After months of uncertainty, San Siro has been saved from demolition by a government intervention. According to a local heritage commission in Milan, San Siro is regarded as a cultural centre.
Both tenants of San Siro are seriously considering constructing new stadiums soon. They have shared the ground since 1947.
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New AC Milan Stadium: Latest update
November 2024
AC Milan and Inter Milan discussed the possibility of building a new stadium in the San Siro neighbourhood. On 22 October, the two clubs, the mayor of Milan, and others discussed a plan for a new San Siro on the site of the existing facility.
It would cost the two Serie A giants around €200 million to purchase the land where the current stadium site is located, according to the Italian Tax Office. The mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala told TMW on 4 November: “Let's leave aside for a moment the evaluation of the Revenue Agency that was made. Now the ball is in the teams' court to stay in football terms. If the teams send an expression of interest everything at this point can be speeded up and clarified. I believe that the decision is being made in these days.”
September 2024
AC Milan President Paolo Scaroni says: “We are very clear that the San Donato project is continuing and currently the option that we prefer.” This came after the news that the two Milan clubs had rejected the ‘WeBuild’ project presented in June 2024, which would reduce the overall capacity and cost over €300 million.
September 2023
In September 2023, AC Milan announced that they had taken the first steps to building a new stadium in the San Donato Milanese, which is located 10km south-east of the city centre.
Since then, the club have pushed forward with plans to build the new facility and are understood to be further ahead than Inter Milan and their plans to build a new stadium in Rozzano.
What happened to San Siro demolition plans?
The new AC Milan Stadium will not be on the current site of the San Siro. It has been speculated for many years that Milan and Inter would rebuild the famous Italian stadium, but the local authorities have said that the San Siro has ‘cultural interest' and cannot be demolished. This has prompted both clubs to consider building new stadiums on alternative sites.
Inter and AC Milan had long been prepared for a verdict like this from the authorities and as a result had been making alternative plans for some time.
dir=”ltr”>🚨 OFFICIAL: San Siro will NOT be destroyed! ❌🏟️
The cultural heritage commission of Lombardy has FORBIDDEN the demolition of the stadium because of its historical value for the city of Milan. 🌃
Best news of the week. 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/fNNywhS6dg
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) August 9, 2023
With the San Siro demolition cancelled, AC Milan and Inter will no longer be looking to share the stadium – something that has been the case since 1947.
The City of Milan owns the San Siro, with AC Milan and Inter acting as shared tenants. It now looks like the two clubs are set to split.
Where will the new AC Milan stadium be?
AC Milan announced in September 2023 that they were planning to build a new stadium in the “San Francesco” area of San Donato Milanese.
Significant progress has been made since on the new facility that is planned to be located between the A1 motorway and the railway line, which is next to the train station and 1.5 kilometers away from the metro station.
What will the new AC Milan stadium look like?
When AC Milan first released images of what the new stadium might look like, they depicted a big bowl stadium surrounded by the motorway on all four sides.
It is also located in the middle of greenery, with AC Milan intent to build “the most sustainable stadium in Italy and one of the most sustainable in Europe”.
What’s the capacity of the new AC Milan stadium?
On 27 September 2023, Milan released the following statement: “The project hypothesis for the new stadium – the concept of which can be presented at a later stage of the planning process and is therefore not the object of the document presented today – is to construct an innovative, sustainable and multifunctional facility, which can accommodate around 70,000 spectators.”