The history of the San Siro stadium

A gift from Pirelli

San Siro (named after a saint who has a chapel dedicated to him in this suburb) stadium was a gift from Milan president Piero Pirelli (served from 1909 for twenty years) for her 'Milan'. The stadium was built in just 13 and a half months, thanks to a 120 construction workers. Total operating expenses came to five million lire which in today's terms would translate to three and a half million euros. The stadium was designed by Ulisse Stacchini, the other main architect who worked in the city is Milan Central Station, and the famous engineer Alberto Cugini. Inauguration.
 San Siro is designed on the model of English for the stadium, for football only four standing holding a capacity of 35,000 spectators. Opened on 19 September 1926 when a packed stadium witnessed the defeat Inter Milan 6-3. The first league game was played on September 19, 1926 when Milan lost 2-1 to Sampierdarenese while the first international took place on February 20, 1927 and a 2-2 draw with Italy Czechoslovakia. By the end of 1945, the San Siro remains the exclusive property while Inter Milan play home games at the Arena in downtown. The 'Theatre Football' has gone under many renovations since then to create an imposing monument to the game as it is today.

First ExpansionMilan to sell the stadium to the city council in 1935 and three years later the decision was taken to develop a stand. Football has become more and more of a mass phenomenon that San Siro should be expanded to meet demand. Rocca architect and engineer Calzolari given the task and they take advantage of pre-existing structures that support the interior to build an external way to enable access to the stadium. In 1952, the capacity was initially set at 150,000 but after discussions with the city council rejected the figures. After spending 5.1 million liras in the modernization of the stadium, the inauguration took place on May 13, 1939 when Italy drew 2-2 with England. Gate admission for the game that comes to 1.2 million lira. The second development

Work on the second expansion of the stadium began in 1954 and 12 months later, on October 26, 1955, opened with a capacity of 85,000. The first set of floodlights installed in 1957 and the electronic scoreboard followed in 1967. Spotlights have been modernized in 1979 when the second tier is developed. The stadium was officially renamed in honor of Giuseppe Meazza, Inter and Milan player famous for the 1930's and 1940's, on March 3, 1980. In 1986, the first to be part of the numbered and colored all-seated. Stand major central to red, stood around and face the situation, orange, north stand behind the goal, the green and the south stand where fans gathered Milan, blue.  

The third ring
For the 1990 World Cup Football events, the City of Milan decided to proceed with the renovation of the stadium "Meazza" after they rejected the idea of ​​building a new stadium because of high costs and the limited time available. The first idea is to design a futuristic and amazing project: the construction of a third ring and a roof to cover all viewers. The project, designed by architect Giancarlo Ragazzi, Architect and Engineer Enrico Finzi Leo Hoffer, consists of the construction of the third ring of standing, resting on an independent support designed around the existing stadium.

New third ring structure rests on eleven cylindrical tower in reinforced concrete. The tower also provides access to various services and stand up and be independent of the existing construction. Four towers also support reticular roof beams. To provide maximum comfort all the new seats are ergonomically placed, numbered and colored in four different colors to identify the four major sectors stadium. 85.700 spectators were all covered with a roof made of polycarbonate curved shelters. Next is to install new drainage and heating systems and new flood lighting system. On 8 June 1990 the stadium that held the opening ceremony of the Football World Cup Argentina vs Camerun game. Since then the "Scala del Calcio" lust host millions of fans. During the summer of 2008, due to construction works to meet UEFA's new standards, the stadium's capacity to 80.018 spectators. 

Figures.
To complete the construction, 10,000 quintals of cement, 3,500 cubic yards of sand and 1,500 quintals of iron needed. In order to mark out the pitch, 80kg lime is needed to cover the dimensions of 105 meters long and 68 meters wide. perimeter, block 204 by 296 meters and a weight of 1,100 and 2,000 tons, respectively. The roof is covered with 256 floodlights, emitting 3500 watts. In order to carry out the main construction, two 64-meter high crane accidentally placed. Inside the stadium, there are emergency exits and elevator service to the weight capacity of 1,000 kg. San Siro Stadium is located across a city street races and six kilometers from the center of Milan.