Tempio del Futuro Perduto claims “thousands” in damages as Winter Olympics forces closure

Milan music venue Tempio del Futuro Perduto claims that it suffered “thousands of Euros” in damages after the Winter Olympics temporarily forced its closure earlier this month.

In a statement shared on Instagram, the multidisciplinary venue said it was unwillingly made to close from February 4 - 6 for the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics Milano Cortina.

“Temple suspends all activities for extraordinary security measures – it's not our choice,” they announced ahead of time, adding that the “consequences” of its closure were "real”.

The grassroots venue said that its social welfare centre, Muro della Gentilezza, had to close “for the first time”, leaving 10 young people “without psychological support.”

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Tempio’s in-house music school – Scuola Della Techno – was also made to close for the weekend, which it said left 50 students without classes.

Meanwhile, another 40 artists, photographers, videographers and actors had their work suspended, 15 performers and dancers were unable to rehearse, and 18 cultural workers were left without work for the weekend.

“More than 200 injured people, thousands of Euros worth of damages and cultural and social activities blocked,” they said. “These ‘sustainable Olympics’ are off to a good start… who will pay for all the damages?”

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While the venue has since reopened, founder Tommaso Dapri told Resident Advisor that it was not positioning itself against the Olympics, rather “calling to recognise that global music events must coexist with local socio-cultural ecosystems, not override them.”

In 2023, Tempio del Futuro Perduto was recognised as a legal venue by the Municipality of Milan more than five years after it first began hosting events in an abandoned warehouse space.

The venue was operating as a squat after it opened in 2018, and made history as the first independent multidisciplinary cultural centre to be recognised by Italian law.

Read Tempio’s full statement below.

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