Stadium of Domitian

Is the Stadium of Domitian open? Closed for restoration in 2026

The Stadium of Domitian is closed for now. Rome’s tourist office says the archaeological area is closed for restoration works, on a page last updated on 27 July 2026, and the pages of two Rome passes, Omnia and the Turbopass, list it as closed too.

We haven’t found a reopening date, or when the closure began. That matters because some ticket sites and blogs still show it open every day from 10:00 to 19:00, so a booking page that takes your money isn’t proof the door will be open.

Stadium of Domitian tickets, and what they included before the closure

The ticket we sell, “Piazza Navona Underground”, is marked unavailable while the site is shut, so there’s nothing to book here today. When it was on sale it covered entry to the stadium and a guide you collected at the ticket office along with your ticket.

There’s no current price list to go by. On the last one the city published, children up to 12 went in free, and 12 to 18-year-olds, over-65s and Roma Pass holders paid a reduced price.

If you’re in Rome before it reopens, you can still see the stadium’s shape: Piazza Navona is built on top of it.

Stadium of Domitian on the Turbopass and the Roma Pass, once it reopens

Two passes list the stadium, and neither gets you in while the door stays shut.

So don’t let the stadium decide which card you buy this winter. The Turbopass page lists what else it includes, and Roma Pass and Rome’s other city passes compares all of them for your own list of sites.

Piazza Navona and the stadium underneath it

Emperor Domitian had the stadium built around AD 80 as a gift to the people of Rome, for athletics contests. It held about 30,000 spectators, and an archaeologist’s estimate from 1943 puts it at about 275 by 106 metres.

That long track is the reason Piazza Navona looks the way it does. The square follows the outline of the stadium, which was also known as the Circus Agonalis, and the buildings around it stand on its remains, so the open piazza you walk across sits where the stadium’s track was.

The church of Sant’Agnese in Agone, on the square, carries the stadium’s old name in its own. Christian tradition places the martyrdom of Saint Agnes, an early Roman martyr, on this spot, and the church was built where it’s said to have happened.

What the underground Stadium of Domitian shows when it’s open

Down below, the remains of the stadium sit about 4.5 metres under today’s street. The site opened to the public in January 2014, after a restoration, and the visit follows a circular route with panels and screens on the history of the stadium and of sport in ancient Rome.

What you walk through are the brick and travertine substructures that held up the north stand, including the stairs spectators climbed to their seats. Give it about 40 minutes.

The site isn’t accessible in a wheelchair, according to the Turbopass, and the whole visit is below street level.

The Stadium of Domitian entrance on Via di Tor Sanguigna, and getting there

The entrance isn’t on Piazza Navona itself but at Via di Tor Sanguigna 3, right beside it, and one visitor found the door hard to spot. Look for the street name and the number rather than for a big gate.

There’s no metro station at the door. From Spagna, on line A, it’s about a 15-minute walk, and buses 40, 64 and 70 stop nearby.