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The proposed stadium would have a capacity of around 50,000 spectators and be located in the new business district of Polcevera. The planned new stadium for Fiorentina is Nuovo Stadio Fiorentina. Fiorentina has been looking to build a new stadium to replace the aged Stadio Artemio Franchi as early as 2008. The proposed stadium would have a capacity of around 50,000 spectators and be located in the new business district of Polcevera. Initial plans for an innovative and multifunctional arena in the Castello area in Florence's north-west were ended by a corruption scandal.

In 2012, the city of Florence formed a plan for a new stadium at the site of the Mercafir fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Novoli, also in the north-west of the city and close to the airport.

The project was finally submitted by the end of 2016, and plans with images were unveiled in March 2017. The club is hoping to move into the new stadium in 2021, but construction has not yet been planned.

The stadium will be part of a larger complex that will include a shopping centre, hotel, and other sports facilities. The stadium will have a capacity of 40,000 seats divided over two tiers and house the new Fiorentina museum and a restaurant with pitch view. Furthermore, the stadium has a behind-glass VIP section at pitch level behind the dug-outs.

The project comes with a cost of $420 million, which will be privately funded.