Upcoming Stadium projects

Roma have unveiled plans for a new stadium that they hope to build in time for the 2016-17 season.

It has been revealed that the Stadio della Roma will hold 52,000 fans, with the potential to extend to 60,000, and built on the site of the former Hippodrome in the Tor di Valle area.

President James Palotta admitted it will be a “modern 52,000-seater with state of the art technology” that will “strike fear into our opponents.”

Architect Dan Meis meanwhile insisted that he wanted to recreate one of the city’s most iconic landmarks with the new ground.

“With the Stadio della Roma we want to reproduce the glory and the power of the Colosseum.

“We want to develop a stadium where the fans are close to the playing field, unlike at the Stadio Olimpico

“We've designed a stadium specifically for football that evokes the city's most symbolic monument, the Colosseum.”

iftikhar wrote:Their present stadium (Olympic Stadium) has a capacity of 80K. Doesn't make sense in investing money for a smaller one. Also, Don't you suppose 52K is rather small for Roma. I thought they would be gunning for 70-80K capacity.

S wrote:

iftikhar wrote:Their present stadium (Olympic Stadium) has a capacity of 80K. Doesn't make sense in investing money for a smaller one. Also, Don't you suppose 52K is rather small for Roma. I thought they would be gunning for 70-80K capacity.

And they barely fill that stadium.Their average attendance in the last few years have been around 45K,so i believe they've gone on with this capacity taking attendance into account.Juventus did the same thing.

Anyways the stadium can be expanded to 60K so its a pretty shrewd move from them in this regard.

S wrote:

iftikhar wrote:Their present stadium (Olympic Stadium) has a capacity of 80K. Doesn't make sense in investing money for a smaller one. Also, Don't you suppose 52K is rather small for Roma. I thought they would be gunning for 70-80K capacity.

And they barely fill that stadium.Their average attendance in the last few years have been around 45K,so i believe they've gone on with this capacity taking attendance into account.Juventus did the same thing.

Anyways the stadium can be expanded to 60K so its a pretty shrewd move from them in this regard.

-When will construction begin on the Stadium?
Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2014.

- When will the Stadium open?
Stadio della Roma is scheduled to open for the 2016-17 Serie A season.

- Will this be a “green” Stadium?
Stadio della Roma will be the first truly sustainable major sports venue in Europe that incorporates a carbon neutral footprint, maximum recycling capabilities and state-of-the-art renewable energy and conservation programs.

- Where is Tor di Valle?
The Stadium is being build on the grounds of Rome’s former standard bred Hippodrome, southwest of the city. It is conveniently located at the intersection of the GRA (ring road around the city) and the highway to Fiumicino International Airport.

- How will the new Stadium impact the Italian economy?
AS Roma is working directly with the Comune di Roma to ensure that the Stadium, Roma Village and the Entertainment District deliver a level of investment and include a mix of use that supports future social and economic development in the surrounding areas. We are working closely with with the Mayor Ignazio Marino, the City of Rome and local institutions, to help create thousands of good paying jobs for area residents.

- What is being done to improve transportation to the area?
Special attention is being paid to enhancing both public and private vehicle transportation to and from the new Stadium site and the surrounding entertainment district. We are doing extensive consumer research and working with the Comune di Roma to prepare a comprehensive infrastructure plan to support ample access and parking for cars and motorcycles, along with bike paths and potential ferry shuttles.

- What are the ticket prices in the new Stadium?
Stadio della Roma & AS Roma surveyed over 65,000 fans leading up to the announcement of the stadium. The feedback the fans provided is the basis for how we are determining our pricing strategy for our premium areas as well as for all of the ticketing options the Stadio della Roma will provide. We will announce our pricing plan within the coming months and we strongly encourage season ticket holders to renew their tickets for 14/15 season so that they maintain their priority in the sales process as we begin selling seats in the new stadium in the fall of 2014. For those who are not season ticket holders please sign up for the Stadio della Roma wait list so that you secure your place in history.

- If I’m already a season ticketholder, what do I have to do to secure a seat in the new Stadium?
The season ticket holders for AS Roma have been the energy behind every major accomplishment in team history. As we move into our new state of the art stadium our commitment is to engage and service the needs of these fans at the beginning of the sales process so that their energy drives us to new heights at Stadio Della Roma. Renewing your season tickets for the 2014-2015 season at Stadio Olimpico automatically gains you the highest priority towards purchasing seats in Stadio Della Roma. A sales professional and a service representative will be assigned to your account in the early fall of 2014. These individuals on behalf of the stadium and team will actively communicate to you the simple and enjoyable process AS Roma and Stadio Della Roma have created to provide you the opportunity to purchase seats in the new stadium. All season ticket holders will be invited to visit with their sales professional in our world class sales center where they will have the ability to get a behind the scenes look at the unique aspects of Stadio Della Roma and to evaluate and decide upon the seating options within the stadium.

- Will there be WiFi in the Stadium?
The new Stadium will be a showcase for innovation – with Stadium-wide WiFi capability and mobile connectivity.

- Will the team train at the new Stadium?
Yes, our “Peak Performance Center” football training facility will sit adjacent to the new Stadium, where our First Team will train on a year-round basis. This state-of-the-art facility will include multiple pitches, technologically superior conditioning, training and rehab centers and is being designed with the highest standards to ensure that the Club prepares in optimal conditions to improve our competitive edge.

- What are the Premium Seating options in the new Stadium
Stadio Della Roma will feature some of the finest premium seating options in world football, including private luxury suites, loge boxes and club seats.

- Will the new Stadium have seating options for disabled fans?
Yes, accessible seating will be available on all levels of the Stadium.

- Will there be a Sales Center that will allow fans to review their options with a member of the AS Roma sales staff?
Yes, AS Roma will be constructing a world class Preview Center in Tor Di Valle that will be open in the summer of 2014. We encourage you to sign up for the waitlist so that you can visit with us early in the process.

- What is the possibility that there are two teams playing in Stadio Della Roma?
Stadio Della Roma is purposely being built for AS Roma and other major events. There are no plans to have multiple teams playing in Stadio Della Roma.

- Will the Stadium be able to host Champions League Finals?
Yes, the Stadium can expand from 52,500 seats to 60,000 so there is amply seating capacity and parking to host such matches. In addition, the wide array of entertainment, retail and dining offerings in the overall development will make Stadio della Roma a highly desirable location for such matches

GREENWICH, CT – March 26, 2014 – Starwood Capital Group, a leading global private investment firm, announced today that it has entered, through a controlled affiliate, into a strategic partnership with AS Roma SPV, LLC, the majority shareholder of the AS Roma football club.
Through the acquisition of a minority stake in the club, Starwood Capital Group will have the ability to become a real estate capital partner in AS Roma’s new stadium and adjacent mixed-use real estate complex in the Tor di Valle development. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“Rome is one of the most important and exciting cities in the world. This transaction presents an opportunity to partner with AS Roma and its major stakeholders to develop one of the most thrilling real estate projects in Europe today,” said Barry Sternlicht, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Capital Group. “The site is superb but has been abandoned for some time as the old racetrack. It seems appropriate—and, frankly, wonderful—that as Italy comes out of its prolonged slowdown, we can invest our capital and be part of this redevelopment: a gleaming, new project that will be among the world’s finest stadiums, and which we hope will be a symbol of the bright future of this incredible city, its citizens and its AS Roma fans. We look forward to enhancing our partnership with AS Roma through follow-on transactions in the coming years and participating in the resurgence of the Italian economy.”
The partnership represents a strategic investment by Starwood Capital Group in Italian real estate, with a focus on the Rome mixed-use sector, as this market is beginning to stabilize and recover.
Tor di Valle is a minimum 250,000 square meter master site development housing the new stadium campus of AS Roma and an adjacent retail and entertainment district. The site is strategically located in the southwest of Rome and enjoys excellent access and visibility. It is immediately adjacent to and easily accessible via the A90 auto route midway between Fiumicino International Airport and Rome’s city center, and also enjoys direct access to Rome’s railway system. The project likely will be the largest real estate development in Rome in the coming years.
“We are excited to have such an experienced and strategic real estate investor like Starwood Capital Group onboard,” said James J. Pallotta, President of AS Roma s.p.a. “Starwood Capital Group will add substantial value to our stadium development project, and we welcome their long-term commitment, which will further help establish AS Roma as one of the leading football clubs worldwide.”

'Important step' taken towards expanding Anfield stadium

Liverpool FC chairman Tom Werner believes another “important step” has been taken towards expanding Anfield after a legal agreement was signed with Liverpool City Council and Your Housing Group.

The ‘heads of terms’ document paves the way for the proposed £260million scheme to regenerate the Anfield area.

LFC submit stadium planning application
4th Jun 2014 - Latest News

Liverpool Football Club has today submitted its planning application to redevelop Anfield stadium.


The submission of the application follows a major public consultation in which the overwhelming majority of local residents, businesses and fans backed the proposals.

The document submitted to Liverpool City Council today applies for detailed planning consent to expand the Main Stand and outline consent for the expansion of its Anfield Road stand.

The application is expected to be considered by the city's planning committee later this year.  

If consent is granted, the proposals would see the capacity of a new Main Stand rise by 8,500, taking it to nearly 21,000 and overall Anfield capacity to around 54,000. The outline proposals for the Anfield Road stand provide for an increase in its capacity of around 4,800 seats, taking the total stadium capacity to 58,800.

Incorporating the iconic club crest into the proposed Main Stand's exterior elevation, the scheme would also include a two-storey podium and a carefully designed cloister which would become the new home for the Hillsborough Memorial.

The Main Stand would open onto a wide public space which has been designed to link the stadium and park while creating an area which is relevant and usable to the local community, particularly on non-matchdays.

Author: @LFC

Roma’s new 52,500 capacity stadium is set to be an iconic symbol of modern football, with club president James Pallotta telling Goal that the very best provisions available will help to make it a venue to rival any in the world.

The Stadio della Roma on the main route through to the centre of Rome from Fiumicino airport was recently given the go-ahead from the local council after a long consultation process, and Pallotta is thrilled to finally get the all clear.

“We’ve been putting this together for two and a half years. It has been something that we have worked on in the background, and we even presented it in the spring,” Pallotta told Goal.

“We have put hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars into infrastructure. So in terms of traffic concerns, we’re changing the roads there, we’re putting in a pedestrian bridge over the river, we’re spending €50m on the metro station, and it goes on and on and on.

“We’ve got a lot of intelligence in US stadiums, with traffic flows and things that we’ve worked hard on. We had one of the top traffic consultants in the world working on this for the last two years with us also.”

After a lengthy period attempting to locate a suitable site, the Tor di Valle area was chosen at the perfect spot for the multi-million euro venue, and Pallotta insists that no stone has been left unturned in making the arena the best in the business.

“This particular piece of land was the old hippodrome, so it has been used for sports before. This will be a much bigger and more populated facility and it will end up being one of the premier entertainment spots in Europe too, with AEG – which owns the O2 Arena in London – as our partner in the stadium. And there are other partnerships we are putting together,” Pallotta continued.

“So when we did these studies we used the best traffic people in the world, we have used Goldman [Sachs] on the financing side, we have used DLA Piper who are the best in stadium legal work. Across the board, all of our stuff has been done with the best at doing these things. And AEG say it is the most exciting project they have done in a long, long time.”

There has been some concern showed in reports from Italy, with suggestions that the proximity to the River Tiber may be an issue. But Pallotta says that far from it being a negative factor, this could help the club to get even more people through the turnstiles.
“The river is a positive for us, as the Italian government is giving a large amount of money to redo the airport in Rome, and Etihad – which is one of the best airlines in the world – is going to sink billions into it. So the capacity of the airport will go from about 30-odd million to 60 million, and the first stop on the train line which we are fixing up is for our stadium.

“There will be the ring road, the high-speed train line and then there will be a lower-speed local train line. Plus, we’re on the river and one of the things Rome wants to do is actually use that river to get people from the airport to the centre of town because it is deep enough and wide enough to start bringing boats in for transportation across the board, which will be pretty cool too. We’re also building a beautiful 50-acre park alongside the river on top of that.

“It is not going to be easy, but we’re working hard at it.”

And speculation won’t help matters. Reports in the capital have suggested that the stadium will be the property of Pallotta himself rather than the club. But the president insists that is not the case and he has explained as much to local politicians who were confused by the process involved in ridding the club itself of financial liabilities.

“The team owns the stadium in effect; the money flows to it. The issue when you are financing a stadium is that because of the costs of construction, you don’t want to put liability onto a club. No team does that in the United States.

“The only team that has done it opposite to that way for some funky reasons was Juventus. But that excepted, there’s no stadium with which the team has that ownership structure, and it’s not for taxes it’s for liability.

“You don’t want to have a situation where the stadium is not doing well and the people who are at the stadium can call and take away a team, in effect.
“So it has to get financed separately but at the end of the day it is owned by the investors in Roma, not by Jim Pallotta. I have a big piece of Roma, and I have a piece of the holding company, but so do a bunch of other people.”

Pallotta continues: “Even after construction there is a flow that goes up to the holding company in effect, but you never want to have one of those a potential liability for the other. You never want to do it the other way and have the team as a liability for the stadium, nor do you want the stadium liable for the team.

“We won’t get stuff financed unless we have a structure like this. So it’s not us trying to get the benefit of it, it flows up to the shareholders of Roma who just put in their money from the bank. It’s all the investors who have been putting money into Roma over the past three years who own the team, and the ownership of the stadium too.

“It is only set up the way it is structurally because of financing and liability. We have had to explain that to politicians left and right in order to get approval.”

The stadium alone will not be enough to propel Roma to the top of the game, of course, and Pallotta is as keen as anyone to build a successful team to mirror to the positive steps being taken off the field.

“Our aspirations are to become one of the best teams in the world and you don’t get from A to Z in the couple of years since I’ve taken over. There’s a lot to do.

“The most important thing is to put a good team on the pitch first and foremost, and I think we’re on the way to doing that. But in terms of all the other stuff there’s a long way to go.

“To use a baseball metaphor, we have the second man up in the first innings. We’ve got significant plans on how to get there and as I say it’s going to take a long time.

“Rome wasn’t built in a day, right?!”

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LFC submit stadium planning application
4th Jun 2014 - Latest News

Liverpool Football Club has today submitted its planning application to redevelop Anfield stadium.


The submission of the application follows a major public consultation in which the overwhelming majority of local residents, businesses and fans backed the proposals.

The document submitted to Liverpool City Council today applies for detailed planning consent to expand the Main Stand and outline consent for the expansion of its Anfield Road stand.

The application is expected to be considered by the city's planning committee later this year.  

If consent is granted, the proposals would see the capacity of a new Main Stand rise by 8,500, taking it to nearly 21,000 and overall Anfield capacity to around 54,000. The outline proposals for the Anfield Road stand provide for an increase in its capacity of around 4,800 seats, taking the total stadium capacity to 58,800.

Incorporating the iconic club crest into the proposed Main Stand's exterior elevation, the scheme would also include a two-storey podium and a carefully designed cloister which would become the new home for the Hillsborough Memorial.

The Main Stand would open onto a wide public space which has been designed to link the stadium and park while creating an area which is relevant and usable to the local community, particularly on non-matchdays.

Author: @LFC

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/164295-lfc-submit-stadium-planning-application

STADIO DELLA ROMA IS A PROJECT OF PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITY OF ROME

Following the official approval of Rome City Council, also the Assemblea Capitolina provided a positive feedback to the project

Rome, 22 December 2014


Following the official approval given by the Rome City Council on September 4th, also the Assemble Capitolina has recognized Stadio della Roma as a project of public interest for the City of Rome. Representatives of A.S. Roma SPV, LLC and Eurnova expressed their full satisfaction for this importantstep that recognizes the hard work done - over the past two and a half years, and particularly in the recent months - in collaboration with Mayor Ignazio Marino and his administration in developing this stadium project for the City of Rome, A.S. Roma and the fans.

"Congratulations to all Romans on this historic day. We all look forward to playing in Roma's new stadium”, said AS Roma President Jim Pallotta.

Thanks to a dedicated team of national and international experts, a direct investment worth around 1.2 billion euro will result in a privately financed Stadio della Roma that can create a minimum of 3.000 jobs during the construction phase and at least that many (3.000) during the on-going operations of the complex.

Representatives of A.S. Roma SPV, LLC and Eurnova express their satisfaction for this important achievement and confirm the commitment towards the Italian economy and business environment, considering Stadio della Roma as a project able to reboot the spirit and energy of the great City of Rome and its citizens.

"We thank Mayor Marino and the entire administration of the city of Rome. We fully embrace this opportunity and pledge our complete and ongoing commitment to bring this very special project to life", commented Mark Pannes, CEO of Stadio della Roma.

Representatives of A.S. Roma SPV, LLC and Eurnova thank the Mayor Marino and his administration for the constant dialogue, the timing of the approval process and the transparency. Parties confirm the full commitment to continue working with the Institutions, looking at the next approval step with the Regione Lazio.

Media, supporters and citizens will be updated regularly about the next steps of the project.

Spoiler:

around 1.2 billion euro