Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, Football stadium in San Siro district, Milan, Italy
The Giuseppe Meazza Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in the San Siro district of Milan and hosts home games for AC Milan and Inter Milan with 75817 seats spread across four color-coded sections. The structure consists of massive concrete forms and exterior towers that rise over multiple levels and are connected by wide ramps and staircases.
Architect Ulisse Stacchini designed the structure in 1925 and it opened on September 19, 1926, with a match between Milan and Inter. Since 1980 it has carried the name of footballer Giuseppe Meazza who played for both clubs during the 1930s and 1940s.
The stadium is nicknamed "La Scala del calcio", after Milan's Teatro alla Scala, and the derby between AC Milan and Inter is called the Derby della Madonnina. Since 1980 the ground has been named after Giuseppe Meazza, a two-time World Cup winner with Italy in 1934 and 1938 who played for Inter and briefly for Milan. A museum opened inside in 1996 displays shirts, cups, trophies and shoes from both clubs.
Visitors reach the venue via the M5 subway line as well as several bus and tram routes that run directly from the center of Milan. On match days it helps to arrive early to avoid large crowds and waiting times at the entrance.
The eleven concrete towers around the exterior, added in the 1987–1990 renovation by architects Giancarlo Ragazzi and Enrico Hoffer with engineer Leo Finzi, are wrapped in helical ramps that carry spectators up to the third tier. Four of them stand at the corners and also support the roof with its protruding red girders.
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