Inter Milan has shown preliminary concept pictures of a new 70,000-capacity stadium that it aims to open ahead of the 2028-29 season.
Inter released the Populous design drawings to complement an interview with Sky Italia conducted by club CEO Alessandro Antonello, who stated that he hopes to secure final clearances for the construction in late 2024 or early 2025.
He went on to say that one of the influences will be the Populous-designed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
“The reference model is that of Tottenham,” Antonello said via press release.
“All the additional revenues from the new facility will repay the debt for the project.”
According to Antonello, the development will span more than one billion cubic metres and include Inter’s offices, a sports centre, a public park, a museum and club store.
The Inter CEO also stated that transportation to and from the stadium, which would be located around 9 kilometres south of Milan’s city core, will be priority in the plans. The stadium would be erected on open area between Rozzano and Assago, close to the A7 highway that connects Milan and Genoa.
“The main issue we are looking at is the road network,” he added.
The land is now held by the real estate firms Brioschi and Bastogi through their company Infrafin. Inter has already won the exclusive right to conduct a feasibility study on the site’s possible building of a stadium. The club has until the end of April 2024 to do research on the proposal.
Inter and city rival AC Milan formerly collaborated on the Nuovo Stadio Milan project, but continuing delays caused both to reconsider their choices. Populous won the first contract to build the shared stadium, which was to be erected on the same piece of ground as the two teams’ existing home, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, also known as the San Siro.
However, due to complications, that idea has since failed, and both teams have agreed to seek their own stadiums during a meeting in May.
