Roma stadium ‘on schedule’

Stadio della Roma CEO Mark Pannes assured they are on schedule and “will break ground in 2015.”

The club plans to open the new arena for the 2017-18 season.

“It went really well today,” Pannes told the Roma website after a meeting with the Municipality of Rome.

“We have a tremendous collaboration going with the City of Rome. It's always helpful to be able to update the Comune, the Mayor personally and assessor [Giovanni] Caudo.

Stadio della Roma CEO Mark Pannes assured they are on schedule and “will break ground in 2015.”

The club plans to open the new arena for the 2017-18 season.

“It went really well today,” Pannes told the Roma website after a meeting with the Municipality of Rome.

“We have a tremendous collaboration going with the City of Rome. It's always helpful to be able to update the Comune, the Mayor personally and assessor [Giovanni] Caudo.

“It allows us to get direct feedback from the city in real time about the project, which is a big project and very complex. They've been very helpful as we steer our way to bringing this stadium to life.

“We have always had a goal to break ground in 2015 and we are on track. We will break ground in 2015 for this project.”