Alessandro Antonello discussed the difficulty of Milan and Inter’s work to build a new stadium and their will to move forward together.
The two Milanese clubs are desperate to leave the current Stadio Giuseppe Meazza behind, waiting to build their own stadium together. Their current home is owned by the City of Milan, so they significantly reduce the amount of match-day revenue the two clubs can receive. The Populous ‘Cathedral’ project has been chosen, but it’s still unclear where the stadium will be built.
Speaking at the Il Foglio Sportivo event at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Antonello first discussed the current state of the project and the difficulties faced so far.
“We are waiting for the City to appoint the person in charge of the public debate for the new stadium and it should take place at the beginning of May. We are working on the feasibility study, an account of about a thousand pages.
“We are integrating it for the request of the umpteenth adjustment of the volumetric indexes. We have further reduced the volumetric indices, although there is a law on stadiums that allows higher indices.
“We started with a lot of energy, but it is clear that there is some disappointment with Milan. There is this political difficulty. Our aim is to bring prestige to the city. In any case, we no longer have exclusive rights to the San Siro, today it’s important to have the stadium as soon as possible.
“We are evaluating how the public debate will proceed, but also other options. We hope that the debate will be over before the summer.”
The Inter managing director then touched on the Nerazzurri’s and Rossoneri’s plan B.
“It exists from the moment the project is conceived, also because in Italy bureaucracy doesn’t help. Investors who put money in need a certain amount of time. We wanted a new San Siro in San Siro, now it’s more important to have a stadium in a short time, so no solution is excluded.
“And we want it not only for the revenue, but also to give teams and citizens a different experience. San Siro is prestigious thanks to Inter and Milan, who have achieved so many victories on the pitch in this stadium.
“It will become just as iconic because clubs will play and win there. Now the choice will be made about when and no longer where.”
Antonello confirmed that Inter were still fully committed to moving forward with Milan.
“Absolutely, and there have never been any doubts. We have common goals, only the sporting ones divide us.”
Finally, Antonello highlighted that nothing could stop the project from going ahead now, even a change in ownership.
“When you talk about infrastructure, it’s inevitable that there will be a change of ownership. I’m not just talking about football. And it’s not as if we can think of not building infrastructure. It’s very simple, the stadium project is self-financing.
“And it’s an essential and strategic project for the relaunch and competitiveness of Inter at European level. There is no interference that can take place, even at the level of shareholder, that can change the idea of having a new stadium.”
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