The country's failure to get the European Championship, however, leaves the timetable for change -- especially the structural works -- uncertain.
A winning bid would have given the federation, the government and the clubs a set of deadlines for stadium renovations, which UEFA had asked to be completed by June 2010.
The bid also foresaw the ownership of stadiums being transferred from city councils to the clubs, with the money for renovation being raised privately between clubs and investors.
If this transfer does not take place, the works risk getting bogged down in the old arguments between clubs and councils over who should pay for them, which is the main reason Italy has so many outdated stadiums at present.
As for the three new grounds, only the new Delle Alpi stadium proposed in Turin, which would be part-funded by Juventus, looks certain to go ahead.
The others in Naples and Palermo could be put on ice, particularly now that there is no longer the prospect of a glamorous Euro 2012 stage to showcase them.
Reuters