The study to renovate San Siro was presented to the Municipality of Milan (with the teams that would remain to play there in the meantime). Total cost around 300 million
It is probably the last, extreme chance available to the Municipality of Milan to pull AC Milan and Inter towards San Siro. Today in Palazzo Marino a multiple council commission took place (Urban Regeneration, Mobility, Sport, and Olympics) where the renovation project of the Meazza stadium developed by the Arco Associati studio (project manager was the architect Giulio Fenyves) was illustrated. A project that rests on a very specific and non-changeable cornerstone, as Mayor Sala explained: “We believe that, barring different decisions by the TAR, the restriction of San Siro (on the second ring, ed) at this point it can be considered a certainty and therefore we consider it in the field of certainties”.
proposal
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We therefore start from the assumption of restoring the Meazza in the fastest and obviously least expensive way possible. The goal is to demonstrate that the stadium can be renovated without stopping playing. And this would certainly be a plus. Introduction: for now it is obviously a simple proposal, a preliminary study which Arco Associati defines as “for the conservation, revaluation and transformation into an Experience Stadium”. In other words, partial demolitions and reconstructions of the existing system. So let’s look at the salient points. Capacity: 70 thousand seats to which 5 thousand internal stations can be added. Costs: approximately 300 million euros of total works, of which 235 of works alone. The most significant innovation is the creation of a fourth ring, located at the top of the current first ring, just below the cantilevered grandstands which today partially cover it.
The space for this insertion would be obtained by demolishing the highest band of the steps of the first ring. What would the fourth ring consist of? What is already there in all the main European facilities: new areas for guests, VIP reception, common areas, bars, services, and meetings. Something that the Meazza already offers right now, but in a very limited way. Here, the new ring would find space along the entire perimeter of the stadium, including curves.
hospitality
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Among the other improvements, the replacement of child seats with wider and more comfortable seats, equipped with a visor touch for services, shopping, information, security. A stadium that becomes “smart: connectivity, on demand services, communication, purchases”. A new perimeter building is planned for reception, merchandising and services, called the bastion, where in the designers’ idea there is not a classic gate but rather an area “crossable, bright, transparent, communicative and capable of services. Passed the entrance threshold, the fan can find himself as if in a “theatrical foyer, a protected, welcoming and representative space”. The stadium is designed in the middle of a theme park, surrounded and completed by service buildings, between which the headquarters of both clubs could be located. Obviously a facility where the lights would change based on the team playing there (red backgrounds for Milan, blue for Inter).
I work in segments
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And then, again: new system of soundproofing panels for the management of acoustic impact, internal microclimate, paths, areas and stations for people with limited motor capacity, improvement of pitch maintenance (light therapy) taking inspiration from what happens in the Tottenham stadium . From a construction point of view, work would be progressed by “consecutive construction sites”, in order to allow spectators access to the majority of the existing stands – during each phase – while the renovation would be concentrated in predetermined segments which would be completed and returned before moving on to the next segments. All within an area with “large tree-lined strips that frame the new urban parks and expanded gardens, acting as ‘buffers’ with respect to the neighboring neighborhoods, isolating and protecting it”.
the clubs
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These are the project guidelines. Yes, but what do the clubs (who were not at Palazzo Marino) think? Officially nothing. Then, however, a little something filters through and there isn’t exactly enthusiasm. From Casa Milan they prefer to continue to focus on San Donato, which is considered an advanced stage of discussion. At the same time, if the Municipality of Milan formally asked to delve deeper into the Arco Associati project, but obviously without abandoning San Donato, a “no” would not come regardless. From the Inter side they reflect on the fact that we are talking about something about which the club has not been consulted, and at the same time the possibility of remaining at the Meazza alone is not considered feasible. Also because there is certainty on this point: Milan, for some time now, has chosen to move on their own.
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