(Finance) – The Portello station of Metro 5 is getting ready for Milan 2023. After the Metro 5 train dedicated to the Milan 2023 Fencing World Championships, also the Portello station dresses up for the great Milan event scheduled from 22 to 30 July 2023.
Another important stage in the approach to the great event which bears witness to the strong connection between the world of fencing and Metro 5, Official Subway of the FIE Fencing World Championships which has always been the sports Subway and which will allow all enthusiasts to comfortably and sustainably reach the Allianz MiCo Milan, venue of the Milan 2023 Fencing World Championships.
Great international fencing returns to Italy after the 2011 edition in Catania and, for the first time, will be hosted in Milan, a city rich in tradition, innovation and culture and will see the participation of over 2000 people, including athletes and technicians from from 155 countries for a great event valid for Qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Great expectations for Italian fencing, back from the eight medals won in the last edition in Cairo, and a sport in which Italy is more successful.
Portello Station therefore represents a strategic point for Milan 2023, a few steps from the venue, and will show students, tourists, enthusiasts and the curious the images of the fencers combined with the most evocative images of the city of Milan waiting to experience the emotions of the kermesse rainbow.
“We are proud to be a partner of a sport such as elegant fencing in its highest expression worldwide,” said theChief Executive Officer of Metro 5 Serafino Lo Piano“we want to make the experience of the competition live on our trains and in the Portello station which will lead the spectators to the international event”.
The 2023 World Championships will be a fundamental showcase for showing fencing to the young generations, passionate about and also outside the world of fencing and, at the same time, to maintain one of the historical Italian traditions, as well as representing a great celebration for everyone.
“Milan 2023 is confirmed as an extremely important event that will involve athletes and enthusiasts from all over the world and who, thanks to Metro 5, will be able to reach the Allianz MiCo in a comfortable and sustainable way” – he declared Marco Fichera, President of the Milan 2023 Organizing Committee. “We are very proud to have brought on board a company like Metro 5 that fully embraces all the values that the discipline of fencing embodies and that the Milan 2023 Organizing Committee is spreading throughout the territory. After the dedicated train, today also the station di Portello of Metro 5 is tinged with the colors of Milan 2023 as evidence of the value of the Milanese appointment. It is now very close and we are ready: the world championship event will guarantee a great show and will be able to welcome the interest of a heterogeneous public”.