Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The Olympic Sports Complex Athens (Greek Ολυμπιακό Αθλητικό Κέντρο Αθηνών Olymbiako athlitiko Kentro Athinon ) also briefly OAKA, is a sports venue in the Athens suburb of Maroussi. This was taken into operation in 1982 and expanded since the 1990s. The complex consists of five different venues, and various farm buildings. He is influenced by the built 1999-2004 for the 2004 Summer Olympics buildings designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Location
The complex is located in Maroussi, ten kilometers north east of the center of Athens. The distance to the Olympic village is 14.5 kilometers. Building this is by the line 1 of the metro Athens. By 2003, the entrance to the station Irini was, after it has been moved to the new interchange station Neratziotissa, where connection is given to the S -Bahn Proastiakos. In the immediate vicinity of the Mall shopping center as well as a piece of the luxury label - shopping center is located on Golden Mall (former Olympic press center ) and the private hospital IASO.
Buildings
Olympic Stadium Spiridon Louis
The Athens Olympic Stadium ( popularly known as OAKA ) Its official name of Spyridon Louis, the winner of the first Olympic marathon race at the Modern (1896 ), as this on which the stadium is located in the community was born.
Until its completion, the Ancient Stadium was (not to be confused with the eponymous football club ) used for major events. A feasibility study for a new stadium was in 1978 by Weidleplan (now wpm / Dornier ) created, which later also the implementation of the construction supervised. The architects were H. Stalhout, Fr Herre and Dimitris Andrikopoulos. Striking feature of the designed in the style of brutalism building were the oblique light poles made of exposed concrete. Construction began on January 7, 1980 and lasted until September 1982. It was originally planned to use this stadium unchanged for the Olympic Games, which met with resistance by the IOC.
Before the Olympics, the stadium was completely rebuilt and modernized; the costs amounted to 156 million euros. The light poles were knocked down and the stadium received a 17,000 -tonne, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava roof made of polycarbonate screens. This largest with 25,000 m² Polykarbonatdach the world was completed shortly before the official re-opening on 30 July 2004 and covers a total of 95 % of the seats. The arches of the roof structure have a length of 304 meters, respectively, and at its center a maximum height of 72 meters. Cheating the audience capacity prior to the modernization works yet is 74 767, they stated today with 71,030 seats.
During the Olympic Games track and field competitions and the final of the football tournament of the men were held in addition to the opening and closing ceremonies here. Even before the Olympic Stadium was a regular venue of major national and international sporting events. The case most outstanding events were:
- European Athletics Championships 1982
- Football final in the European Cup of Champions 1982/83 between Hamburger SV and Juventus (1-0 )
- IAAF World Junior Championships 1986
- Football final in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1986/87 between Ajax Amsterdam and the first locomotive Leipzig FC (1-0 )
- Football final of the UEFA Champions League 1993/94 between AC Milan and FC Barcelona ( 4-0)
- World Athletics Championships 1997
- Football final of the UEFA Champions League 2006 /07 match between FC Liverpool and AC Milan (1:2)
In addition, in OAKA wore the Greek national football team from a majority of their games. Currently, the stadium is used by the football club AEK Athens. Attendance record: 74 473 (Panathinaikos Athens - ΑΕΚ Athens, semi-finals at the Greek Club Cup 1986).
Water Sports Centre
The water sports center was opened in 1991 (Olympic Aquatic Centre ) consists of three basins. Two of the pools are outdoors, one is covered. In the larger outdoor pool ( capacity 11,500 spectators ), the competition was held in swimming and water polo. Around the smaller outdoor pools, the venue of the synchronized swimming and water polo preliminary round games, 5,300 spectators had space. In the hall ( 6200 spectators ) competitions in the water jump and the preliminaries were held in water polo. The total cost amounted to 21 million euros.
Before the Olympics, made the larger outdoor pool for negative headlines. Originally, the construction of a roof was intended to protect athletes and spectators from the sun. This roof was not built, officially gave you reasons to time, but it has been speculated about a cancellation for reasons of cost .. The center was completed in late 2003 and officially opened on 30 July 2004.
Olympiahalle
Built in 1995 Olympiahalle (officially called Olympic Indoor Hall ) was the largest sports hall during the Olympic Games and one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Here for competitions in gymnastics and trampolining and the finals were held in basketball. The hall can vary depending on the sport, many viewers take ( 17,500 at gymnastics and trampolining, 19,250 for basketball games). During the Olympics, the spectator capacity was limited to 12,000. The modernization work, which took five million euros in claim were completed on 30 July 2004, the official re-opening on 10 August.
Despite her young age, the Athens Olympic Hall has already made some important major events that were held before the Olympic Games in her. So this included the Basketball U21 World Cup in 1995, the European Basketball Championship in 1995 and the World Basketball Championship in 1998.
On 20 May 2006, the Euro Vision Song Contest was held at the Olympic Hall. 2007 was the Olympic Hall hosted the Final Four tournament in the ULEB Euro League. Currently, the Olympic Hall is used by the basketball team Panathinaikos Athens which there discharged their home games.
Velodrome
The Velodrome (Olympic Velodrome ) competitions were held in track cycling. The ground capacity is 5,250, but was limited to 3,000 during the Olympics. The stadium has a complex roof structure, which was designed by Santiago Calatrava. Consisting of Afzeliaholz cycle track is 250 meters long and 7.5 meters wide. Completion of construction was on 30 May 2004, which opened on July 30.
Tennis center
The Tennis Centre ( Olympic Tennis Centre ) is a system consisting of 16 tennis courts with hard surface. Called The Main Square, Main Court, has a capacity of 8,600 spectators ( during the Olympic Games in 6000 restricted ). The two semi-final places offer capacity of 4,300 spectators ( during the Olympic Games in 3200 restricted ). In addition, there are 13 secondary places for 200 spectators. The center was completed in February 2004 and officially opened on 2 August 2004.
Detailed photos and pictures of other buildings in the complex
Part of the Tennis Centre
Up close, the superstructure of the old structure at the Olympic Stadium is visible
Exterior view of the Velodrome
The " Stoa "
Water basin at the Stoa
The former main entrance and ticket sales