Roma Are Building a Mammoth New Stadium… And It Is Absolutely Glorious
Roma Are Building a Mammoth New Stadium… And It Is Absolutely Glorious
We all know the saying: all roads lead to Rome. Thanks to the continent-wide dominance of the Roman Empire more than two millennia ago, the organisation of Europe’s arterial main roads all meet in the complex web, leading to the Italian capital.
It is here that there are signs of a new Roman Dynasty being forged, as on Monday, AS Roma were given the green light to start building a brand new stadium to replace the historic Stadio Olimpico, two years after releasing their first mock-ups of what a new ground could look like.
❤️💛 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | AS Roma want to build a NEW stadium! The images look incredible. 😳🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/CmdU700CZf
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) July 24, 2024
My goodness, have the designers pulled off a blinder here. Mock-ups and simulations of the ground, which is rumoured to be christened the Pietralata Stadium, have made their way onto social media, and every single one of them is drop-dead gorgeous. To succeed the Stadio Olimpico, a ground must be truly special, and for once, in time of brutalist architecture and overly modernised designs, the Italian outfit have understood the assignment perfectly.
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New stadiums are always divisive – in England alone, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and Man City’s Etihad Stadium have all divided the respective fanbases. Some argue that the new design brings the concerned club into the present day with its new facilities and expanded capacity, while the long-term fans and football puritans respond by saying that the new stadium is too clean, too sanitised, and lacks character.
However, we get the feeling that none of the negativity harboured by English fans towards new stadiums will be shared by the I Giallorossi fans – though each simulation differs slightly from the next, all of them look close to flawless, and the one released by the club themselves is (naturally) the finest of all - a fittingly fashionable instalment into Italy’s top flight; after all, Italy is the global centre of fashion.
Set to be built in the city’s northeast district of Pietralata, around 7.5 km from the Stadio Olimpico’s current location in the northwest, the project is set to cost the club in excess of £1.15 billion, with ground due to be broken in March next year, with a view to being ready in time to co-host games at the 2032 European Championships, which are scheduled to be held across Italy and Turkey.
🚨🚨| NEW: AS Roma have officially been given the 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 to build their new stadium! 🏟️
— Stake Football (@StakeFootball) September 28, 2026
According to the Mayor of Rome, construction is set to begin in early 2027 and will take approximately three years.
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Reports suggest the new stadium will boast the ability to host 60,000, more than 10,000 less than the Stadio Olimpico. However, the huge upside of the new ground will be that Roma no longer need to share tenancy of the Olympic Stadium with city rivals Lazio, with both playing their home games there since 1953.
Boasting their own stadium for the first time in their history will be a huge step forward for the capital club; with such an eye-catching design in the works, we highly doubt it will just be Roma fans that visit.
The forecasted design is striking but elegant – supported by narrow pillars all the way around, these pillars rise into the superstructure of the stadium with great subtlety, joining up with narrower wood-coloured strips that lend the build a retro feel, lending the facility a sense of great history despite yet to leave the concept studio.
Embossed within these wood-like fittings are key club details, including their founding date of 1927 and the famous wolf feeding Romulus and Remus that takes front and centre in their badge – the founders of the city, and thus the founders of the club.
Above the pitch, the stadium will be open-topped, but there are indications in Roma’s official release video that the large opening above the pitch could be rimmed with light fittings, allowing the ground to produce light shows and create a big-game atmosphere ahead of a big tournament, Champions League night or a cup final.
The Mayor of Rome has apparently been central to striking the deal in order for construction to take place, with Roberto Gulatieri looking to boost the city’s reputation through facility development: ”This is the first large, new facility that will elevate Rome’s footballing scene and represent a significant redevelopment of a part of our city.”
🏟️ Nuovo stadio della AS Roma a Pietralata: parere favorevole della Conferenza dei servizi
— Roma (@Roma) September 28, 2026
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Gaultieri also insisted that the building would take “precisely” two-and-a-half years, leaving plenty of time for Roma and their fans to make themselves comfortable in their new home, and almost a full three years before Euro 2032.
Until construction is complete, Roma will continue to share the Stadio Olimpico with Lazio, but now they know that their time sharing with direct rivals has an end point. Securing the first “home” ground in the club's history, the Roma board has created a reinvigorating new chapter for the future.
For context, Manchester United’s planned new ground won’t open for eight years – with just two-and-a-half years of construction planned for the Pietralta stadium, Roma fans won’t need to wait long to step into the future.
Joe Ryan 
