2023-09-29 18:47:48
The Athens Olympic Stadium, the largest sports infrastructure in Greece, is closing its doors with immediate effect. At issue: the glass and metal roof which no longer meets certain regulatory standards.
Consequently,“all sporting and cultural activities carried out at the stadium and the velodrome are suspended from today”said the Olympic Sports Center of Athens (OAKA), specifying that a second study had to be carried out in order to confirm these first results.
Weighing nearly 9,000 tonnes, this glass and metal roof was designed by the famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, for a budget of 256 million euros, or 30 million more than the initial budget.
The “home” of Panathinaikos in the Europa League
The 69,600-seat stadium, built in 1982, is hosting the matches of the Panathinaikos football club in the Europa League this season. Panathinaikos played once morest Villarreal on September 21 and a meeting with Rennes was scheduled for October 26.
The stadium also hosts athletics events and concerts, such as that of the American hard rock group Guns N’ Roses in July.
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