Tuttosport: ‘More customers, fewer fans’ – new San Siro shows Milan’s focus | OneFootball

AC Milan and Inter are set to collaborate on a new stadium, continuing the San Siro’s legacy. However, there has been a worrying report published this morning about the focus of the clubs.

There are few stadiums as iconic as San Siro, and for many it is a bucket list stadium. But, the important thing is the core fanbase, those who are there every week, thick and thin, sun and rain. Unfortunately, though, it seems like this group of fans may be reduced.

According to this morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via Milan News), in the new stadium, the amount of ‘fan’ seats will be reduced to 62,000, which is fewer than the current attendance. The reasoning for this is to allow 9,000 corporate seats to be incorporated into the stadium.

Of course, 62,000 is still an awful lot, but the fact that the corporate facilities are being expanded may be insulting to some fans, especially when tensions between the fans and the management are so high.

For the paper, it shows that the club are looking for ‘more customers and fewer fans’, which is bound to go down horribly. So we must wait and see how the plans fare out and whether there is reasoning for this.