The Milan City Council has approved the resolution for the sale of the San Siro stadium and surrounding areas to AC Milan and Inter.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport write, the positive news was expected and it came this afternoon. The council meeting was scheduled for 14:00 CEST and the announcement came shortly before 17:00 from Deputy Mayor Anna Scavuzzo, a key figure on the stadium issue these days.
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“The council has favourably examined the proposal that will be presented to the commission and the council. It has been an important undertaking, and I thank the City Council for providing us with the framework to build this process, in ongoing dialogue,” she said.
Scavuzzo revealed that the vote was not unanimous: “There was extensive debate, and Councillor Elena Grandi expressed a negative opinion.” This is the Councillor for the Environment and Parks, confirming that the environmental issue is a key concern for those who oppose the major construction project.
What happens next?
The council resolution – a 159-page document including plans – will be discussed in the council committees, specifically the Institutional Affairs and Metropolitan City, Urban Regeneration, Mobility, Environment, Green Spaces & Animals and Sport, Tourism, Youth Policies & Wellbeing Policies committees.
A vote in the council will take place at the end of the month, likely between September 25th and 29th. The big question is whether the majority will hold: Mayor Sala favours the sale, but the majority is divided, and the Greens have always been the main opponents.
If the Council says no, San Siro will remain standing, while Milan and Inter will have to find another solution. Milan have already invested €55m in the San Donato area, on the southern edge of the city, but it likely wouldn’t have the financial resources to undertake such a costly project alone.
It’s no coincidence that everyone likes the new San Siro because it allows them to share the costs. Could Inter, in that case, move to San Donato with Milan? Possibly, but so far they’ve never made an official move in this direction.
If the Council says yes, however, a series of appeals from opponents is a given. Protests are already expected in the coming days. Political tensions surrounding San Siro will be higher than ever in the next two weeks.
If this fails Milan and Inter will need to get over themselves and either choose San Donato or Rozzano in which to build a stadium TOGETHER, if it’s not financially possible for them to build their stadiums on their own. The move will need to be made swiftly and decisively, and the city of Milan can stay with the decrepit and now undemolishable San Siro, just like they own that decrepit and useless horse racetrack next to San Siro. Maybe they can create a new park as “Parco Degli Stadi Abbandonati” or maybe “Parco Elena Grandi”.
Are you crazy, if that woman gets a suggestion that would name a park after her the stadium is 100% over. 😀 She can take the credit and would have the receipt to prove it.
Hauge is playing in CL, Milan is not!
If i learned something thru the years about environmental “issues” is that this things are mostly used for sabotaging projects and sneaky political attacks. Just say its an environmental issue and most people will support you even if they have no idea whats going on. Milan and Inter should move on and leave San Siro to the council. Lets see if it is a lesser environmental issue when they have a huge abandon structure or when they need to demolish it later on.
Yes but from what I saw they had similar issues when Milan was trying to get permits in a different locations.
They have the permits for San Donato, and the support of the Mayor over there as well (who is a Milanista). They even permitted the SportLifeCity project to expand on the Stadium capacity to what Milan wanted.
The ONLY reason why they are not working on San Donato right now is simply because Gerry and Co were not able to come up with the investors to invest in building the Stadium in San Donato.
Milan has money to build the stadium and they will. Question is will it be its own or joint
They don’t have the money. They need funding. If Inter are on board, then there’s no issue.