The Giuseppe Meazza stadium is the home of the Della Madonnina, a name that receives the classic between AC Milan and Inter Milan.
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The City Council of Milan approved on Tuesday the sale of the Giuseppe Meazza stadium – also known as San Siro – and from the lands adjacent to the AC Milan and Inter clubs of Milan. The decision marks a turning point in the history of the stage that will be demolished to give way to a more modern one.
The next new house of two of the largest teams in Italian football will be designed by Foster + Partners and Manica firms. It is estimated that it will have capacity for about 71,500 people. The project includes commercial, residential areas and public spaces.
The transaction, valued in 197 million euros, had already been set by the Italian Tax Agency. Of that sum, the City Council will contribute 22 million, while the rest will be borne by the Inter and Milan administrations.
💔🏟️ The City Council of Milan approved the sale of the Giuseppe Stadium Meazza to Inter and AC Milan, and then be demolished, almost 100 years after its inauguration back in 1926.
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The works are planned to begin in the first semester of 2027. This will allow both the current and next season to be played normally in the Giuseppe Meazza, before it starts its demolition process.
The inauguration of the new stadium is projected by 2031, after four years of works, and the demolition of 90 % of the current San Siro will extend between 2031 and 2032. The decision has generated feelings found in the city.
San Siro, as the Milan fans call it, is not only the shared home of two Italian football giants, but also a place loaded with memories for world sport. Its inauguration occurred on September 19, 1926 and since then it was remodeled twice.
The most recent was in 1990 for the World Cup of that year. For Colombia there is a special memory about its grass, because it was there that Freddy Rincón scored in discount time the goal that meant the 1-1 draw against Federal Germany, somewhat that secured the first classification of the selection to the round of 16 of an orbital event.
Years later, it was in the Giuseppe Meazza where Iván Ramiro Córdoba became a reference of the Inter, a club that he reached in 1999 and with which he played until 2012. He won everything and got between the 10 players with the most presences in history Nerazzurri.
In the rival Rossoneri There was also Colombian presence, although less transcendental. Cristian Zapata and Carlos Bacca wore the Milan shirt for several seasons, without reaching league titles. If Mario Yepes did, part of the squad that was crowned champion in the 2010/11 season.
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