Q8 to clean up stadium site with the city as Qualiano moves ahead

Clean-up work has already started at the former refinery in San Giovanni a Teduccio, and Kuwait Petroleum International, which owns the Q8 brand, wants to finish it together with Naples city council. The agreement goes beyond decontaminating the land. It also includes a green space for people who live in the area.

Of the two building projects on De Laurentiis's mind, the training centre is further along. For the Qualiano site, a draft preliminary agreement is already with the owners' lawyers. The stadium has a price: at least €20m for about 25 hectares. But Q8 first wants preliminary approval from the city's institutions.

Q8 and the council working together on the clean-up is a real step forward, but for now it matters more to the neighbourhood than to Napoli. The 70,000 seats will remain a drawing until a stadium project reaches Palazzo San Giacomo (Naples city hall).