Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium

What I can see

Today, we see the football (soccer) stadium “Georgios Karaiskakis”, which was built shortly before the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. The old stadium of the same name, which also included track, was demolished. This one has a capacity of 32,115 spectators, consists of concrete and metal, and 14 metal towers support the scaly roof protecting the spectators around the perimeter. It is a contemporary stadium with state-of-the-art technology, suites, shops, bars, museum, restaurants, gym and car park.

What I can't see

The name of the stadium comes from the fighter of the Greek Revolution, Georgios Karaiskakis, whose monument is located next to the stadium, as he was killed in the area of ​​Faliro. The present stadium hosted the football games of the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. After the Olympic Games, it was granted by the Hellenic Olympic Committee to a well-known Greek football team for 49 years. The original stadium (1953-1956), with a capacity of 22,000 spectators, had been built on the old cycling track of the 1896 Olympic Games. About a decade later, it was reconstructed and got a capacity of 40,000 spectators to host the 1969 European Athletics Games. The landscape before the reconstruction of the area, i.e. recreational infrastructure, docks and mansions, survives only in photographs by Ioannis Travlos and Stelios Skopelitis and in the painting “Alexandras Square” by Giannis Tsarouchis.

Info

• Address: Davaki Pindou and Karaoli and Dimitriou St.

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