Rossoneri President Paolo Scaroni: “AC Milan & Inter Pursuing All Possible Avenues For Location Of New Stadium”

AC Milan President Paolo Scaroni has made clear that the Rossoneri and Inter have not discarded any options in their search for a location to build a new stadium.

Speaking to Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport in an interview published in today’s print edition, via FCInterNews, Scaroni made clear that options such as building in Sesto San Giovanni remain on the table if they can’t start construction within the city of Milan.

Inter and Milan have never made any secret of the fact that they are considering the possibility of building outside the city of Milan if the bureaucratic delays continue to stand in the way of starting construction in Milan.

The public debate around the new stadium plans ended last month.

However, the clubs are still awaiting a final green light from the city council of Milan.

Some continued opposition from sections of the public as well as within the council to the plan to demolish the San Siro to make way for a new stadium means that there is no guarantee that the approval of the council will arrive in a timely and uncomplicated manner.

Scaroni explained that “The public debate has finished, and in a few weeks we await the report from the city council – if they suggest feasible changes, we will implement them, if they will ask for a total upheaval of our plans, no thanks.”

“We have thought of a different system, with two rings developed upwards vertically, to allow an optimal view from of the pitch all locations, and for this reason it could contain somewhere between 65,000 and 70,000 spectators,” he continued.

The Rossoneri President made clear that “We’re also considering all other avenues parallel to this, including Sesto San Giovanni but not just there.”

“Wherever the situation unlocks first is where we’ll proceed,” he said.

Regarding the suggestion that the clubs instead renovate the San Siro, Scaroni was unambiguous, stating that “It would be technically impossible to renovate it.”

“There is no stadium as large, or even a little less, within a radius of thirty kilometres.”

“When San Siro eventually becomes unusable, where shall the teams move?” the Rossoneri President posed.