"Pride at hosting the Winter Olympics sits alongside quieter anxieties about rising costs, tightened security and geopolitical tension. Milan is no stranger to spectacle. Fashion Week routinely transforms the city into a runway for the world. The Salone del Mobile design fair floods hotels each spring. Hosting the Games is meant to be a natural extension of that international identity proof the city can blend culture, commerce and sport on the grandest stage."
"Friday night's ceremony will serve as the final global showcase for the storied San Siro, the 99-year-old cathedral of Italian football. Home to Inter and Milan, the stadium is scheduled to be demolished and replaced in time for Italy's co-hosting of the 2032 European Championship. Generations of supporters have passed through its gates and countless careers have been defined on its pitch. To stage an Olympic opening here is to place Milan's future in direct conversation with its past."
Milan greeted the Olympic torch with both jubilation and unease as the city prepares to host the Winter Games. Pride in hosting sits alongside worries about rising costs, tightened security and geopolitical tensions. The city frequently stages global spectacles through Fashion Week and the Salone del Mobile; the Olympics are positioned as an extension of that international identity and a showcase of culture, commerce and sport. Expectations for deeper meaning center on the opening ceremony, where the Olympic flame will be lit at the Arco della Pace. The San Siro will host the ceremony as its final global showcase before demolition, linking Milan's past with its future.
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