It was built from 1935 on a project by the architect Raffaele Leone on behalf of the company owned by the engineer Antonio Ferro and inaugurated on 28 November 1937 on the occasion of the Serie C match between ACF Catania and Foggia, which ended 1-0 for the hosts .

In the Catania Calcio magazine of February 2002, 20 good reasons were listed for why the stadium was inadequate but, despite several projects being carried out, not even the first stone of the new facility was laid.

In 2007 the Vincenzo Spedini square in front of the stadium was the scene of the clashes that led to the death of the police inspector Filippo Raciti.

The renewal of the old, glorious Etnean facility coincides with the establishment of a new football club that will inherit the fate of Calcio Catania SpA, which went bankrupt in recent months.

The new owner, the Sicilian-Australian Ross Pelligra, has already declared that he wants to focus, at least in the early years, on the old plant, trying to make it a structure that is always at the service of the neighborhood and the city, as well as the natural stage for the new rossazzurra team, for which the goal is the return of Catania to Serie A in the shortest possible time, starting with the Amateurs.

After the last renovation, with the addition of the guest sector and the reconstruction of the Curva Sud, many useful areas have been lost (in the sixties, in Serie A, 40,000 fans could be hosted in the stands).