| Hania Stadium |
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| Capacity: 1,300 (seated) |
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The
stadium is located in Hania (also spelled: Chania), a city
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 almost everywhere.
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| Built in: 1936 |
| Record attendance: 3,850 (OFI FC vs Olympiacos CFP - on 2/2/1997) |
| Home of: Hania FC (Football League) - The club also occasionally play at Perivolia Stadium |
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More
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). Hania
National Stadium is host to the annual Venizelia
International Athletics Meeting.
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An
upgrading of the stadium, involving the construction of a new covered
5,000-seater stand, was decided in 2001, at an estimated cost of €
880.000. Works never actually commenced, due to opposition from the
local community, while at the same time it was discovered that the
stadium lies on top of an ancient cemetery. If findings of the archaelogical
dig are not deemed to be of significance, the city council has plans
to construct a much-needed underground car park below the north part
of the stadium. Finally, please note that since 2010 plastic seats
have been installed on the west stand (photos on this page were shot
at a previous time).
Hania National Stadium is owned by the General Secretariat of Sports. |
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