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Meanwhile on the other side of the pond the two football teams in Milan have been trying for over 10 years to build not one but two 100% privately funded Stadiums, but the City of Milan is so shameless that it wants them to either:

-Continue playing in the publicly owned Stadium, which however iconic has been last refurbished in the 80's and built in the 30's, so they continue to pay a very pricey rent to the City.

-Refurbish the public stadium at their own expense with no guarantee of an ownership share or of reduced rent.

-Build the two privately funded Stadiums and then DONATE them to the city.

Both clubs have drawn multiple plans to build the Stadiums which have been rejected left right and center, and they even proposed to refurbish the old Stadium in exchange for shared ownership (the Stadium is so old refurbishing it to modern standards would cost more than the two privately owned ones together), which has also been rejected.

The rationale is that no team moves in European sports, and rightfully so, so if they can't build new Stadiums both teams will be forced to continue pay rent. Absolutely moronic reasoning by the Public Administration.

What constantly happens in the US is criminal, Billionaires shouldn't get public funding to build privately owned projects, but if said Billionaires want to build brand new Stadiums on their own, on land that they rightfully buy, you should fucking let them.