Athens Olympic Sports Complex - Athens - Greece
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The Athens Olympic Park (formerly known as Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spiros Louis", is a sport facilities complex located at Marousi, northeast Athens, Greece.
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The Athens Olympic Park (formerly known as Olympic Athletic Center of Athens "Spiros Louis", is a sport facilities complex located at Marousi, northeast Athens, Greece. The complex consists of five major venues as well as other supplementary sport facilities.
The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens has hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997 as well as other important athletic and cultural events. The most significant event the Athens Olympic Sports Complex has hosted, was the Olympic Games. OACA was the main venue for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. The complex was revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Venues
Spyros Louis Athens Olympic Stadium
Main article: Olympic Stadium (Athens)
Spyros Louis Athens Olympic Stadium
The stadium, built in 1982 and extensively refurbished for the games in 2004, including the addition of a roof, hosted the athletics events and the soccer final, as well as the Opening Ceremony on August 13, 2004 and the Closing Ceremony on August 29, 2004.
It is currently used as the home ground of AEK Athens F.C. , one of the biggest football clubs in Greece.
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
The Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall (also known simply as the Indoor Hall) was completed in 1995, and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, in the suburb of Maroussi. The arena was used for artistic gymnastics and trampolining and also hosted the finals of the basketball matches at the games. On May 18 and 20, 2006, the Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, that was held in Athens after Greece's victory at the Song Contest in 2005.
Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Athens Olympic Velodrome
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre
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