AC Milan have only reached the UCL quarter-final once after lifting the trophy in 2007 and qualified for the Europa League in 2017-19 after a three-season European drought. Both Milan clubs will look to fund a shopping complex and 5000 seater concert venue alongside the stadium. Inter Milan and AC Milan both believe that the new stadium will fuel the improvement in their sides, with the clubs having fallen from grace over the past decade. The new 60,000 seater stadium will apparently be modelled on the Metlife stadium in New York, which is currently shared by both NFL franchises, the New York Jets and New York Giants. If they are approved, then they can start building a new ground immediately, they hope to be playing at the new ground at the start of the 2022/23 season. "We are working together at San Siro stadium, and shortly we will tell Milan's mayor about our decision.”īoth clubs have to submit the plans to the local Milanese authorities by the end of April. "A stadium is a very important asset in modern football," said Antonello. “It's nice, but it doesn't offer comfort." Now you’ll have to get your visits in soon to make up your own mind and pay your respects, as we could be saying goodbye to it in the coming years. “San Siro is a historic stadium,” AC legend Paolo Maldini said previously.
There are great acoustics, and we will hear the best support.”īut, despite its place in modern football history, not everyone's a fan. “It is an exceptional stadium, built for football, with people close to the players and an environment that pushes you. “For me, the San Siro means pure fútbol ,” said Diego Simeone, who played at Inter between 19. And, since its inception, the Giancarlo Ragazzi Architects-built ground-with its spiralling interior ramps taking fans from lower concourse to upper tiers and eleven load-bearing cylinders that run around the ground’s exterior-has been a design favourite: a titan of brutal concrete. The stadium has already been renovated four times in its history, including for the 1990 World Cup. The Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, commonly known as San Siro after the Milanese district it lives in, officially opened in 1926, with Inter and AC having shared tenancy since Inter moved there in 1947. La Gazzetta dello Sport have reported that original tenants Milan have wanted the move for a while, and Inter are finally on board with the plans. Inter’s chief executive, Alessandro Antonello, has said that both clubs agree that the only way forward is to tear down the famous old stadium, and then build a new home for both of them. Images: Offside Sports Photography The San Siro may soon be demolished as AC Milan and Inter are looking to announce joint plans to build a new stadium.