The venue hosted several matches for the Italy national football team and was a reserve stadium for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Today, the venue is used primarily for football and athletics, and is the home stadium of Serie C club Delfino Pescara 1936.

The oval stadium was designed by Luigi Piccinato, who was inspired by the style of the Roman Stadio Olimpico, which opened two years earlier.

After Delfino Pescara's first promotion to Serie A, the top division of Italian football, in 1977, the stadium was widened and expanded with the addition of a second level.

Bleachers were covered with laminated wood, air-conditioned suites were added, as well as a new press box and modernized elevators.