As a self proclaimed stadium enthusiast I get quite annoyed whenever I continue to see all these articles and posts about how Italy could lose the rights to host the competition because its stadiums aren't ready. Before starting I wanna shout-out the goats in the skyscrapercity forums where there are many threads and discussions about each single stadium with recent pics of the ones under construction/renovation. Here are the English and Italian threads about the competition:
And this is a general page in Italian where you can find discussions about each single stadium:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/forums/strutture-sportive.1738/
But just search for "X stadium skyscrapercity", in italian or English and you will find a goldmine
But now, here's the recap. Italy needs 5 stadiums over 40k capacity and it currently only has the Juventus stadium ready, but there are also:
-Stadio Olimpico Rome (70k): Just needs a minor redeveloping
-Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence:(40k): as you know the redevelopment work has started since last year
The 4th spot should go to Milan, where the teams bought the stadium and works should begin in the upcoming years
For the 5th and last spot there are a couple of cities fighting for it:
Rome: Rome new stadium (67k) no chance of it being used in euro 2032 but work should start in the upcoming years
Salerno (30k): minor work already started
Cagliari (30k): work should start in the upcoming years
Palermo(30-40k): there is still no complete final project but they have huge financial backing
Genoa has minor chances but they have just presented their project
Bari, Verona and Bologna (which had an interesting project but the club, not the evil Italian bureaucracy, backed off) are basically out of the race
Then there is the Napoli situation, where the city has presented a project for the renovation of the Maradona but the club doesn't support it. They still have some chances tho
Other minor (<30k of capacity) stadium renovations:
Taranto: going to get inaugurated this year
Venice: going to get inaugurated in 2027
In Ascoli and L'Aquila the stadium is under renovation, they are getting a new stand
Minor works (getting a roof basically) for Lecce and Perugia
Padua has inaugurated the new stand but their stadium is still a shithole
Arezzo has an interesting project and work could start at the end of this season
Como and Empoli have projects but still in the bureaucratic process
Cittadella has just built two new stands near the pitch and has plans to rebuild the main stand
There are plans in Catanzaro to rebuild a stand
If I remember other projects I'll edit
by nonhofantasia
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Will we be able to qualify though?
/s obviously