Repubblica: Milan City Council say no to referendum on new stadium

Milan City Council has said no to the two possible referendums relating to the new stadium for Inter and AC Milan, a report claims.

As has been reported by Milan-based newspaper La Repubblica today, the two issues would not have the technical and accounting feasibility to be put to a referendum.

The first referendum in question referred to the preservation of the current stadium without needing to build a new one. There would be a focus on the regeneration and development of the area surrounding the stadium.

The second issue was the cancellation of Milan City Council’s resolution where the public interest in the new project was declared necessary last November.

In the opinion of the municipal offices it is difficult to support the admissibility of two referendum questions from a technical point of view.

The ball will now pass to the College of Guarantors, which by August 3 must express its binding judgement on the admissibility of the referendums.