| Hania Stadium |
| Capacity: 3,000 (seated) |
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The stadium is located in Hania (also spelled: Chania), on
the west part of the island of Crete. Hania has an international airport,
but you may also get there by boat from Piraeus. The stadium itself
is located near the centre of Hania, off the south-east corner of the
venetian walls that surround the old town. It is only a 5 minute walk
from the central 1866 Square to the stadium. You can't miss it, as
the huge pillars of its floodlights are visible from everywhere.
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| Built in: 1936 |
| Record attendance: 3,850 (OFI FC vs Olympiacos CFP - on 2/2/1997) |
| Home of: The stadium is not currently home to any professional football club |
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data: The National Stadium is part of the Hania National Sports
Centre (Hania EAK are its Greek initials). It was built with
money donated by Elena Venizelou, the wife of Eleftherios Venizelos,
who was born in Hania (he was 5 times prime minister and the most
prominent Greek politician and statesman of the 20th century). The
stadium used to have a capacity of 5,000, but all the smaller stands
(except for the western one) were demolished some years ago. Hania
National Stadium is host to the Venizelia
annual International Athletics Meeting. It should be finally noted
that the stadium will soon go through a complete renovation and upgrading
of its facilities at a cost of about € 11 million. This will mainly
involve the construction of new stands.
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| Hania National Stadium is owned by the General Secretariat of Sports. |
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