A meeting with AS Roma
representatives on a new stadium for the Giallorossi in the
south of Rome was "positive and constructive", the 'Campidoglio'
city council said in a statement Thursday, saying a "step
forward has been made in the process started over the past weeks
for a final revision of the project".
It said "we are at work, Campidoglio and club, to verify the
acts necessary for the conclusion of the procedure by March 3,"
adding that "technical tables" would start up on Thursday on the
project to build the stadium in the Tore Di Valle district.
Before the meeting, Rome City Planning Chief Paolo Berdini
said that Mayor Virginia Raggi's administration wanted plans the
new stadium to go ahead even though it gave a not-favourable
opinion on several aspects of the project last week.
"You know perfectly well that I want the stadium to happen so
don't tell lies," Berdini told reporters.
A campaign for the city to get moving on approving the club's
plan for the stadium has gathered steam after Roma captain and
former Italy striker Francesco Totti joined in with a tweet.
"We want our modern Colosseum, a cutting-edge structure for
our fans and all sports enthusiasts!" Totti tweeted with the
hashtag #FamoStoStadio - 'let's build this stadium' in Roman
dialect.
Roma coach Luciano Spalletti jumped in front of Sky TV
cameras Sunday to add his voice, using the dialect phrase.
"Dear Francesco Totti we are working on it," Raggi responded
on Twitter Monday.
"#Let'sbuildthisstadium respecting the rules. See you at city
hall to talk about it".
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