Rome mayor Ignazio Marino has given his official approval to the construction of Roma’s new stadium, and hopes it will be ready by 2017.
Yesterday representatives of the club and the city council had a meeting to discuss ownership, the surrounding area and the transport facilities related to the project.
Rome mayor Ignazio Marino has given his official approval to the construction of Roma’s new stadium, and hopes it will be ready by 2017.
Yesterday representatives of the club and the city council had a meeting to discuss ownership, the surrounding area and the transport facilities related to the project.
The two parties are now confirmed by the council to have agreed a deal which will enable the football club to use the new ‘Stadio della Roma’ for 30 years and to have a first right of refusal to buy the ground in the case of a sale.
Marino has also insisted that the construction of the venue had to be supported by the creation of facilities to connect the stadium with the city centre. For instance, the B line of the underground will be expanded.
“We want the facilities to be ready before Totti will play his first match in 2017,” the Roma mayor has said on the project.
“We had a really tough meeting in New York and we’ve obtained a 34 hectares park, which is bigger than Villa Borghese in an area which is a bit scary at the moment, but which will be used in a safe way.”
Work on the ground is now reportedly ready to begin in a matter of months at the Tor Di Valle site, and, according to the mayor, it will create 3,000 job places.
General manager Mauro Baldissoni also commented on the progress made in yesterday’s meeting.
“Yesterday was a day who will be important in Roma’s history, but we work every day to write little pieces of history,” he has said in an interview with Roma Radio today.
Now the project will be passed to the Lazio region for another approval, but Baldissoni stays optimistic.
“There are still thousand of details which need to be reviewed. The project of the political-economical plan is defined and this makes us think that the next step will be positive as well.”