About San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, commonly known as San Siro, is a football stadium in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, which is the home of A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. It has a seating capacity of 80,018, making it one of the largest stadiums in Europe and the largest in Italy.
On 3 March 1980, the stadium was named in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played for Inter and briefly for Milan in the 1930s and 1940s. The stadium is famous for its eleven cylindrical towers that support the third tier and the roof. These towers serve as ramps for spectators.
Often called "La Scala del Calcio" (The Opera House of Football), it is revered for its towering stands and formidable atmosphere. It has hosted four European Cup/Champions League finals. The distinct red girders of the roof and the spiral towers make it an instantly recognizable architectural icon of Milan.
The venue is owned by the Comune di Milano municipality and jointly operated by AC Milan and FC Internazionale Milano through a shared 15-year lease originally signed on 18 June 1947 and renewed on rolling terms most recently on 30 June 2019 at an annual rent of 8.4 million euros paid equally by the two clubs. Original construction between August 1925 and September 1926 was funded personally by Piero Pirelli, president of AC Milan, at his own outlay of 5 million Italian lire of the day (approximately 8.5 million euros in 2024 purchasing power), and the 1926 inauguration match on 19 September that year was a Derby della Madonnina won 6-3 by Inter with a hat-trick from Giuseppe Meazza. The venue was expropriated by the municipality in November 1935 after Pirelli sold the ground to the city for 3 million lire during a fascist-era compulsory-purchase order.