De Laurentiis Announces Plans for a New Stadium in Bagnoli

"I will not redo the Fuorigrotta facility, but I will build a new stadium in Bagnoli," these were the words of Aurelio De Laurentiis released to Tgr Campania airing tonight. The blue club's owner returns to talk about the stadium issue, with Maradona being at the center of many talks in recent weeks, given the increasingly necessary work on the structure and the issue of the 2032 European Championship in Italy that could be a too fast train for the Neapolitan institutions. "I would have loved to requalify Maradona. Studio Zavanella is studying the project, we did a site visit together, but the only way for a restyling is to build a new stadium within the existing one. The visibility is not optimal, the curves are very distant. It would be necessary to build a stadium within the stadium." De Laurentiis, however, is already thinking about new locations: after having considered the possibility of building the new structure in East Naples or in the Afragola area, now the number one Neapolitan seems to have set his sights on Bagnoli, whose area has been under observation for years for the former Italsider area that could be destined for a new city sports facility. "But to do this I would have to play at least three years away from Maradona, there would be security problems. I have made peace with my soul, I asked Zavanella to study and design a very modern new stadium. We met with those in charge of Bagnoli. In Afragola, they put many hectares at my disposal, but the stadium of Naples outside Naples seems absurd to me. I also pray that Mayor Manfredi supports this idea of mine. We will join to the stadium a shopping center and also a technical center with twelve fields that will be available to the community. The timing? The remediation of Bagnoli began in October, it still takes 18 months. We will be able to lay the first stone at that time and in one year we will build everything. In 30 months we will have a stadium also for the European Championships 2032. It will be a relaunch for the city," explained De Laurentiis. And the blue club's owner relaunches: "The investments will all be mine, but I want to accelerate. I want to be an example for the whole country, an Italy where those who have initiatives are always annihilated. In 2027 we could play the first friendly match for the new stadium with a Hollywood-worthy inauguration."