"Stadio Giuseppe Meazza."

The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza,commonly known as San Siro,is a football stadium located in the San Siro district in Milan,Italy. It is the home of both Associazione Calcio Milan and Football Club Internazionale Milano. On 3 March 1980 the stadium was named in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup Winner(1934-1938) who played for Internazionale and briefly for Milan in the 1930s and 1940s. It held UEFA five-star stadium status which was superseded by a new system of classification.

Connstruction of the stadium commenced in 1925 in the district of Milan named San Siro, whith the new stadium originally named ''Nouvo Stadio Calcistico San Siro''(San Siro New Football Stadium). The idea to build a stadium in the same district as the horse racing track , belongs to the man who then was the president of AC Milan,Piero Pirelli. The architects designed a private stadium only for football,whithout the athletics tracks which characterized the Italian stadia built with public funds.The inauguration was on 19 September 1926, when 35.spectators saw Internazionale defeat Milan 6-3. Originally, the ground was home and property of AC Milan. In 1947 Internazionale became tenants and the two have shared the ground ever since.
As well as being used by Milan and Inter, the Italian national team also plays occasional games there and it has also been used for the 1965,1970 and 2001 UEFA Champions League finals.The stadium was also used for Internazionale's UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997-98.
The stadium underwent further renovations for the 1990 World Cup with $60 million being spent,bringing the stadium up to UEFA category for standart.As part of the renovations,the stadium became all seated,with an extra tier being added to three sides of the stadium.Four of these concrete towers were being located at the corners to support a new roof which has distinctive protruding red girders.Intr is in the progress of new stadium feasibility studies.
The firts Rugby Union international at the San Siro took place when Italy played New Zealand national rugby union team in the 2009 end of year rugby tests

•1939 End stands enlarged and corners filled in. A crowd of 55,000 Italy-England 2-2
•1940 65,000 for Italy vs Germany.

• 1955 Completion of two tiers giving a claimed capacity of 100.000.

•1956 25 April, in front of 100.000 spectators Italy-Brazil 3-0 (Goals:Virgili 2 , De Sordi).
•After the Heysel Stadium disaster the capacity was reduced to 80.000 in the mid-1980s.
•1987 As a preparation for the 1990 World Cup the Italian governmend gave the Milanese council $30million for its modernization,but in the end, the cost was more than double that.Project 1990 by Ragazzi e Hoffner e Salvi:11concrete towers of 50 metres in height.Of the 11 towers,4 at each corner,protruded above the 3rd tier as support for the new roof.
•1990 Third tier completed on three sides giving an all seatd capacity of 85.700
•2002 Sky Box: 20 for 200seats. 400 all-seats for journalists.
•Future renovation may involve the completion of the 3rd tier on the east side of the stadium,although this would involve purchasing land from the present hippodrome,behind the stadium.

The stadium is located in the western part of Milan.The stadium can be reached by tram line 16 ends right in front,or using the Lotto metro station(line 1,red color,direction Rho Fiera)which is approximately a 15minutes walk from San Siro.Before sport events and concerts, a free fus connection is available from Lotto station to the stadium

In the stadium there is also a museum about AC Milan and FC Internazionale's story with historical shirts, cups and trophies,shoes,art objects and souvenirs of all kinds.