Milan's Generali Stadium Design Unveiled, Set to Replace San Siro
AC Milan and Inter Milan have unveiled the design for a new stadium that will replace San Siro, the 99-year-old ground they share in Milan. The clubs have named it the Generali Stadium, after the insurance company that holds its naming rights.
The stadium is planned to hold 71,500 seats. The design comes from a team led by Lord Norman Foster, working with the firm MANICA. Inter Milan published its own announcement on the same day.
The most eye-catching feature is a structure about 60 metres tall, which AC Milan describes as high-impact and X-shaped. The club calls the stadium a new home for fans and a new landmark for the city. The outer structure is built from interlocking segments of low-carbon precast concrete, which are cast in a factory and then fitted together on site. Those segments hold up the stands and a double-curved roof.
The new ground will rise beside San Siro rather than on top of it. The two clubs will keep sharing the old stadium until the new one is finished, which is scheduled to be ready for the 2032 European Championship, co-hosted by Italy. San Siro will be demolished later.
Milan's city council approved the sale of San Siro to AC Milan and Inter Milan in October 2025. The clubs completed the purchase in November of that year. The two teams first announced the design partnership with Foster + Partners and MANICA in September 2025.
Work is not expected to start until 2028, according to The Washington Post. For fans, the timeline means two more seasons of the old ground before the first match in the new one can be planned.
