Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex
37°56′N 23°41′E / 37.933°N 23.683°E
The Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Sports Complex is a complex in the coastal zone of
The complex consists of the following venues:
Peace and Friendship Stadium
The Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF, known as S.E.F. is an indoor arena located in
The arena which was built in 1981 and it opened in 1985
Renovations for the Olympics commenced in April 2002 and were completed on June 30, 2004. The new stadium was officially opened on August 11, 2004, shortly before the opening of the games. The venue's current regular seating capacity is 14,940 seats, while the regular capacity was 17,000 seats before the 2004 Summer Olympics renovation.
However, for home playoff matches of the
Sports Pavilion
The Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena (37°56′09.94″N 23°41′27.91″E / 37.9360944°N 23.6910861°E) is an indoor arena in Palaio Faliro, in Attica, Greece. It was the site of preliminary matches in handball and the taekwondo competition in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens. The arena was completed on December 20, 2003, and officially opened on August 12, 2004, shortly before the Olympics. The arena seats 8,536, though only 5,800 seats were publicly available during the Olympics.
Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre
After the games
The Peace & Friendship Stadium is used by
Some of the facilities are presently in use or in the process of being converted for post-Olympics use, as shown below:
| Facility | Olympics Use | Current/Proposed Use |
|---|---|---|
| Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus | Volleyball | Home court for |
References
- ^ "History (gr)". Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ ΣΤΑΔΙΟ ΕΙΡΗΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΙΑΣ Olympiacos Basketball Section Home court
- ^ http://portfolio.sport24.gr/sef Archived 2016-09-10 at the Wayback Machine SEF transformations
- 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 349, 403, 417, 425.
