(toskanews) — The Olympics will leave Milan one home for ice sportsfrom hockey to figure skating, which however will not be one of the temporary rinks used during the Games. One predicts it two-phase projectpresented to Home Italywhich sees in the center the Fair and it also involves the Lombardy RegionThe Common and the Italian ice sports federation.
«From next October, when there will be the new season, thethere will be a temporary facility – he said Giovanni Bozzettipresident of the Fiera Milano Foundation — and we are already studying a system instead definitive way. We are also identifying the area where it could be allocated, it could be inside the exhibition center or outside, but we are also working from this aspect”.
There is no plan to reuse the Olympic facilities, which are rented and will be returned to the supplier, but the team game However, he seems to be able to give concreteness and speed to the project. «What is certain is that all of us, from a political and sporting point of view, are absolutely convinced of the need to give the city of Milan an ice plant again» he added Attilio Fontanapresident of the Lombardy Region.
Tradition is not lacking and even in the tests that preceded the Olympics there was proof of this. «In Milan there is one long history of clubs also famous and illustrious in hockey and there is also a long history of passion for ice, unfortunately there is also a situation of lack of facilities» he recalled Beppe Salamayor of Milan.
The second phase will take at least two or three years, but the investors are already there. «Our goal together with others North American and Italian entrepreneurs — he revealed Andrea Giospresident of Fisg — is to bring a team that can participate in the Ice Hockey League». A reference to the transnational European competition in which 13 teams from Italy, Austria, Hungary and Slovenia already play.
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