ROME (AP) β Roma president and American businessman James Pallotta remains optimistic that construction will begin on a new stadium inspired by the Colosseum by the end of the year.
The project has been slowed by a long approval process involving city and regional authorities.
But Pallotta tells The Associated Press “we’re still on the same timetable. Hopefully this fall.”
When Roma unveiled a model for the 52,500-seat stadium at city hall a year ago, the plan was to have it open for the 2016-17 season.
Pallotta says the complexity of the project β with an office park and a training facility β has been more difficult than the regulatory process.
Pallotta wants the stadium to host American college football and NFL games.
