The new stadium situation involving AC Milan and Inter continues to provide more confusion than clarity, and the Mayor of San Donato has now requested a meeting.
Over the past few days, various newspaper reports have emerged suggesting that Milan and Inter could abandon their respective projects in San Donato and Rozzano to build a ‘new’ San Siro after all.
There was a meeting yesterday involving several key figures and it could lead the clubs to submit an expression of interest regarding the construction of a shared stadium, which will include the purchase of the San Siro area, the development of the surrounding areas and the redevelopment of the existing stadium.
A short while ago, the Mayor of the San Donato region – Francesco Squeri – published a press release which called for a meeting with the Milan management to understand their intentions. It was relayed through Radio Rossonera.
“In light of recent press reports and statements by the President of Milan that suggest considering the construction of the new stadium at San Siro as a concrete possibility, Mayor Squeri has requested an urgent meeting with the top management of Milan and the owners of the club in order to reach a clarification regarding the project for the stadium at San Donato, also considering that the administrative process now underway requires seriousness and transparency towards the institutions involved and all citizens.
“In line with the commitments made to keep citizens updated on all stages of the stadium project, following the meeting the Mayor will provide an update on the outcome of the meeting and the contents that emerged.”
It is understandable why Squeri would wish to gain clarity on what the Rossoneri’s intentions are, given they have put €40m into buying land in his region but continue to send mixed signals.
This Milan ownership is really something else and not in a good way
They are a bunch of people who wants to please the politics of Milan to have their way no matter which options they have on the table…
Honestly it’s baffling how the management thinks sharing a stadium with Inter is good, Milan have out grown this arrangement, virtually every serious or ambitious club in Europe has it’s own stadium, Milan will never have it’s identity, and will never grow if it continues to think small.
stadium?
they don’t even have 600m to pay back Elliots
Are you guys insane? Everything that happens around the stadiums makes perfect business sense.
First, you keep as many options available for as long as possible. The San Donato project is the only reason Sala stopped extorting us and the pancake now flipped. We can put pressure on him with more favorable terms and lower price in order to not ruin the San Siro stadium. The money invested in San Donato could possibly be a fraction of the savings we can get from the pressure on Sala. Also, it is still a land that is owned by the club – it’s not money wasted.
To have a shared stadium (be it in San Siro or Donato) would bring down the maintenance costs per match significantly. Also, if we go our separate ways this would mean there will be 2 or 3 venues available for concerts and other events, meaning less venues will end up with us (most probably 90% would end up at the empty San Siro, which will be largest one and always available).
The not-enough-cash comment has nothing to do with common sense, so without going into the details – that would be the least of your worries, all companies and 95% of the population operate on loans when it comes to big investments. Elliot loan in reality (not per documents but in essence) is shared ownership – both if you look at the structure of the loan and the executive management, Elliot is heavily involved no matter what they say officially.