San Siro Profile
Location: Milan, Italy
Opened: September 19, 1926
Owner: Milan Municipality
Tenants: A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano (Inter Milan)
Capacity: 80, 074
Since 1926, soccer fans have been able to bet upon AC Milan and FC Internazionale Milano’s home games at San Siro stadium, one of the oldest in Europe. 35 000 sports betting fans were able to take in the inaugural game which saw Internazionale defeat their rivals AC Milan in a high scoring affair six to three. Originally from 1926 to 1947 San Siro was in the soccer betting news news for being the home field of AC Milan only. However in 1947, Inter Milan became the second tenant of the iconic stadium.
Aside from housing two of the most storied franchises in European football history, San Siro has also played host to the Italian National team and the UEFA League Championship game on three separate occasions in 1965, 1970 and 2001. Since 1939 San Siro has undergone many renovations. In both 1987 and 1990 for instance, San Siro was significantly modernized because it was the host stadium for the 1990 World Cup.
As previously noted the inaugural match between AC and Inter Milan was taken in by 35,000 supporters of the two clubs. Since 1926, San Siro has grown in capacity from 35,000 to as high as 100,000 in 1955. During the 1980s, stadium officials reduced the capacity of San Siro from 100,000 down to its present capacity of 80,000. However, one should note that for the 1990 World Cup, stadium officials at San Siro re-raised the capacity to just under 90,000.
Attendance has shifted back and forth between AC and Inter Milan since 1980. AC Milan continuously brings in more fans to home games then inner stadium rival Inter Milan does. During the 1991 to 1992 season, AC Milan experienced its highest average attendance record at 77,868. Conversely, Inter Milan showed its best attendance in the 1998 to 1999 season when they averaged 68, 459 fans per game.
by Webmaster on August 18th, 2010 Tags: AC Milan, FC Internazionale Milano, San Siro, sports betting
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