TURIN. Looking ahead in the name of continuity. The mandate of Pietro Garibaldi as president of the Circolo della Stampa – Sporting officially began yesterday, which will end in 2026. He is the successor of Luciano Borghesan (who remains as adviser), to whom he wished to dedicate a personal thanks «for the incredible work done in these four years». Confirmed the two vice-presidents Stefano Motta and Andrea Pellissier, who will be joined by the new entrants of Paolo Griseri and Federico Calcagno.
Garibaldi, 54 years old, since 2005 full professor of Political Economy at the University and member of the organizing committee of the International Festival of Economics, has been a member of the Corso Agnelli club for 25 years: “Our real wealth are the over a thousand members”, he says. . Like his predecessor he wants to dispel the myth of an “exclusive place, an inaccessible ivory tower: ours is a city heritage and we want to open ourselves to everyone”.
Garibaldi inherits the ATP Finals (the last city edition is scheduled for 2025) and launches a bet to make Turin a tennis capital: “Thanks to unique industrial and financial sponsors, our city has the opportunity to position itself as a reference point, not only in Italy, on the map of this sport ». One of the missions of the new president is to bring to Turin, on a permanent basis, an important tournament of international caliber: “We have the training center fields created for the ATP Finals and an outdoor stadium with a newly renovated clay court: a few clubs in Italy they have our luck ».
The imperative over the next four years is not to replicate the slow decline and oblivion that followed the 2006 Winter Olympics hosted by Turin. Federtennis, we want to expand our school “) and on the involvement of students from the nearby university, with new spaces to be dedicated to padel courts.
Meanwhile, in December, after the second edition of the ATP Finals, the Circolo della Stampa – Sporting will host the Serie A finals, which will remain in the city until 2026. The cultural activities, then, will continue in the wake of the direction inaugurated by Luciano Borghesan: after summer will return Set on stage, with Neri Marcoré who has accepted an encore as artistic director.