Inter CEO Alessandro Antonello admits both the Nerazzurri and Milan are ‘disappointed’ by the long wait for a new stadium in the San Siro area, so they are carrying forward an ‘alternative’ plan.
Inter and Milan unveiled in December 2021 a plan to build a new stadium in the San Siro area. It was supposed to be called ‘The Cathedral’ and be ready in 2027 after the demolition of the old Stadio Meazza.
However, Italian bureaucracy and a lengthy public debate involving citizens of the San Siro area ultimately made the plan collapse, so Inter have identified Rozzano, on the outskirts of Milan, as the venue for their next arena while Milan could move to San Donato.
“It’s been a long debate given that Milan and we have been waiting for five years, so there’s a bit of disappointment because we still don’t see the final result,” Antonello said during an event in Milan on Tuesday, as quoted by FcInter1908.
“We are organised with alternative plans which we are carrying forward.”
Milano’s Mayor Beppe Sala has recently offered Inter and Milan the chance to buy the Stadio Meazza and pay for its refurbishment for an investment of circa €300m shared between the two clubs.
However, Inter and Milan still seem unconvinced and could ultimately decide to leave the iconic stadium to build their new arenas elsewhere in the near future.
I would cost a lot more that 300 million euro’s to build new stadiums. The clubs should stick together and revamp their present home bases. Both teams both have to watch their costs, especially Inter in it’s current financial state!
@ Ron
But they’ll both make more money if they have their own stadium.
Or if one leaves and the other owns the San Siro, then that might work too.
The offers from Sala is too late. Perhaps at this point cost for refurbishment is not really worth a shot.
Stop being melodramatic when it comes to San Siro.
Rollout a plan, if it’s a dead-end and the trade-off makes no sense, go with plan B, nothing personal.
Arsenal can move on without Highbury, Spurs without White Hart Lane.
@Ron financially speaking, sharing stadiums would be the most reasonable solution for both clubs, but giants like Milan & Inter need and must build & own their stadiums without sharing. Mid-size stadiums around 40K seats would be a good start.