Karaiskaki Stadium
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The Karaiskaki Stadium is located near Piraeus in the Faliro area of Athens, Greece. It is the home ground for the football section of the Olympiakos sports club, which has been Greece's strongest football club team in recent years. The stadium is named after Georgios Karaiskakis, hero of the Greek Revolution of 1821 for national independence.
It was used during the 1896 Summer Olympics as a velodrome where Frenchman Paul Masson took the three track cycling gold medals.
It was renovated during the 1960s and again into a 33,334 capacity all seater stadium ready for the football competition of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In June 2005, Karaiskakis will become a movie theatre (Cine Karaiskakis) as a cinema screen that is 20 m long and 10 m wide will be featuring in the stadium and will be viewed between 9 and 11 PM (6 and 8 PM UTC). The movie screen will be featuring the movie Batman Begins.
External link
- Athens 2004 website (http://www.athens2004.com/en/Venues/venues?oid=ac0802b31af59f00VgnVCMServer28130b0aRCRD)