There has been yet another setback in AC Milan and Inter’s hopes of building a new stadium as the current one might not be able to be sold.
The path to a new stadium has been littered with obstacles for a long time now, no matter where Milan and/or Inter intended to build their new home. Recently, the clubs circles back to the idea of building a new stadium next to the current one.
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Some good news arrived in the past few weeks regarding the appeal over the demolition of the second tier, which was rejected in local court. Then, it also emerged that a purchase price had been agreed between the City Council and the two clubs, so the good news was doubled.
San Siro not for sale?
The lawyer and writer Felice Raimondo writes: “Surprise: San Siro is not sellable. Another blow for Sala: despite the Municipality having put in writing the valuations for the sale of the stadium, a resolution from 2000 designates it as an inalienable asset.
“And in September, the opposition could lend a hand by boycotting the vote, thus lowering the quorum and allowing the majority to succeed even without the dissenters within its ranks.”
As reported by La Verità, Mayor Sala seems increasingly alone in his race to sell the San Siro stadium to Milan and Inter. The operation, which involves the demolition of the Meazza and the construction of a new facility alongside a large real estate complex, is clashing not only with an increasingly opposed public opinion but also with a political and legal obstacle ignored for weeks.
The council resolution of 16 June 2000 designates San Siro as a public asset, part of the Municipality’s inalienable heritage, intended ‘for the participation of citizens in the most prestigious football events’. The one to bring up this document was Luigi Corbani, a former reformist deputy mayor.
That document, still in force today, establishes that the stadium can be granted for use but not sold, unless its sporting functions cease or its public function is guaranteed. None of this has been resolved, yet the Council has already started negotiations with the clubs, put sale valuations in writing, and even estimated a demolition cost of €52m.
Making matters worse is the political vacuum in which this manoeuvre is taking place. To pass the resolution, 25 votes are needed in the Council. The majority formally has 31, but at least seven councillors have already distanced themselves.
One of these is Carlo Monguzzi, who statees: “The resolution is politically unsustainable. It’s unthinkable that the most important urban planning decision in decades would hinge on the votes of the center-right opposition. It’s a matter of the majority’s credibility.”
To avoid a headcount in the chamber, Giuseppe Bonomi (a member of the new stadium’s steering committee and a manager close to the League) and Alessandro Pasquarelli (very close to the mayor and part of the same committee) have a plan.
The pair are reportedly trying to convince Lega and Forza Italia councillors to boycott the session, thus lowering the quorum and allowing the resolution to pass without facing internal dissent.
They knew what they’re doing….
It’s a delayed tactics to keep collecting rent fee on San Siro.
Just build in san donato.
Leave san siro. Let it become old ruined building. Let inter use old ruined stadium, and we have new stadium in san donato.
Yes build d san donato an hv yours
Ask yourself this question would anyone of you who has kids be comfortable if he offered them a piece of candy, I wouldn’t.
Fun aside this guy simply isn’t trustworthy and its been clear for years.
These are actions of “progressive” neo-marxist parties all around the Europe. The same pattern, opposed to anything mean development. They believe with fanaticism in this new religion “environmentalism”.
Environmentalism isn’t a bad thing and it certainly isn’t either left or right politics nowadays so what you are saying here just make it sound like you are far right on the political scale.
Don’t get me wrong I don’t like Sala but in this case its Italian bureaucracy as you can easily build stadiums in other countries that also has left wing governments.
You are from a northern Europe country ? If this is true I understand your position. Especially in this countries and the western countries in Europe, this plague , this mentally illness called “progressive” ideology growing strong roots and infected majority of population mindset. You can called me easily far right , whatever. I am a traditionalist, patriot, I love my country , traditional values , I love the Europe was to be to this disgusting ideology of “progressivism” which I called far left. It’s ok ? Far left ? I f#####g despise this political current trough my bones and last cell of my body and I will not obey to this political ideology never, ever, forever, till I die. I truly hate this neo marxism disguised as “progressive”…I know very well what communism is, I lived in communism, I can smell communism right away whatever what new perfume he use…
Yes I am from Northern Europe as in Denmark but I didn’t say you cant have your views either but don’t make it sound like you can’t be left wing and still be a patriot because the right wing or conservatives doesn’t have monopoly on that. So instead of trying to have a cleaner environment or better human rights your suggestion is what exactly ? burn gasoline and cut down the rain forest. Sure that sounds like the world will be in a better hands and that the place will be better off. Or do you just blindly believe in a complete free capitalism where the rich gets richer and the poor poorer. Fact is both capitalism and communism both has failed to a large extent and that there is a need for a middle ground if anything.
I appreciate that you are a balanced guy and it seems like you have good intentions in general. I also don’t agree with extreme neo-liberal capitalism. I believe that social policies are also needed and that both extremes are wrong. What I hate about the progressive current that everyone calls neo-Marxism is that paradoxically it is promoted and imposed by large transnational corporations, by the financial and political “elites” of the Western world, so here it is, it does not represent a real left-wing policy based on the needs of the population and this new “progressive” political ideology uses, among other things, environmentalism, the digital agenda, the transhumanist agenda as a tool through which it is actually aimed at restricting and annulling some rights and freedoms of citizens and imposing an oppressive system that will impoverish the population, which although is not now fully installed and therefore is not seen by many as possible, its sharp teeth are already visible. “Progressive” parties and policies are the vanguard of promoting this anti-human agenda.
No problem Enzo and I also just view this as a friendly discussion between to fellow AC Milan fans. I think its a complex issue so it isn’t just black and white as its more in the grey even if I would have viewed things a lot differently in my youth. I can understand some of the things you are saying for example in the context of for example lgbtq movement even if I believe in the rights for everyone to love whoever they want to love some of the stuff at least leaves some questions for me to be answered. Same goes for a neverending flood of refugees or immigrants even if I also believe that those who lives here should be treated well if they want to integrate and comply with the countries rules. In regard of environmental issues I simply think its paramount that we deal with these issues by investing in the future via more clean solutions as we and the future generations will benefit from that as we should at least attempt to leave the place in a better state than when we took over.
In the end I’m sure all political parties at least has the intention to do what they believe is in the best of interests for their countries even if I doesn’t agree with everything they does or stand for.
The world needs more diplomacy and solutions than political trench warfare.
Testify, brother! I promise you – you don’t sound like a fanatical rabbit-hole conspiracy-theory far-right loon AT ALL.
Well then, enjoy watching this once prestigious structure collapse into itself in the middle of the city. I’m sure you can capitalise on the ruins selling caps and tees of what was once the biggest football stadium in Italy.
Milan need man like Galliani. Pure genius + class to clearly things out…
Galliani had the italian touch. You could be a genius and our management may have the best ideas but Italy is Italy. You need some degree of touch to make ppl do what you want. In the US, it is more direct, but in Italy you gotta do the dance. Galliani may have his flaws but in italy he know how to move things around.
I love me some Fester, but Galliani was with us for about 30 years and never got close to building our own stadium. And he’s connected in Italy. That’s how bad the bureaucracy is there
Scaroni is definitely the most overpaid and useless lobbyist in the entire world.
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Just go full steam on the San Donato plan.
That council should be a lot easier to deal with.
Sala är korrupt
Anyone that expected anything else hasn’t been paying attention the last 20 years.
And so the drama continues…
If Redbird achieves this new stadium project, I’ll drop my hat for Jerry.
Imagine the years wasted just to get a piece of land for a stadium, yet nada.
Serie a has too many internal obstacles to really progress.
Its more obvious then ever that they need to go full steam ahead on the San Donato project and just abandon San Siro.