Ano Liosia Olympic Hall
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LocationAno Liosia, Athens, Greece
Coordinates38°04′54″N 23°41′12″E / 38.08167°N 23.68667°E / 38.08167; 23.68667
Public transitAno Liosia, OSE
OwnerAEK B.C.
CapacityBasketball: 9,327
(collapsible)
8,327
(permanent)[1][2]
Handball: 9,327
(collapsible)
8,327
(permanent)
Volleyball: 9,327
(collapsible)
8,327
(permanent)
SurfaceParquet
Construction
Broke ground2001
Opened2004
Renovated2021
Construction cost€84 million euros
(2004 money)
Tenants
AEK B.C. (2021–present)

Ano Liosia Olympic Hall is a multi-purpose and multi-sport indoor arena that is located in Ano Liosia, in west section of Athens, Greece.[3] The arena was mainly used to host various martial arts tournaments but from 2021 it is used by AEK B.C. for its home games in the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. The arena's seating capacity for sporting events is 8,327 in permanent tier seating[4][5] and 9,327 with the collapsible tiers of seating.

History

Athens 2004 and the years after

Ano Liosia Olympic Hall was opened in 2004. The arena was used to host the judo and wrestling events at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics.[6]

After the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, the venue became the site of various television productions, including the Greek version of the reality show So You Think You Can Dance. From 19 May to 6 June 2010, the arena hosted the Greek Ice Hockey Championship, for both men and women. At one point in time, the arena was scheduled to be the home of the Hellenic Academy of Culture and Hellenic Digital Archive.[7][8]

AEK B.C.

On May 13, 2019, the Greek Government decided to cede the venue to the General Secretariat of Sports, with the aim of subsequently ceding it to AEK B.C.[9] On June 22, 2020, it was announced that the arena's use until the year 2040, was granted to the professional basketball club A.E.K., of the Greek Basket League, in order for the arena to host the home games of the club.[10] The club will begin using the arena for the 2021–22 season. On 18 November the Hall's Gymnasium was named Gymnastirio Stevan Jelovac.[11]

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See also

References

  1. ^ "AEK BC Official Website (in Greek)". Archived from the original on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  2. ^ ESAKE Official Website (in Greek)
  3. ^ Olympicproperties.gr profile. Archived September 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in English and Greek)
  4. ^ "AEK BC Official Website (in Greek)". Archived from the original on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  5. ^ ESAKE Official Website (in Greek)
  6. ^ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 357-8, 433.
  7. ^ "contents_gr.asp?id=266 www.olympicproperties.gr". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  8. ^ "IOC News - Olympic Updates, Articles and Press Releases". 17 July 2021.
  9. ^ gazzetta.gr (in Greek)
  10. ^ "Το "Παλάτι", που της αξίζει..." aekbc.gr.
  11. ^ Συγκίνηση έγιναν τα αποκαλυπτήρια του γυμναστηρίου Στέφαν Γέλοβατς capitano.gr

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