Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Stadium in Patras, Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium (Greek: Παμπελοποννησιακό Στάδιο, "Pan-Peloponnese Stadium") is a stadium located in Patras, Greece. The stadium was originally built 1981 as National Stadium of Patras (Εθνικό Στάδιο Πατρών, Ethniko Stadio Patron).
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Full name | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium |
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Former names | National Stadium of Patras |
Location | Patras, Greece |
Public transit | Aghios Andreas railway station |
Owner | Public Real Estate Company S.A. (state-owned) |
Operator | Municipality of Patras |
Capacity | 23,588 (expandable to 30,000) |
Surface | Grass |
Scoreboard | 2 |
Construction | |
Built | 1981 |
Opened | 1981 |
Renovated | 2004 |
Construction cost | 30,000,000 € (2004) |
Architect | Grammatopoulos-Panousakis and associates |
Tenants | |
Panachaiki |
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In 2002, reconstruction works began and it reopened on 8 August 2004, just in time to host football (soccer) matches for the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] The stadium seats 23,588, though only 18,900 seats were publicly available for the Olympic matches.
It is owned by the Public Real Estate Company S.A., a state-owned company, and it is operated by the Municipality of Patras.[2]