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The Panathenaic Stadium (Greek: Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, romanized:Panathinaïkó Stádio, [panaθinai̯ˈko ˈstaðio]) [ a ] or Kallimarmaro (Καλλιμάρμαρο [kaliˈmarmaro], lit.'beautiful marble') [ 3 ][ 4 ] is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, [ 5 ] it is the ...
The capacity figures are for each stadium's permanent total seating capacity. Current stadiums: capacity of 30,000 or more Notes: ... Panathenaic Stadium: 45,000:
Only stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included in this list. Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such as Great Strahov Stadium, which was the largest in the world and held around 250,000 spectators), are not included.
Olympic Stadium (Athens) The Olympic Stadium of Athens " Spyros Louis " (Greek: Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο Αθηνών "Σπύρος Λούης", Olympiakó Stádio Athinón "Spýros Loúis") is a sports stadium in Marousi, in the north section of Athens, Greece. With a total capacity of 75,000, it is the largest sports venue in Greece.
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (Greek: Γήπεδο Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης), commonly known as Leoforos Alexandras Stadium or Leoforos Stadium, is a football stadium and multi-sport center in Athens, Greece. It was inaugurated in 1922 and is the oldest football stadium in Greece currently active. It is the traditional athletic ...
at Stade de France–Saint-Denis. Stade de France (French pronunciation: [stad də fʁɑ̃s], lit.'Stadium of France') is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the largest stadium in France. The stadium is used by the French national football and rugby ...
The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The athletic events were staged at the Panathenaic Stadium, which is still in use today. In 1865, Evangelis Zappas left a vast fortune in his will with instructions to excavate and refurbish the ancient Panathenaic stadium so that modern Olympic Games could be held every four years "in the manner of our ...
The National Stadium[ 3 ] (国家体育场), a.k.a. the Bird's Nest (鸟巢), [ 4 ] is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.