Roma receive approval to build new Pietralata stadium

Roma will wear a special third kit in their centenary season inspired by the colours of the club's historic predecessor Alba. According to Footy Headlines, the new strip will feature white and green as the predominant colours, with the traditional ASR acronym on the chest. Adidas will continue as Roma's kit supplier through the milestone 2026-27 season. The official centenary date of 22 July 2027 is still some distance away, but details of the kits that will accompany the Giallorossi through their 100th year are already beginning to emerge.

AS Roma have secured definitive authorization to build a new stadium in the Pietralata area following approval by the services' conference on Tuesday at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. The meeting greenlit the final technical adjustments and economic feasibility of the entire plan, clearing the path for the operational phase to commence. Roma will present the executive project shortly and break ground in spring, with construction targeted for completion by 2030 in time for Euro 2032, scheduled to take place in Italy and Turkey. The club will continue playing at the Stadio Olimpico until the new ground is ready. The new stadium will hold 60,000 seats, with roughly a third dedicated to the new Curva Sud, designed in the style of Borussia Dortmund's Die Gelbe Wand. The project incorporates a substantial new park, a club museum and store. According to QuiFinanza, the stadium itself will cost approximately €600 million, while the entire project is priced at €1.37 billion. The Friedkin Group and its partners will finance the scheme entirely through their own capital, a construction loan, a project bond and a VAT facility. The final deadline for completion falls roughly one year before Euro 2032 kicks off. The stadium's relocation to a different part of the city carries significant urban planning implications for Rome.

AS Roma's new stadium at Pietralata has cleared its biggest hurdle. The Services Conference concluded positively and the single authorization was signed, closing the main approval phase of the project. The groundbreaking is targeted for March 2027, but several technical and administrative steps remain before construction can begin. Crucially, the dynamic has shifted: the question is no longer whether the stadium will be built, but whether all necessary procedures can be completed to make it a functioning construction site. The first phase involves detailed design. The approved executive project must be further developed to incorporate all requirements that emerged during the Services Conference, including archaeology, environment, traffic and public works provisions. This stage is expected to take three to four months. Parallel verification and validation activities must also proceed ahead of actual construction work. Significantly, much of the process will not rest solely with Roma. A central step is a public tender for the concession—which covers detailed design, construction and management of the facility plus surface rights over municipal areas. This is not a private procurement where the club freely selects a contractor; the procedure must follow public-private partnership rules. Roma, as project promoter, begins from a particular position and may exercise rights provided by regulations within the procedure. The club must complete design work and prepare the construction phase while Rome's municipal administration handles project verification, the public concession procedure and area procedures. These steps can largely run in parallel. Additionally, procedures for expropriating private portions necessary for the project—now possible following the public utility declaration—must be finalized, with costs borne by the concessionaire. Archaeological activities required by the Archaeological Superintendent must also continue. The final phase involves concession award, agreement, guarantees, creation of surface rights and area handover. Only when all these elements are in place can the project become a functioning construction site. The March 2027 target remains realistic but not automatic; meeting it requires Roma and the administration to run all procedures simultaneously without significant delays.