San Siro — Milan (1990)

Italia 90 host. Upgraded external staircase design. The defining venue of football's most operatic World Cup.

The San Siro hosted the opening match of Italia 90 — Cameroon's shock defeat of Argentina — and was upgraded for the tournament with the distinctive external staircases that became its signature. The atmosphere for the Italia 90 semifinal between Italy and Argentina in Naples was reported to be the loudest ever recorded at a football match.