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Athens sports and Ellinikon redevelopment updates
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Athens sports and Ellinikon redevelopment hits 2026 milestones updates
Panathinaikos began free season‑ticket sales for is advancing its future Votanikos relocation to the Botanikos area, with construction on track for a summer 2027 opening. Club owner Giannis Alafouzos announced that the new stadium will meet UEFA standards and opened paid tickets replace the historic Leforou ground, which is slated for redevelopment into a park and sports complex. To facilitate the 2026‑27 season on 14 July, keeping transition, the €280 price and club has implemented a priority season-ticket scheme for the 2026–27 season, targeting the first 9,000 holders. 10,000 new holders for the new venue. Additionally, an international architectural competition has been launched to redesign the 5,000-hectare area surrounding the stadium, including plans for a Business Park by 2028. Olympiacos continues its is pursuing a €250 million, club‑financed million upgrade of the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Stadium to increase capacity to over 53,000 seats and on 21 July raise the roof height to 52 meters. The Piraeus Municipal Council has unanimously approved the plans, though implementation requires legislative changes to permit the increased height. The project, entirely club-financed, aims to create a multi-purpose venue for international events. The Hellenic Olympic Committee has also voted to extend support the club’s expansion, agreeing to a 49-year lease extension in exchange for up to 49 years and to let the club fund the expansion, with an annual fee earmarked for fees to support Greek athletes’ Olympic preparation. athletes. The Ellinikon Sports Park, a 287,000 m² complex, Park officially opened its first phase to the public on 20 July with free entry. It offers a 1,070‑seat 2026. The 287,000 m² complex features an athletics track, four football pitches (including two artificial‑turf pitches, tennis and two hybrid‑turf fields), basketball and tennis courts, extensive green areas, a 124‑room hostel, parking and, by late 2026‑early 2027, an Olympic‑size open‑air pool and two synthetic 5 × 5 football pitches. The site hosted a sports hostel. While the ECO Rally Acropolis park is now operational, construction continues on 25 June (over 10,000 spectators, 57 crews from 24 countries) and, in July, World Cup semifinal and final viewing nights that attracted more than 3,000 visitors. Adjacent to the park, the Riviera Tower reached its structural height of 200 m and 50 floors; exterior gardens Tower, the Ellinikon Mall, and outdoor surrounding residential areas are slated for completion in 2027, like Little Athens, with the first residents moving residential handovers expected in thereafter. New premises for the Greek Gymnastics Federation were delivered, construction of early 2027. Meanwhile, the Ellinikon Mall historic Panathenaic Stadium has begun, and the Discovery Zone continues to draw strong public interest. The overall redevelopment programme, overseen begun a major renovation, including a new tartan track, funded by Lamda Development, remains on track through 2029. Capital Maritime & Trading Corp.
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