Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens Spiros Louis or OACA ), is a sports complex located in Marousi, Athens. The complex consists of five major venues as well as other supplementary sport facilities.
The complex has hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997 as well as other important athletic and cultural events. Most notably, the complex was the main venue for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The complex was revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Venues
The stadium, built in 1982 and extensively refurbished for the games in 2004, including the addition of a roof, hosted the athletics events and the soccer final, as well as the Opening Ceremony on August 13, 2004 and the Closing Ceremony on August 29, 2004.The venue also hosted the same events during the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
The Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall was completed in 1995, and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, in the suburb of Maroussi. The arena was used for artistic gymnastics and trampolining and also hosted the finals of the basketball matches at the games. On May 18 and 20, 2006, the Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, that was held in Athens after Greece's victory at the Song Contest in 2005.
Transportation to and from the venue
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| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre | Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo | Domestic and international swimming meets, public pool |
| Athens Olympic Tennis Centre | Tennis | Domestic and international tennis matches, Status Athens Open |
| Athens Olympic Velodrome | Cycling | Domestic and international cycling meets |