Napoli owner De Laurentiis says club want to move into new stadium ahead of EURO 2032

[p][b]"We have identified a 38-hectare site in east Naples on which I plan to build a 70,000-seat stadium, with 120 boxes, restaurants and everything else,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/napoli/69Dxbc61/"]Napoli[/a] owner Aurelio De Laurentiis told a press event in Rome on Wednesday.[/p][p]"There will also be an interactive museum, created by people who work for me in Los Angeles," said De Laurentiis, a film producer, adding fans would be able to 'play' with former Napoli stars such as Maradona or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cavani-edinson/Qgx2trzH/"]Edinson Cavani[/a].[/p][p]The Stadio San Paolo was built as a multi-purpose arena in the suburb of Fuorigrotta, just west of the city centre, in 1959 and was renamed after Napoli's most famous player in 2020.[/p][embed guid="36ffe61d-6082-4aac-98ac-6915f6d56030" url="https://x.com/PolymarketSport/status/2102815743028900310" social-type="twitter" /][p]Renovated several times, the stadium has a capacity of 60,000 but has long had a reputation as ramshackle and the pitch is still encircled by an athletics track.[/p][p]Napoli rent it from the city.[/p][p][b]"It could take 24 months to bring all this to fruition, and I won't be asking anyone for money,"[/b] said De Laurentiis.[/p][p]"The Maradona stadium should be demolished to make way for new housing in the city.[/p][p][b]"The local authorities want to invest 200 million euros to modernise it, but you can't do anything with 200 million euros."[/b][/p][p]He said he also wants to replace Napoli's training centre and had bought 17.5 hectares in the north of the city to do so.[/p]