Euro 2032 / Italy: "13 cities, 16 projects, €4.5bn in private investment" (A. Abodi, minister)

"As I have said consistently over the past three and a half years, despite scepticism and often subtle hostility, something is happening with stadiums that has never happened before in our history: 13 cities (Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Genoa, Lecce, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Salerno, Turin and Verona), 16 projects (one in each city, except for three in Rome and two in Naples), €4.5bn in private investment, and close cooperation between the government, municipalities, regions, clubs, the FIGC and UEFA," Andrea Abodi, Italy’s Minister for Sport and Youth, wrote on X on 1 August 2026.

He was speaking as "in line with the timetable for Euro 2032, the FIGC received the dossiers for the 16 candidate venues before the 31 July 2026 deadline in order to verify their compliance with…