Inter Milan and AC Milan on Tuesday presented plans to keep part of the iconic San Siro stadium alongside a future new ground.
Under an original plan, the much-loved ground was due to be
demolished.
The old stadium would no longer be used for football matches
but only non-professional sporting activities, the clubs said in
plans presented to Milan city council.
The stadium, which is named after Inter and Italy great
Giuseppe Meazza, would be "prevalently devoted to basic sporting
functions and entertainment functions, to keep the San Siro
district alive 365 days a year, as a service and benefit for the
citizens," the clubs said in a statement.
The Meazza will this "maintain at least a part of its present
facility", the statement said.
"The clubs will continue in their technical and economic
analysis of the plans which they have presented, always in line
with the guidelines indicated by the city council," the
statement concluded.
City council sources said the clubs had outlined the
possibility of creating a "sporting district" in the area.
Inter Milan and AC Milan last summer presented the masterplan
for their new stadium at San Siro to Milan city council.
It is a 1.2 billion euro plan involving private investment
to build a new modern sports area in the district where the
current Giuseppe Meazza Stadium is.
Milan city council said the plan "merits careful analysis".
The two clubs announced on June 24 that they are going to
build a new stadium to replace the San Siro, which was
originally set to be demolished.
"We'll build a new San Siro next to the old one, in the same
area," Milan President Paolo Scaroni said in Lausanne where he
and Inter CEO Alessandro Antonello were in the delegation that
helped the Milan-Cortina bid land the 2026 Winter Olympics.
"The old one will be knocked down and new constructions will
take its place".
When asked if the clubs were undertaking the project
together, Antonello replied: "absolutely".
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