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Third-party owned stadiums standing in the way of Italian clubs' growth

AS Roma

PA Images | AS Roma's American owner, James Pallotta, has struggled the past six to seven years with getting permission to build a new stadium but never been able to achieve permission from the local municipality. 

Just three out of 20 Serie A clubs own their stadiums, driving an increasing gap between the Italian top flight and the rest of Europe's major leagues.

As most venues are municipality-owned, local bureaucracy and political infighting make it difficult for clubs to get planning permission for modernisation or building new venues.

Clubs need to start investing in infrastructure rather than starting over again every year through the transfer market, according to KPMG.

15 June 2020 - 3:01 PM

By Emil Gjerding Nielson

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