I generally really like your posts and agree with you on most things, but I think you and a lot of other posters are missing the point on San Siro.
Has anyone ever been to San Siro and thought to themselves, this is a bad experience, while actually watching the match?
Let us really think about why we are desperate to move out. It's solely because of the ownership issue.
I've been to many stadiums around Europe and more often than not these new glass monstrosities provide some of the worst match experiences. They are soulless, lifeless constructions that reflect the corporatization of football.
San Siro is our Bernabeu or Camp Nou. Why leave? To make it a better experience when buying an overpriced hot dog?
You surely understand this as an American. Would the Red Sox leave Fenway? The Cubs, Wrigley?
The match viewing experience is top notch at San Siro; I don't think I'd change a thing. Maybe only going to the toilet is a bit frustrating. Buying a drink isn't though, even compared to the modern stadiums with better amenities.
I think this forum reflects a bit of a finance bro echo chamber when it comes to the stadium. On paper it sounds perfect, but in reality it is another lost piece of Milan's soul for no other reason than satisfying the necessity of the infinite growth of global capitalism.
Take a step back and really think about.
At this moment, it's not a case of whether or not we can buy the San Siro and renovate it into a modernized version of itself that meets the standards for modern football.
The Italian bureaucracy has fucked us over so many times by stringing us along so many years that even if we bought the stadium from the municipality now, there's a HUGE chance that we cannot even renovate the damn thing after September 11th 2025 due to it becoming a World Heritage site. It's THAT damn old. Sala is battling legally against his own government to ALLOW the stadium to be rennovated, just in order to sell it.
Personally, I think it's already too late. There's too much opposition within the government and in the public that will make any form of fixing up the San Siro nearly impossible.
We would be left with a useless hunk of a stadium that cannot be modernized and will continue to crumble and decay year on year until it gets to the point where the damn thing cannot be used for sporting purposes and is left to stand there like the Colosseum. How will you earn your gate receipts then?
Better to build a new stadium on private land with no restrictions on construction, renovation or refurbishment later on down the line. The culture of Milan lies with the Club and the people who create and developed it, not with the Stadium. The Stadium became iconic because of the teams that played in it and the experience it gave the fans. Those experiences can be replicated elsewhere. It's the fans that are the most important.
If that Stadium can no longer sustain it's purpose, to be a safe and comfortable place for fans to cheer on their team, then it's time to replace it with something which can fulfil that purpose.
This has less to do with finance bros than you think mate.
when you have just Intermilan as opponent finishing waaaaaaay behind them, Naple struggled with Garcia, Roma it's Roma, Juventus had to deal with many problems and Atalanta wasn't that good, but as soon as the level rises, your magic duo Furlani-Moncada stick you to the 8th spot dude.
we deserved all this misery for that ungratefulness.
