History stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Stadio San Siro (named after a saint who get a chapel on the edge of town) was a gift from Milan president Piero Pirelli (served from 1909 for 20 years) for 'his Milan'. The stadium was built in only 13 and a half months of hard work due to 120 construction workers. Total construction cost of $ 5 million lira whose value is equivalent to 4.5 million euro. The stadium was designed by Ulisse Stacchini, an architect who had a great work such as Milan's Central Station, and the famous engineer, Alberto Cugini.
Inauguration
San Siro stadium is designed based on the British model, only to football with four grandstand with a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The stadium was opened on 19 September 1926, when Inter beat Milan 6-3. The first league game at the stadium was played on 19 September 1926 in Milan's 1-2 defeat of Sampierdarenese while the first international game played on February 20, 1927 in which Italy's 2-2 draw with the Czech. By the end of 1945, the San Siro is only the exclusive property while Inter Milan play their home games at the Arena in downtown. Since then "Theatre Football" has undergone many renovations to the creation of a monument to football as it is now.
The first expansion
Milan to sell the stadium to the city council in 1935 and three years later made the decision to expand the grandstand. Football is increasingly becoming a mass phenomenon that San Siro should be expanded to meet demand. Architect and engineer Calzolari Rocca was given the task and they utilize an existing structure that supports the interior to build an external slope for easy access to the stadium. In 1952, 150,000 spectators targeted capacity, but after discussions with the city council rejected that amount. After spending 5.1 million lira to modernize the stadium, performed the inauguration on May 13, 1939 when Italy drew 2-2 with England. Total revenue from the sale of tickets for the game to reach 1.2 million lira.
The second development
Work for the expansion of both the stadium began in 1954 and 12 months later, on October 26, 1955, the stadium was opened with a capacity of 85 000 spectators. The first set of floodlights installed in 1957 and were followed by mounting electronic scoreboard in 1967. Floodlights were modernized in 1979 when the second level is built. Utu stadium was then officially renamed in honor of Giuseppe Meazza, Inter and Milan player in 1930 and the famous 1940's, on March 3, 1980. In 1986, the first level of seating into sectors numbered and colored. The main grandstand turn red, stands around and facing it is colored orange, north grandstand behind the green tinged wicket and southern stands where the fans gathered Milan colored b ru.
Third Ring
Welcoming the 1990 World Cup in Milan Township decided to restore the stadium "Meazza" after they rejected a proposal to build a new stadium on the grounds of high costs and limited time. The first proposal is to design a futuristic and amazing project: the construction of a third ring and a roof to shelter all the audience. The project, designed by architect Giancarlo Ragazzi, Architect and Engineer Leo Hoffer Enrico Finzi, is the construction of a third ring in the stands, which is based on an independent pole building was designed around the stadium. The structure of this new kewtiga ring rests on 11 cylindrical towers are made of concrete. The towers also provides access to the stands and a variety of services and stand apart from the existing building. Four of the tower is also supporting the roof beams. In order to provide maximum convenience, all new seats are ergonomic, numbered and colored with four different colors to indicate the four major sectors in the stadium. The 85 700 spectators shaded by arched roof terbuuat of polikarbon. After that installed a new drainage system and heating and a floodlighting system. On June 8, 1990 the stadium held the opening ceremony of the World Cup opening match opponents Argentina Cameroon. Since then "Scala del Calcio" the scene of the passion of millions of fans. In the summer of 2008, to meet the new standards of UEFA, the stadium has a capacity of 80,018 spectators.
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To complete this building takes 10,000 quintals of cement, 3500 cubic meters of sand and 1500 quintals of iron. To mark the needed field chalk for drawing a 80kg dimensions by 105 meters long and 68 meters wide. Barrier blocks totaling 204 each with a length of 296 meters and a weight of 1100 and 2000 tons. The roof is equipped with 256 floodlights that emit 3500 watts. To build the main construction crane mounted two 64 meter tall. In the stadium there are a number of emergency exits and an elevator servicing the weight capacity of 1000 kg. Stadio San Siro racetrack located across the city and 6 miles from downtown Milan.
Not just football
Stadio San Siro is a symbol of the city of Milan (like Scala and the Duomo) and the building is well-known not only for football but also other major events that made history. For example, a boxing match between Duilio Loi and Carlo Ortis (1 September 1960), duel replay of title junior welterweight world champion. There were 53,043 people at the time, 8 thousand of them were near the boxing ring. The battle was won by the Italian boxer, Loi and produced 130 million lira. The stadium also has also been used to hold a music concert. Bob Marley (June 27, 1980) showing the action in the Northern Tribune. There are 90 thousand people who came to watch Jamaican musician. Similar view when performing Bruce Springsteen (1985). Red stands once used to hold open a disco event. Now, under the South Tribune, there is a museum that displays all the history of AC Milan and Inter F.C. through the memorabilia of the people who make history. The stadium was visited by 50 thousand people when there was no match. Since July 1, 2000 San Siro administered jointly by AC Milan and Inter FC.