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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 stadium is named after Lluís Companys, the president of Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. With its current capacity of 54,367 seats [1] (67,007 during the 1992 Olympics), is the sixth-largest stadium in Spain and the second largest in Catalonia. The stadium is located in the Anella Olímpica, on Montjuïc, a hill to the southwest of ...
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.
Capacity of 60,000–70,000. Capacity of 50,000–60,000. Capacity of 40,000–50,000. See also. References. List of stadiums by capacity. Appearance. The following is a list of notable sports stadiums, ordered by their capacity, which refers to the maximum number of spectators they can normally accommodate.
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 ...
Stadio Olimpico (English: Olympic Stadium), colloquially known as l'Olimpico (The Olympic), is an Italian multi-purpose sports venue located in Rome. Seating over 70,000 spectators, it is the largest sports facility in Rome and the second-largest in Italy, after Milan ' s San Siro. [3] It formerly had a capacity of over 100,000 people, and was ...
For the 2004 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-five sports venues were used. Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, which used venues such as Panathinaiko Stadium and the city of Marathon for which the long-distance race would be named. From the end of the 1896 Games until the late 1970s, Greece underwent numerous political ...
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.