The Rossoneri club is moving forward, and so is the Municipality of San Donato. La Repubblica Milano edition writes about the project that the Rossoneri club has been pursuing for several months to build its new stadium on the San Francesco area in the municipality located south of Milan.
They are making good progress on this option, especially since the official approval from the City Council has also arrived in the past hours: "The urban planning variant proposal presented by the club is feasible," explained Mayor Francesco Squeri.
AC Milan's new stadium will have 70 thousand seats, and around it, there will be surface and underground parking lots, a museum, the team's headquarters, a hotel, an auditorium, shops, restaurants, a large square, a thematic park for children, and an Energy center.
Yesterday's was, however, only the first formal step that precedes many others: the next step is up to the City Council, which will express its opinion on the start of a program agreement, namely the tool through which a supra-municipal project like this is examined by the involved entities (the Municipality of Milan and others, Lombardy Region, the Metropolitan City, Parco Sud, Railways, Highways, and others).
To reach the signing of the agreement, which will imply a detailed and possibly modifiable final project, it will take about 15-18 months, and it will thus reach the last months of 2025 when Milan hopes to finally start the construction of the new stadium.
The AC Milan club's goal is to play the first match in the new facility in October 2028. These are rather optimistic predictions since the process that has started is very complex, and there will be obstacles to overcome.
While waiting for the first stone to be laid, the Municipality of San Donato will also launch an informative campaign to provide detailed information about the project to citizens: there will be no public debate as happened in Milan for the new San Siro, but a series of open meetings for residents and merchants.
Protests and demonstrations against this project will not be lacking, but Mayor Squeri has been quite clear: even if there are many opposing citizens, they will proceed anyway.
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