Inter and AC Milan have presented plans for a new 71,500-seat shared stadium, with completion targeted for 2031 and construction costs estimated at around €2.3 billion. The Generali Stadium is intended to replace San Siro, but this is still a plan on the table rather than a project that has broken ground.

The scale of the stadium plan

The naming rights deal with Generali is expected to bring in around €650 million over 20 years, with both clubs set to receive about €16 million per season each. That revenue stream sits alongside the football case for the move, but the headline figures are the size of the arena and the price tag.

The design itself is meant to be more compact than the old stadium, with two tiers of stands rather than three. The two fan curves are each expected to offer 11,600 seats, which gives the project a clearer sense of what the clubs want from the matchday experience.

A city project as well as a football one

Norman Foster, the British architect involved, told SPORT1, in comments translated from German: "The stadium is supposed to become part of the city's infrastructure, comparable to the Milan Scala and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II,"

That framing fits the wider plan around the arena. A 281,000-square-metre urban renewal project is planned around it, with new club museums, shops and hospitality space built into the development. The arena is also expected to be usable for rugby and American football.

On the pitch, the announcement lands while Inter are top of Serie A with 25 points from 9 matches and have won 8 of their 9 league games. AC Milan are fifth with 18 points from 9 matches and have won 5 of their 9 league games. The stadium plan is separate from that form, but it does arrive with both clubs active at the top end of the table.

What still has to happen is the actual development work. For now, the clubs have put forward a detailed plan, a target year and a cost estimate, and the next step is turning the proposal into an approved project.

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