MARCO
MANNUCCI
San Siro illuminated for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony
MARCO MANNUCCI · TORINO, ITALIA, 1981

VENUES ARE BUILT.
OPERATIONS ARE MADE.

Senior event and venue leader working across Olympic delivery, Major Games, international sport and permanent facilities — from readiness and build-up to live operations, reset and handback.

ITALY-BASED · GLOBALLY MOBILEEXPLORE

THE RED THREAD IS VENUE MANAGEMENT.

The title has changed across projects. The work has not: understand the place, build the operating model, bring people together, make decisions under pressure and leave the venue in the right condition when the event is over.

Permanent sports facilities · competition venues · clusters · Major Games · Olympic environment.

Olympic Opening Ceremony at San Siro
FEATURED / OWG26 · MILANO CORTINA 2026

A STADIUM.
17 DAYS.
AN OLYMPIC STAGE.

San Siro remained an active football stadium until the final phase of the project. Then the venue accelerated into full Olympic possession: build, rehearsals, ceremony, reset and handback — with thousands of people and more than one hundred companies moving through the operation.

17days full exclusive possession
3,000peak workforce & cast environment
100+companies / contractors
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BUILD → OPERATE → LIVE → RESETMPG · PMA · PALAVELA · PALATAZZOLI · SAN SIRO · OLYMPIC VILLAGE · PASSO BUOLE · KENNEDYBUILD → OPERATE → LIVE → RESETMPG · PMA · PALAVELA · PALATAZZOLI · SAN SIRO · OLYMPIC VILLAGE · PASSO BUOLE · KENNEDY
SELECTED STORIES

Different scales. Different operating problems.

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FIELD NOTE / 01

A VENUE IS
A VILLAGE.

For a few weeks, professional communities appear inside a building: sport, security, ceremonies, press, logistics, cleaning, catering, technology, volunteers, public authorities and the venue owner. Each function has its own job. The venue exists when they begin to work as one system.

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ABOUT THE WORK

20+ YEARS.
ONE CONTINUOUS
FIELD OF WORK.

From building operating models for permanent public sports facilities to directing event projects and leading venues in international Games environments. The operating scale grew; the underlying discipline remained the same: treat the venue as if it were yours.

€100M+Cumulative project budgets with direct decision-making involvement.
3,000+Peak workforce and cast environment on one Olympic venue.
10+ yrsDirect management of permanent sports facilities.
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Aerial view of J.F. Kennedy Sports Complex in Milan
FACILITY MANAGEMENT / 2009–2018

EVENTS TAUGHT ME SPEED.
FACILITIES TAUGHT ME CONSEQUENCES.

Passo Buole and J.F. Kennedy were not event projects. They were long-term operating responsibilities: maintenance, staff, sport programming, municipal relations, concessions and the discipline of treating the venue as if it were yours.

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GOVERNANCE / REGIONAL · NATIONAL · CONTINENTAL

FROM BELONGING
TO INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE.

Regional identity in Piemonte, three FIBS Federal Board mandates, European baseball governance through CEB and the creation of a unified continental structure through WBSC Europe.

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WBSC Europe Congress
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NOT JUST THE TITLES.

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