The Bianconeri have been playing at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin
since 2006, a venue which was known as the communale, Juve’s old
ground and then training ground when they moved to the Delle Alpi
in 1990. The Olimpico was then reconstructed for the winter
Olympics in the city two years ago.
The board of directors have now approved the new project which
will see the old and disliked Delle Alpi replaced with a more
modern 40,000 capacity football arena. The stadium will be
surrounded with restaurants, shops and a cinema as well as a series
of attractions which will guarantee the club extra income. It’s an
ambitious project which will cost around €105 million and it seems
the stadium will be ready for the 2011/12 season.
A statement by the club reads: “The board has given Jean Claude
Blanc approval to carry out and oversee that the project gets
underway. “The new stadium should be ready for the 2011/12
season.”
No doubt Juve fans will be delighted with the news. The old
Delle Alpi hardly attracted any fans and it was notorious for
always being empty because of the distance between the stands and
the pitch. Hopefully Juve will be able to attract the fans with
their new state of the art complex.