Roma Mayor Confirms Lazio Must Amend Stadio Flaminio Project | OneFootball

We’re in a good position with Lazio. The club has presented its project. Unlike Roma’s stadium, we are talking about a property that is subject to a restriction imposed by the State Superintendency, not the Municipality of Rome, which has its own autonomy. Therefore, before granting public-interest status, we needed to know the Superintendency’s opinion on Lazio’s project, taking a different approach from the one we took regarding Roma’s stadium. So, we first held the Preliminary Services Conference, which concluded with a positive opinion, including from the Superintendency, albeit with some requirements. Clearly, the club will take these into account; otherwise, we could not move forward. It will therefore adapt its project to the requirements, which can absolutely be overcome and do not alter the project too much.

Once this phase is completed, including the Superintendency’s approval of the modifications made to the project at its request, the public-interest status will then be voted on by the Executive Committee and the Capitoline Assembly. We hope to be able to do this by the end of the year. After that, the next phase can begin, namely the Decisive Services Conference. If everything goes well, the process will not even finish that much later than Roma’s stadium, despite Lazio’s project having started later.

There are obviously many aspects to take into consideration, from acoustics to mobility. A sort of limited-traffic zone is included in the project, and there will also be a metro station that we are building at Parco dell’Auditorium. So this stadium will also be connected. We will pay close attention to residents and quality of life, but let’s not forget that we are faced with a disgrace: a beautiful, in terms of its original design, abandoned ruin sitting there unused in the heart of the city. You walk past it and see Renzo Piano’s Auditorium, Nervi’s beautiful Palazzetto dello Sport, which we, as the Municipality, restored and redeveloped because it was an investment within our means, whereas the Flaminio is not, and in the middle of it all there is this ruin. That cannot be. So, for us, it is a very positive thing that the Flaminio is redeveloped through private investment and, as is the case here, that it also provides a home for one of the capital’s major teams. That way, both clubs will have their own stadium, strengthening them financially, making them more competitive.

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