Hellinikon Olympic Complex
The Hellinikon Olympic Complex is a closed, partially demolished sports complex, situated at
Venues
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Hellinikon Indoor Arena
The Indoor arena was an
During the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games, the Indoor Arena was the venue for
It was demolished in 2022.[2]
Fencing Hall
Demolished along with the arena and other buildings in 2022.[2]
Olympic Baseball Centre
The Olympic Baseball Centre in Athens consists of two Baseball stadiums. It was the site of the Baseball games at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The larger stadium seats 8,700 fans-though only 6,700 seats were made publicly available during the Olympics; the smaller stadium seats 4,000 spectators, though only 3,300 seats were made publicly available during the Games. The facility had to be constructed with significant foreign help in the design, as there were only a handful of dusty baseball diamonds in the whole of Greece before the 2004 Olympics were awarded to Athens in 1997. Construction on the facility was completed on February 27, 2004, and it was officially opened on August 12, 2004, a day before the Opening Ceremonies. During the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games, the Olympic Baseball Centre was the venue for Archery. Demolished in 2023.
Olympic Canoe-Kayak Slalom Centre
Only venue of the complex that will not be demolished after the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park is built. The venue will be transformed to a pond.
Olympic Hockey Centre
Olympic Softball Stadium
Post-Olympics Development
The table below lists the current status and usage of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex facilities. Venues in italics have been demolished.
| Facility | Olympics Use | Current/Proposed Use |
|---|---|---|
Hellinikon Basketball Stadium
|
Basketball, Handball | Home court for Also part of events hall with fencing hall. |
| Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre | Canoe/Kayak | Turned over to a private consortium (J&P AVAX, GEP, Corfu Waterparks and BIOTER), plans to convert it to a water park[5][6] |
| Hellinikon Fencing Hall | Fencing | Part of Events hall with the basketball stadium.[7] |
| Hellinikon Olympic Hockey Centre | Field Hockey | Mini-football, will be part of new Hellinikon metropolitan park complex[8] |
| Hellinikon Baseball Stadium | Baseball | Converted to football pitch, home field of |
| Hellinikon Olympic Softball Stadium | Softball | Concerts[8] |
The site was used to house refugee populations in the current Refugee crisis in Europe. The three camps were home to over three thousand refugees living in mostly tented accommodation.[11]
There are currently works under way to convert much of the former
References
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- ^ a b c Newsroom. "Ελληνικό: Ξεκίνησε η κατεδάφιση τριών κτηρίων στη Λεωφόρο Ποσειδώνος". www.ieidiseis.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-06-16.
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- ^ Olympicproperties.gr profile. Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine (in English and Greek)
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- ^ "Εθνικός | Sport.gr". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ Ethnikos Piraeus
- ^ "Story Map Journal". rrse-smi.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
External links
- Hellinikon Indoor Arena @ stadia.gr
- 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 269, 291, 318, 353, 395.
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