Mayor of Milan warns new San Siro stadium work will ‘take many years’ | OneFootball

The Mayor of Milan Beppe Sala warns that work to build a new stadium at San Siro for Inter and Milan ‘will take many years’ even if and when the project is given the go-ahead.

The clubs had five years ago offered to knock down the existing Stadio Giuseppe Meazza and build a new arena in effectively the car park of the current stadium, but that was initially rejected.

When different authorities blocked the reconstruction of the Stadio Meazza too, the clubs both sought out plans to build individual stadiums in towns outside the city, namely Rozzano and San Donato Milanese.

However, they have now both gone back to the original idea, which will include purchasing the land around the current stadium.

San Siro project no closer to completion

MILAN, ITALY – MAY 19: A general view of the inside of the stadium as fans form a TIFO prior to the Serie A TIM match between FC Internazionale and SS Lazio at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on May 19, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

“I urge the council to reflect on this, because we don’t want to take money away from the area,” Sala told reporters.

“The neighbourhood will have quite a lot of inconvenience, so clearly they deserve some compensation for that. The work will take many years, first for the new stadium, then for the rest that goes around that, including an improvement of current infrastructure.”

The project is yet to be fully evaluated, let alone given the all-clear, with plans to buy the ground by the end of 2025.