Roma’s general counsel Lorenzo Vitali spoke about the club’s long-awaited new stadium.
At the Social Football Summit held at the Stadio Olimpico, Vitali appeared alongside Roma sporting director Florent Ghisolfi and gave reporters an update on the Pietralata stadium.
“I have been involved in this project from the beginning. We have always worked with local governments. I can say that everyone, from the mayor’s general manager to the designers, has been very supportive of this project,” Vitali said.
“We must take advantage of this opportunity to celebrate their dedication and the fantastic work they are doing. We need to consider the expectations of this project. There is no new stadium in Italy in the same spot as Rome. I’m talking about something built from scratch.”
“Obviously, ambitious projects like ours are complex. We are working day by day and now that the final project has been submitted to the municipality, we know we will soon be able to turn things around.”
“We are at the end of a very difficult bureaucratic process. The stadium is the result of a private design session. We did it together with the architects. It will be monumental and Roman. “If it were built in another city, it wouldn’t work.”
“We are proud of this project and the support we have received. We are ready to do our part. “It will be a civilian building built in Italy after World War II,” he said.
“We will continue this 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It will be the largest park in the world, Curva Sud, and it will be really cool. “Acoustics will improve and we are working on a number of areas.”
“With Friedkins, the stadium will become a reality,” he assured.
