San Siro

AC Milan tickets

For an AC Milan match, activate a MyMilan account first, because buying online requires one. There is no fixed on-sale date; tickets usually go on sale a few weeks before the matchday. Each buyer can take up to four tickets per transaction. You don’t need the club’s CRN fan card, since there is always a general sales period for fans without one. What the card adds is the right to buy when a match is on restricted sale at the authorities’ request, and it can be activated with a single-match ticket bought in your own name.

AC Milan also sells in person: at the Casa Milan ticket office, at the ticket office in its Via Dante flagship store and at Vivaticket points of sale, as well as on the Vivaticket website. The stadium ticket offices open on matchdays only, and only when tickets are left after the presale phase. The club’s own warning is to buy through official channels and nowhere else.

An AC Milan ticket is personal, and it cannot be handed to someone else except where the law and the club allow. The allowed way is the club’s online transfer service, which works until one hour before kick-off. The public authorities can order that service switched off.

Inter tickets

For an Inter match, the early sale phases are for fans registered in INTERISTA, the club’s loyalty programme, with a Siamo Noi or Inter Club card linked to their inter.it profile. The Siamo Noi card can be bought online. Inter also runs open general sales.

Inter’s ticket types differ in what happens if you can’t go. A Base ticket allows one change of user, for a fee, while a Plus ticket includes one change in its price. The change is made online, from about 24 hours before the match. A Hospitality ticket adds a dedicated lounge and catering. Inter does not cancel or refund a ticket once it is bought. It does run an official resale platform, where season-ticket holders put their seat for a single match back on sale.

• Milano CentraleM2 towards Abbiategrasso/Assago, change at Garibaldi FS to M5.
• Milano Porta GaribaldiM5 runs directly to San Siro Stadio.
• CadornaM2 towards Cologno Nord/Gessate, change at Garibaldi FS to M5.
• Malpensa airportMalpensa Express to Milano Cadorna, then M2 towards Cologno Nord/Gessate and change at Garibaldi FS to M5.
• Linate airportM4 towards San Cristoforo, change to M1 at San Babila, then change to M5 at Lotto.
• Orio al Serio airportA regular coach to Milano Centrale, then M2 towards Abbiategrasso/Assago and change at Garibaldi FS to M5.

All the stations useful for the stadium, San Siro Stadio, San Siro Ippodromo and Lotto, are accessible and have lifts. On match days extra vehicles run on lines 16 and 90/91.

Don’t plan to park by the ground. Parking in the streets around it is reserved for residents, and unauthorised vehicles risk a fine and being towed away. On match days a shuttle links the Lampugnano car park and the stadium.

After the match

After the match, two M5 stations are out of use: the police have San Siro Ippodromo and Segesta closed near the end of the game. ATM suggests San Siro Stadio or Lotto on M5, or walking to Lotto for M1, which it puts at 15 minutes. Lotto may be crowded as fans leave, and the direct corridor for changing between M1 and M5 there may be closed for public order reasons. Once the metro has closed for the night, replacement and night buses run.

How you reach Milan can settle the choice. The stadium operator’s route from Malpensa comes in on the Malpensa Express to Cadorna, and the coach from Orio al Serio arrives at Milano Centrale. From either station it is M2 to Garibaldi FS, then M5. The route from Linate joins M5 at Lotto.

Lotto has a second use after the match: it is the station ATM suggests walking to, at 15 minutes, although it may be crowded as fans leave.

Leave your luggage where you’re staying. The stadium has no luggage storage on matchdays, and suitcases are not permitted inside.

• suitcases and baby prams
• umbrellas with tips
• helmets and professional cameras
• bottles with caps and other closed drink containers

The stadium rules also forbid bringing in alcohol, any drink in a can or bottle, flags with a double pole, and musical instruments or sound devices. The one exception is a single-beat drum authorised in advance.

Food and drink are sold at kiosks and bars inside the stadium and around it, with refreshment points on every ring.