President of Napoli wants to build new stadium for 70,000 people

“ iwe have identified a land with 38 hectares in the east of Naples, where I intend to build a stadium with capacity for 70,000 people, with 120 cabins, restaurants and everything else ", explained the director and film producer, estimating a deadline of execution of the work of 24 months and ensuring that the project will not have public costs.

The revelation was made on Wednesday night by the millionaire leader of the Italian club, during the reception of a prize from the Foreign Press Association in Rome, where he detailed that the new complex will include an interactive museum developed in Los Angeles, allowing fans to “play soccer virtually” with historical figures from the club like Diego Maradona, Edinson Cavani and Gonzalo Higuaín.

De Laurentiis criticised the conditions of the current premises, built in 1959 and belonging to the municipality, arguing that the structure “should be demolished to give way to new dwellings” rather than receiving the EUR 200 million of modernization works foreseen by the local authorities as part of the application for Euro2032.

At the same time, the leader announced the acquisition of 17.5 hectares of land in Qualiano for the construction of a new training centre for the main team and training echelons, replacing the Castel Volturno complex with ten lawn fields and 7,500 square meters of facilities.

Naples, Italian champion for the last time in 2024/25 and runner-up in 2025/26, currently occupies the ninth place of the Serie A with seven points in five journeys, under the leadership of coach Massimiliano Allegri.

The San Paolo Stadium was renamed Diego Armando Maradona in 2020, after the death of the former Argentine legend, which represented the Neapolitans between 1984 and 1991.