A new step for him Milan Stadium. The hypothesis of building a sports facility that could replace the San Siro on the outskirts of San Donato Milanese overcame its appeal. WWF i Civil Court The association asked to confirm whether the area selected for the Environmental Feasibility Study, i.e. San Francisco, should be considered a forest and therefore should be given special attention during construction.
However, there is no real plan for this stadium yet. Indeed, both Milan and Inter have not yet given up on the idea of continuing to share the stadium San Siro, But building a new plant.
WWF’s appeal against Milan’s stadium in San Donato rejected.
The Civil Court of Milan has rejected the appeal presented by the association of environmentalists WWF Italia against the assumption of the construction of the new AC Milan stadium in the San Francisco area. San Donato Milani, Municipality on the southeastern outskirts of Milan, directly south of Linate Airport.
According to environmentalists, the San Francisco area should be considered a forest. It would have been forced Sports Life City-Milan, The company which is studying the feasibility of the work, very specific precautions during the construction of the plant. The judge, however, decided to reject the presumption, but did not go into the merits of the case.
In fact, the reasoning behind the decision itself is not related to the damage to the green space on which the stadium could be built, but rather to the state of progress of the proposed project. The plant that should be built in San Donato has not yet been defined, the project does not actually exist and therefore it is not possible to speculate whether it will have any impact on the local environment. Only a strategic and environmental assessment is being carried out at the moment, to understand if such work makes sense in the area and what the risks may be for the selected area.
Where are Milan and Inter with new stadiums?
That the San Donato project is still only a hypothesis is shown by the fact that, on October 22, the day after the Milan civil court sentencing, the mayor of Milan and Inter will meet Giuseppe Sala and the Minister of Culture. Alessandro Giuli to understand what the fate of the San Siro might be. Both companies intend to buy the stadium area. “Meeting” And to build a new joint facility there.
The issue revolves around the possibility that by the end of 2025 the Superintendency of Fine Arts will come under the protection of parts of the San Siro, especially the first ring, which was built in the 1930s. Second, from the 1950s. Milan and Inter would like to avoid a complex and expensive renovation of the old stadium by preferring to build a facility next door from scratch, but to do so they will need to find a new target that remains the old San Siro. will
The final issue to be discussed will be the cost of acquiring the new land on which the stadium will be built. An open discussion with the municipality of Milan, which should leave an area that, in case of abandonment San Siro With two football clubs, it could become the center of an urban development project.