Milan stadium San Donato

Il Giorno: Milan would owe San Donato council money if project is scrapped – the details

The new stadium saga continues to rumble along for AC Milan amid various twists and turns, and now some information about a possible penalty has emerged.

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According to today’s edition of Il Giorno (via MilanNews), there is something additionally involved from a financial standpoint regarding San Donato. If the project is scrapped, the Sportlifecity company – 90% owned by Milan – will reimburse the council for the costs of consultancy and administrative procedures.

This was revealed after a question from the opposition municipal councillor Guido Massera. In the response it was confirmed that Sportlifecity ‘undertakes to reimburse the Authority for the costs of investigation incurred, up to a maximum of 220 thousand euros, if the choice not to build the stadium in San Donato is attributable to choices and evaluations of AC Milan’.

In recent weeks, there has been renewed talk of the possibility of building at San Siro with Inter, but Milan are seemingly aiming to keep both paths alive and proceed with the easiest. Paolo Scaroni spoke earlier in the week about the matter on stage at an event.

“I am optimistic about the path of the new San Siro, but there have always been many surprises in the past, which is why we are keeping the door to San Donato wide open,” he said.

“We are evaluating the 2018 hypothesis, that is, transforming the San Siro area with a new facility, but maintaining some architectural features.”

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