Stadio San Siro
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Adress: Piazzale Angelo Moratti, Milan, 20151
Phone: +39 02 48798201
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Anthony H.
In the beginning ..
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza aka The San Siro (the district it is located in) is one of the European temples of football and I was lucky enough to be around when the Derby Della Madonnina was taking place this weekend. This is when the two clubs that share this stadium, A.C.Milan and Internazionale, get to play each other. It first opened in 1926 with a game between them which Inter won 6-3 and 21 years later Inter became tenants alongside AC. Over the years it has progressed from 35,000 capacity to 85,700 after renovation was carried out to prepare for the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.
Let me just make it clear that I am first and foremost a footie fan and my team is Everton .. so eat it. I have been to all the English Premier league stadia bar Wigan (shock) and have done most of the European grounds when given half a chance but the San Siro was missing from my bouquet list. I can check it off now and also give my wallet CPR as the Inter v AC game last night was sold out so I took a chance and bought a tout ticket at a ridiculous price and wangled my way in.
Something about a snowy Milano night and 80,000+ people crammed into tiny seats, in what is essentially a cold concrete box, does nothing to take away from the heat generated by the wall of noise and an electric atmosphere. For anyone who has not experienced one of the major European Football matches then it is impossible to describe apart from to say you will not know what hit you and you will wonder why no one ever told you about it.
Don't come here expecting fine dining as that is just not going to occur in the area of the stadium where the real football fans are. Just feed off the atmosphere, you will be sated.
FTR the 208th Derby della Madonnina ended with honours even 1-1 although AC were by far the better team.
who knew ...
in 1980 the San Siro Stadium held its first ever music concert. Nearly 120,000 folks turned up to see Bob Marley! -
Sarah L.
Top Tip: TAKE TOILET ROLL. better yet try to not go the toilet at all here! It's just a hole in the ground, no paper, no soap- really disappointing.
We sat in the red section. The only way to get a drink or food in the stadium is by the men who carry things around their necks- it's overpriced and below average. It being February- another tip- wear as much clothes as possible- better yet take a blanket (plenty had them) it was freezing.
Game was ok. -
Nancy N.
Meh. This stadium was cool since all the merchandise and food trucks were outside but the stadium was poorly laid out. We had to walk like 10 flights of stairs to get to the 200 level. But we had awesome seats for the AC Milan game and they won! They had people walk around if you needed drinks and snacks, but the guy ripped me off and charged me 10 euro when the beer was only 6 euro. So rude,
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Qype User (richar…)
I have been here twice, once for the Milan vs Inter Derby and once for a league game Inter vs Udinese in 2002.
Its a funny place really, lumped up in the North of Milan in an industrial park, next to a horse racing track. The space age exterior is let down by pretty basic facilities inside.
I would probably give this 3 stars but for the atmosphere for one of the games mentioned above; Champions League semi final between Inter and Milan. I went with a friend arriving an hour before kick off to watch the stadium fill up, however the place was already full and rocking and we had to watch from the stairs as there were way too many people in there already/
It was a crap game I think it was 0:0 but a brilliant night watching the singing, flags, fireworks, daredevil songmasters, and experiencing the deafening roar of the crowd as the game ebbed and flowed. -
Qype User (matnic…)
A grand old stadium in a football city. hopefully since 2005 some of the facilities have been updated. I'd heard about Italian toilets before but was quite surprised to find them so basic in such a stadium.