Roma’s new stadium project has reached the point where ambition becomes procedure. The club has received clearance to build its future home in Pietralata, a significant step in a process that has long carried weight beyond matchday: for Roma, for the capital, and for Italy’s preparations towards Euro 2032.
The coach and the club
Roma now have authorisation from the decisive Conference of Services to proceed with the planned stadium in the Pietralata district. The meeting brought together around 50 institutional and technical bodies, including representatives of the relevant ministries, the State Superintendency, Roma, the City of Rome and the Lazio regional administration.
Massimo Sessa, the Government’s extraordinary commissioner for Euro 2032 stadiums, chaired the conference. His involvement was important in accelerating the path towards approval.
The decision does not yet mean that construction can begin immediately. Roma must first submit the detailed executive project, setting out the final specifications for the development.
- Roma will file the full executive design for the Pietralata stadium.
- A public tender will then be issued for the procedures connected to public works and the related urban infrastructure.
- Only after those stages can the construction site be opened.
The shared target of Roma and the municipality is March 2027, when they hope to begin building work with the laying of the first stone.
For a club whose identity has been shaped for decades by the Stadio Olimpico, Pietralata represents a longer-term chapter: a project requiring agreement between football, public administration and the city itself before it can take physical form. The latest approval has moved Roma closer to that moment, but the detailed planning and tender process will now determine whether the March 2027 objective is met.
