GdS: ‘Two major certainties’ – details on how Milan and Inter’s new stadium could look

The full rendering for the design of AC Milan and Inter’s new stadium has not yet been produced, but some details are already known.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a historic moment occurred as the City Council voted to approve the sale of San Siro to Milan and Inter. Now, pending some obvious appeals, a multi-year project can get underway to give the two clubs a brand new home. But how will it look?

Shape, features, capacity and more

As La Gazzetta dello Sport report, the premise is that it’s too early to provide details. Foster & Partners and Manica, the two architecture firms tasked with designing the new stadium, have yet to fully begin their work so the project will be developed in the coming months.

However, the DOCFAP – the Feasibility Document for Design Alternatives – presented by Milan and Inter in March 2025, can provide some information. It contains plans and diagrams, plus some illustrations that are described as purely indicative, so they may change over time.

A few indications, however, are significant. Meanwhile, the first certainties regarding the shape are emerging. According to the plans, the new stadium at San Siro will not be rectangular like the current one, but will have a more oval shape. Furthermore, there will be no large red beams.

Two major certainties concern the number of spectators and the tiers. The new stadium will be designed to accommodate 71,500 spectators, in line with the capacity of the current San Siro, and with Euro 2032 the aim in sight.

Initially, the idea was to reduce the capacity to 60,000, but recent months have established continuity with the past. The structure, however, will be different, organized into two tiers rather than three like the current Meazza.

The roof will not be retractable but fixed, as Milan already decided for the San Donato stadium, which the club designed with Manica, not Foster + Partners. It likely won’t cover the entire pitch, as shown in the image below (also from Docfap) of the roof.

The pitch won’t be movable, as at Tottenham Stadium, where the grass is moved by 68 motors on a system of tracks. All sectors will obviously have spaces for disabled people, which at San Siro are restricted to certain areas of the stadium.

The commercial areas will obviously be of great importance, as will the hospitality areas reserved (also) for companies. Inside the stadium, there will be the classic corridors of an international stadium, with restaurants and shops.

The new stadium will be built on a podium – like a foundation upon which the entire structure rests – and the idea is to have a museum and club store in the plaza in front of the stands. The portion of the Meazza that remains standing will be used for commercial and entertainment areas, maybe a museum.

The resolution stipulates that 50% of the area will not be covered with concrete and that at least 80,000 square metres of greenery will return to city ownership upon completion of the work.

Furthermore, the area will have 43,000 square metres of gross floor area for offices, 20,000 for hotels, and 15,000 for parking. Everything will be different and now, but perhaps not as bold as in the DOCFAP illustrations because the housing will be nearby and this will need to be taken into account.