I don't think they have the room because they can't demolish the stadium. They waited too long to make that decision.
Here there would be another stadium to use while a rebuild was being done even if it wasn't ideal. There must be 20 stadiums NFL and college football, major league and minor league baseball and high school staduims) in DFW that could be used if they had to tear down Frisco to build a newer stadium. Other countries don't have that.
Nearly all Italian stadia are owned by the municipalities. Politicians want votes (as well as kickbacks and ghost jobs for relatives/hangers-on) but there aren't many votes in repairing or upgrading something so nothing is done until the last minute. Meanwhile, why should the teams spend money on infrastructure that they don't control. Which means that nearly every stadium in Italy was designed or built for Italia 90 or earlier and is obsolete, especially in terms of revenue streams like premium boxes, hospitality, merchandise selling, etc. The only teams that own their own grounds are Juve and Udinese. Not surprisingly, those grounds are as good as anything in England or Germany
Which is why many also have, but have made an effort to get away from, running tracks. Need to have the municipal stadium multi-purpose.
And very few Serie A clubs own theirs: Juventus, Udinese, Atalanta, Sassuolo, Frosinone. I believe that's all. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis, for example, has tried for years to buy the stadium from the municipality, but they won't sell it. It underwent renovations a few years ago, but that was only because the city hosted an international university athletics competition, and so the club didn't have to pay for them.
The Italian teams will have to adopt the American strategy of threatening to leave when their contracts are up. I guess they'll have to have a serious plan that will actually work for a new venue. Either you sell to us or we move. If a few follow through it will help the next ones.
Not the same. In Italy all small city's have a team already in place. In the USA, there are many major city's without a team so the threat can be legitimatey carried out (ie; The A's of MLB from Oakland to Vegas). Also in the USA there is probably more a willingness to use tax dollars to build areana's and stadium's for Billionaire's. Not sure the Italians would be so understanding. Eventually they will come. Arsenal, Man City were still playing out of 100+ Year Old stadiums until recently, relatively speaking. BMO Field (Toronto FC of MLS) is owned by the city as well. Only difference is it's a SSS. I can see both Milan and Rome clubs in their own stadiums soon enough. Kinda not good for me as Juve fan as I will not have this to rag on their fanbase anymore. Also, an earlier message. I do believe Frosinone own their own stadium as well. Looks good on TV too and appropriately sized for that city.
Tessmann plays the whole match with good stats and a yellow card in a strong 3-1 win over Bari. 3 shots, insane 7/9 on accurate long balls. They move into third place.
Looking good in Serie B: Tanner Tessmann in the top 10 for best rated players in Serie B for Sofascore and FotMob.Gianluca Busio in the top 10 for FotMob. pic.twitter.com/LrWIcCBxk8— Kranks (@dis_possessed) March 10, 2024
Thanks all, I saw a bunch of "news" this week, which as pointed out above, really didn't say much about what exactly is going to happen with the new stadium. I guess we'll find out in a year or two (or ten, this being Italy).
He was linked to those Serie A clubs this past summer. I figured he was going to get sold last summer but he’s stayed. Now it looks fairly certain he’ll move up to Serie A (or another league) this summer. He was also linked to Stuttgart last summer iirc.
Again I'm not talking about a team leaving to another city. I'm talking about them moving to the outskirts or a suburb. Both Ac Milan and Venezia have talked about doing just that. Milan has also talked about fixing their existing stadium. The ACM owner has actually talked about starting a company to do just that for other teams to strengthen Serie A so they can better compete with the other top leagues. So this is not an American type thing and the hardest part is getting local governments to do anything. Not sure how long contracts are but I would think the only pressure would be when a contract is winding down to start threatening with a real option to move to a new stadium in a different part of the city or a close in suburb. Then follow through or get your current stadium completely updated and maybe get partial or complete ownership. To bring the back to Tanner the Tank with both him and Busio playing together and looking like two of the better mids in Serie B I'd have to think they might be starting together at the Olympics.
Doesn't seem like the usmnt coach rates tanner. Why? Looking at American mids, not many are better. Forza Tess!
He was/was going to be called up to the 2023 Gold Cup but declined/wasn't selected because he was getting married last summer. He would have gotten an extensive run with the USMNT that summer if he had been available. Otherwise he's been rated behind some combination of Musah, McKennie, Adams, De La Torre, Aaronson, Johnny Cardoso and Reyna who have generally occupied the 3 midfield spots for the U.S. the last couple of years. Once he moves up to a first division and starts performing well he will become a mainstay in the program. He's really only broken out in the last year or so and there haven't been that many opportunities + his CM competition is not a buncha bums. These are guys playing at AC Milan, Juve, Real Betis, Celta Vigo, Union Berlin, BVB and AFC Bournemouth.
Most MLS mids also don’t skip the Gold Cup where they get 6-7 caps every tournament. There’s no injustice going on here.
Hmm. I see Juventus, AC Milan, Real Betis, Celta Vigo, PSV and Bournemouth. I forgot - which ones are MLS?