Roma’s new stadium project has moved beyond its most difficult administrative checkpoint, but Pietralata remains a long-term undertaking rather than an immediate construction site. The club’s target is to begin building work in spring 2027 and complete its future home late in 2029, provided the next stages remain on schedule.
Approval opens the next phase
The decisive Conference of Services has given Roma the clearance needed to continue its path towards a new ground in Pietralata. The decision removes a major obstacle, yet the club must now turn the approved framework into a final buildable project.
That work has already begun. Roma are preparing the executive design, which must include all the conditions and requirements set during the conference process. The documents are expected to be filed in roughly three months, marking the beginning of the practical administrative phase.
Road to the building site
- Roma will finalise and submit the executive project, incorporating the prescriptions issued during the approval process.
- After the filing, special commissioner Massimo Sessa is expected to use powers granted under special legislation to issue an ordinance opening the tender procedure.
- The tender is expected to lead to Roma obtaining the concession without rival bidders. The club will not use its pre-emption right, for European bureaucratic reasons.
- The project must be declared ready for construction by March in order to keep Pietralata within Italy’s stadium programme for Euro 2032.
- Roma aim to open the construction site between April and May 2027.
- The planned building period is 30 months, which would place completion between November and December 2029.
A calendar that cannot drift
The coming months will be defined by paperwork, tender procedures and institutional deadlines rather than the visible drama of a new stadium rising from the ground. Still, each step carries weight for Roma’s wider future: the Pietralata plan must maintain its place in the Euro 2032 route while the club secures the concession and prepares a site capable of becoming its new home.
If the timetable holds, the first stone will be laid in the spring of 2027. From there, Roma would enter the longest part of the project, with two and a half years of construction standing between the current approval and a possible opening at the end of 2029.
