides to buy tickets for Premier League, but they also sell tickets for Serie A.
https://groundhopperguides.com/ We took our kids and they helped us figure out the best place to sit. Have fun! |
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Haven't been to soccer games in Italy, but I have been in Spain, England, and Argentina (and obviously the U.S.), and generally wouldn't hesitate to bring kids if they're not really little. (I might hesitate to bring kids to an English Premier League game because the tickets are $$$, but that's a different matter.)
If you're concerned about fan behavior, don't buy the cheapest tickets, and do not sit in the curva, agree with the post above. Have fun! |
Anonymous
Total nonsense |