The Meazza Stadium in Milan is commonly known as the San Siro because of its location. Standing in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy, this football stadium gets its name after Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played for Internazionale, and briefly for Milan, in the 1930s and 1940s.
The construction of the stadium commenced in 1925 under the idea of Piero Pirelli, the president of AC Milan who wanted to have a stadium in the same district as the horse racing track. The architects designed a private stadium only for football without the athletics tracks. First match was held in this stadium with 35, 000 spectators on September 19, 1926. In the match, Internazionale defeated Milan 6–3. In 1947 Internazionale became tenants and now it shares ground with Milan. Also, the Italian national team uses the stadium for occasional games and it has also been used for the 1965, 1970, and 2001 UEFA Champions League finals.
The stadium underwent further renovations for the 1990 World Cup with $60 million being spent, bringing the stadium up to UEFA category four standard. The stadium now has an extra tier added to three sides of the stadium. This entailed the building of 11 concrete towers around the outside of the stadium. Four of these concrete towers were being located at the corners to support a new roof which has distinctive protruding red girders.
There are many classy hotels near San Siro stadium. Some of them are Enterprise Hotel with 126 rooms and within 1.6 miles of the stadium, Hotel Capitol with 66 classic rooms and within 2 miles of the stadium, The Hub within 2.3 miles, Idea Hotel Milano Watttredici within 2.9 miles and with 87 rooms and many more.