On a weekend in February 2026, football in Serie A has to avoid the Winter Olympics. The affected AC Milan has looked out a stadium, about 14,000 flight kilometers from Italy.
On February 6, 2026, in Giuseppe-Mazza-Stadion opened the Olympic Winter Games, which played in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. February 6, 2026 is a Friday, and since opening celebrations are very pompous and elaborately designed, the dismantling will take some time. It was therefore predicted that this weekend neither of the two Milan first division clubs in the time -honored building in the San Siro district will be able to play football.
It hit the Associazione CalcioAC for short, which must look for an alternative date or an alternative stadium for the Serie A game against Como 1907 on the 24th matchday.
Replacement stadium: large but very far away
More than 70,000 spectators came to Milan’s games last season. It is therefore understandable that there should be no significantly smaller arena, of which there are some in the surrounding area.
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In the meantime, the AC has found something that corresponds to its ideas with a capacity of over 60,000 spectators. It is not a stadium in the surrounding area, but an approximately 14,000 flight kilometer away, in which rugby and cricket also played
The stadium is located in Perth, a city that is six hours ahead of the Central European period. Perth can be found in the southwest of Australia, and therefore there is also football after Australian Rules played. As a rule, it is a little harder.
Italian association approved “historical trip”
The plans for an Italian championship game in Australia recently took an important hurdle, because the Italian Football Association Figc allowed Milan’s request and the series A.
The approval brings one “Historical trip” The FIGC said closer.
Australian Rules Football is also played in the Perth Stadium.
However, other institutions have to agree, including the continental associations of Europe (UEFA) and Asia (AFC). The World Association FIFA also has to give its okay according to a report by the Reuters news agency.
Important success in court
Legal procedures of the recent past indicate that no veto will be expected.
In April 2025, a legal dispute was included in the USA with a comparison that was in favor of “relevant”. The company, which also works with the German Football League (DFL), will market the European club competitions for at least five years from 2027, including the Champions League.
The comparison between “relevent” and the US-AM-CAN Football Association Us Soccer allows games from foreign leagues to be played in the United States.
Any league possible at every place in the world?
The Spanish La Liga had already intended for a guest performance by FC Barcelona, but then had to bury the plans after a veto of the Spanish association.
The legal success of “relevant” and also a judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) indicate that in the future, with the consent of all relevant institutions, every league may play championship games at every place in the world.
Judgment of the ECJ paves the way abroad
With a view to a possible Super League, the ECJ had judged that there was one “Non-discriminatory and transparent procedure” in the permission of competitions and games.
Thus, the way to Australia seems paved for Milan and Serie A, which has already moved other betting acquisitions to other continents due to marketing reasons. The Supercoppa was already held in Saudi Arabia between the master and the cup winner in China, the USA, Libya and most recently for three years in a row. For the past two editions in Riad, the field of participants was even expanded to include the runner -up and the inferior cup finalists and inflated to a small tournament.
For Milan it would be a return to Perth
A trip to Perth is already firmly booked for AC Milan. On July 31, 2025, she meets the local club Perth Glorybut in a smaller stadium.
In May 2024 there were about 56,000 people on a large scale Perth Stadiumto see the game between Milan and AS Rome. At that time it was still a test game on one of the numerous PR tours for which large clubs cover hundreds of thousands of flight kilometers.
May 2024: AC Milan and AS Rome play in front of around 56,000 spectators in Perth.
Soon – to use a weird football phrase – you could have points in your luggage.