Inter President Beppe Marotta believes work on the new stadium shared with Milan ‘could start in 2027 and, if all goes well, the inauguration in 2030.’
The two clubs have been pushing for the best part of a decade to build a new arena in what is currently the car park of the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza at San Siro.
After years of being told this was impossible, along with restructuring the existing stadium, with both sides planning new venues outside the city walls, the local authorities returned to Plan A.
“Circa 15 days ago we and Milan presented our offer to purchase San Siro and the areas around it from the local authorities, so now there will be a public tender to see if others are also interested in the project,” Marotta told reporters while attending an Inter Club event.
“Our objective is to become the owners of this area. There will be the various bureaucratic issues, then if all goes well, work could start in 2027 and – again if all goes to plan – we hope to inaugurate the new stadium in 2030.
“This is the timescale. I am optimistic, and I think we can make it.”
There had been many who were and still are against the idea of tearing down such an iconic stadium as the Stadio Meazza, but Inter and Milan were both adamant that restructuring work would simply be too complicated with both teams playing twice a week.
“San Siro was a container of emotions, I saw Inter win their second European Cup here in 1965. But we have to think about the future now and that means a modern stadium,” concluded Marotta.
