Milan, Turin and Genoa aim for the 2036 Summer Olympics
The three cities propose a widespread event like the last Winter Games. The challenge with Rome
After the Winter Olympics, Milan is trying again with its candidature for the 2036 Summer Olympics. And it will do so within a politically 'bipartisan' axis: there will be Milan, Turin and Genoa, together with their respective regions. The idea is still to propose widespread Games, in the name of sustainability. 'We see an opportunity and for me it is also a path of consistency. I have always been close to the idea of doing something more with Turin and now also with Genoa,' explained the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, speaking about the newly unveiled project. 'There are official candidacies for 2036 that are not European. Obviously we will have to go through the verification if there are other Italian candidatures and then for the Coni,' he added. 'But in short, the three mayors, the three regional presidents are motivated. Finally, it is also a nice bipartisan project that helps three centre-left mayors and three centre-right regional presidents'. The trio did not include Veneto for reasons of rail connections.
On the subject of connections, Sala explains that 'infrastructure, such as high-speed trains, will help reunite these cities. We need to move from the former industrial triangle to a different triangle, where there is science, there are universities, there is technology'.
Everything is still to be built, there is only the idea for now. The goal is to arrive united in 2036 or 2040. The candidature of the northern cities risks colliding with the one that Rome intends to put forward. But for the mayors there is no problem: 'If Rome wants to bid, it's fine and let's see which project will be better.
If the dossier was for 2036, the candidature would have to be advanced by 2029.
