Inter and AC Milan’s plans to build a new stadium in place of the San Siro have faced yet another setback in the form of a successful appeal by opponents of tearing down the existing stadium.
This according to today’s print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews, who report that the “Yes to Meazza” committee has won an appeal against the City Council of Milan which could put in place a referendum on the question of whether or not the San Siro can be demolished.
At this stage, the existing plans for Inter and Milan to build a new stadium together in place of the San Siro look to be hanging on by a thread.
The Rossoneri are moving towards alternative plans as they have grown impatient with the bureaucratic obstcles that have mounted.
Meanwhile, the Nerazzurri have written to the City Council formally asking for clarification regarding the status of the existing plans.
Amid this backdrop, a further bureaucratic delay is hardly a positive sign for the future of the two clubs’ existing plans to build a new stadium together in place of the San Siro.
The Corriere della Sera report that a Milan-based court has granted an appeal to reverse the decision of the City Council to not hold a referendum on the question of whether or not the San Siro can be demolished.
There had already been a public debate starting in the fall which comprehensively dealt with concerns surrounding the new stadium plans, but the “Yes to Meazza” committee was adamant that there should also be a referendum.
The committee are hoping to have the referendum as soon as possible aiming to put two questions to citizens of Milan, one abrogative and one consultative regarding the situation with the existing stadium.
Were the referendum to place an injunction on tearing down the existing San Siro, there is no doubt that this would be the final nail in the coffin of Inter and Milan’s plans.
