Renaming
The Naples city council asked the Italian government for permission to rename the stadium after Diego Maradona. The Argentine legend helped Napoli to win Serie A titles in 1987 and 1990, and he remains a popular figure in the city.
The council voted to ask for the renaming of the San Paolo stadium, but one stumbling block is an Italian law prohibiting public buildings to be named after any person who has not been dead for at least 10 years.
Read more about this topic: Stadio San Paolo
Famous quotes containing the word renaming:
“I keep renaming my motives, but continue doing the same things.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)