Parc des Princes

Club: Paris Saint-Germain FC

Opening: 1972

Capacity: 48,527 seats

Parc de Princes was built to provide the city of Paris with a modern venue for important rugby and football matches. The stadium replaced the old Vélodrome, that had stood in its place since 1897.

Paris Saint-Germain’s new ownership initially contemplated a large expansion or even rebuilding of the stadium, however have since decided to postpone major redevelopments until after the European Championships. Instead, the stadium will only receive a minor refurbishment, leaving capacity as it is.

Architect Roger Taillibert, Siavash Teimouri

Amsterdam Arena

Club: AFC Ajax

Opening: 1996

Capacity: 53,052 seats

The Amsterdam Arena was built between 1993 and 1996. It replaced Ajax’s previous home De Meer, which with a capacity of 19,000 seats, had become too small for the club.

The construction of the Amsterdam Arena cost €140 million.

The stadium combines a retractable roof with a grass surface. This caused some problems in the beginning: the grass rolls would not grow in the shade of the open roof and had to be replaced up to four times a year.

In recent years plans were made to increase the capacity of the arena, but these were attached to a Dutch-Belgian 2018 World Cup bid, and now this bid has failed they are unlikely to get executed.

San Siro

Clubs: AC Milan and FC Internazionale
Opening: 1926
Capacity: 80,018 seats

Stadio San Siro was a project of AC Milan president Piero Pirelli.
The 80,000 capacity San Siro is the home of two of Europe’s greatest football clubs.
In 1945, Milan had been the sole occupant of San Siro, but were then joined by Inter, who had before played at the Arena Civica.
In early 2012, Inter announced the intention to build a new club-owned stadium, which they hope to move into in 2016. Further details are expected later in 2012. AC Milan is likely to stay at San Siro.