It was also discovered that around the entire stadium it was impossible to see the whole pitch from the lower seats. From there you could only see the promotion boards. So there has never been more than 65 000 spectators
The legendary Juventus president Giovanni Agnelli didn't use much time to tell the press that he didn't like the new Stadio Delle Alpi. He thought the stands were too far from the pitch and that the visibility was poor. In the beginning everybody at least thought that Turin could host big Athletics Grand Prix on their brand new athletic pitch, instead it was soon discovered that this was impossible. The Delle Alpi stadium didn't have a warm up track and it was therefore impossible to arrange International Athletic Grand Prix there. One time only, in 1993, has there been an athletic competion at the Stadio Delle Alpi. So the stadium has a huge athletic pitch which not only reduces the visibility of the spectators, but it is also impossible to use for athletics! Spectators with bad seats can in some cases find themselves 162 metres from the ball during the game.
Juventus and Torino had to pay more than the other Serie A clubs for the rent of the stadium. When Juventus got a new management in 1994(Umberto Agnelli, Giraudo, Moggi and Bettega), they immediately started talking about building a new stadium. They said that the costs of the Delle Alpi were too high and that they wanted a new deal.