Olympic Sports Hall
Capacity: 18,700 (for basketball) or 16,700 (for gymnastics)
Location:
This indoor hall forms part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, located in Maroussi (a northern suburb of Athens, 9 km from the city centre).
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Access by :
Car - Exit the city centre to the north via Kifissias Avenue and just follow the roadsigns to the "Olympic Stadium". If you come from the Attiki Odos ring road, use exit 11 (signposted "Kifissias, Olympic Stadium").

Bus - Use X14 from Syntagma Square directly to the Olympic Sports Complex.

Metro
- The ride from the city centre takes 25 minutes. Use line 1 and get off at "Irini". From there it is a 5min walk through the Olympic Complex to the Sports Hall.
Builit in: 1995
Home of: Greek National Team, Panathinaikos B.C. (Α1 Division)
More data: The Olympic Sports Hall is one of the biggest and most modern indoor sports arenas in Europe. Greeks call it (and its neighbouring Olympic Stadium) simply "OAKA" - the initials for the Olympic Sports Complex, of which it is part. The arena features a unique roof, based only on four huge pillars (each being 35m tall and the two pairs 108m apart). It is the largest construction of this kind in the whole world, according to the Greek Ministry of Sports. The arena is also built in such a way as to provide abundant natural sunlight all day long.
Besides ball games, the Olympic Sports Hall can also host gymnastics (for which its capacity is reduced to 16,700, due to the removal of the lower stands).

It has been the venue of major basketball events: the 1995 Men's European Championships, the 1995 Junior's World Championships, and the 1998 Men's World Championships.
The Olympic Sports Hall was used during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. It hosted the finals of the basketball tournament (not the prelimenaries), as well as artistic gymnastics and trampoline. In order for the then ten-year old arena to be in top shape, minor upgrading took place in early 2004. The works mainly involved its electromechanical installations and their total cost reached € 5 million.
The Athens Olympic Sports Hall is owned by the Greek State.
The second space image of the Olympic Complex comes from the website of Digitalglobe
All other photographs come from the website of the General Secretariat of Sports
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The Athens Olympic Sports Hall
Athens Olympic Sports Complex - Click to enlarge!              © digitalglobe.com
The interior of the Olympic Sports Hall
The Olympic Sports Hall during the 1998 World Basketball Championships
The Olympic Sports Hall during the 1995 European Basketball Championships
Aerial photo of the Olympic Sports Hall (on the upper left is the Olympic Swimming Hall)