Milan have officially begun proceedings to build a new stadium in the San Donato Milanese area, but there is still a very long way to go.
The club purchased the land at a cost of circa €40m and is working with the local authorities to get the go-ahead for the new purpose-built arena.
It is on the outskirts of Milan to the south of the city and therefore requires an extraordinary amount of work with multiple agencies to ensure public transport is available for those wanting to attend matches.
This is why the San Donato Milanese council has today announced the documents were sent to begin working out a plan of action.
It will involve the Regione Lombardia, Metropolitan group, several different railway entities and urban planning sectors.
Only after all of those have replied to the invitation, they will begin trying to figure out what is required to get a stadium built and run in that area.
“The stadium project represents a unique opportunity to develop and make this town more attractive, not just for us, but for all the area south of Milan,” said Mayor Francesco Squeri.
“This is why we feel the need to evaluate this with the utmost focus to bring forward the interests of the collective, opening up for discussion with the citizens and other mayors in the territory.”
It is far from a popular idea, as many in San Donato do not want a stadium with thousands of people flocking to their district twice a week for matches.
Meanwhile, along with this process, Milan and Inter are also keeping their options open with a study from WeBuild to see if they can bring San Siro up to a modern standard while suiting the needs of the clubs.
The big clubs need new stadiums to compete financially in Europe.
Milan 70.000
Inter 70.000
Roma 62.000
Napoli 55.000
Lazio 50.000
Fiorentina 40.000
Bologna 31.000
55K for Napoli too much.. I’d say no more than 50… Bologna I’d up to 35, maybe even 38… the other capacities seem about right. But why 62 K for roma?! Why no 60 or 65?
Like before. Milan will pay architects and designers hundreds of thousands. They’ll come up with two models during a charade of a presentation and then the fans will be asked to vote on which design they’ll prefer. Then suddenly everything will go quiet and will never be spoken about again.
The capacity for Bologna, Fiorentina and Roma are already chosen by the clubs. The first two because of renovations 🙂
85000 is the right capacity for inter. They need to build their arena based on the most attendance ever recorded in order to be able to accommodate fans for highly big matches and historical moments. The average fan attendance during the season is not a clever reference point . You build a stadium once in a lifetime and you cannot change it everyday so better build it with more ambition and futuristic mindset. 10000 seat wouldn’t make much a difference in the cost at large scale. Barcelona is increasing its stadium caoacity to 105000, so why would Inter lower it from 80 to 70 thousand?