Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The Athens Olympic Park or OACA ), is a sport facilities complex located at Marousi, northeast Athens, Greece. The complex consists of five major venues as well as other supplementary sport facilities.
The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens has hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997 as well as other important athletic and cultural events. The most significant event the Athens Olympic Sports Complex has hosted, was the Olympic Games. OACA was the main venue for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. The complex was revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Venues
Spyros Louis Athens Olympic Stadium
The stadium, built in 1982 and extensively refurbished for the games in 2004, including the addition of a roof, hosted the athletics events and the soccer final, as well as the Opening Ceremony on August 13, 2004 and the Closing Ceremony on August 29, 2004.It is currently used as the home ground of AEK Athens F.C. and Panathinaikos which are 2 of the biggest football clubs in Greece
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
The Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall was completed in 1995, and was the largest indoor venue in use for sporting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, in the suburb of Maroussi. The arena was used for artistic gymnastics and trampolining and also hosted the finals of the basketball matches at the games. On May 18 and 20, 2006, the Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, that was held in Athens after Greece's victory at the Song Contest in 2005.Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Athens Olympic Velodrome
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre
Transportation to and from the venue
The Athens Olympic Sports Complex can be reached by Metro , by suburban train, or by direct bus lines A7, 602, 550.Legacy
While it was reported in 2008 that almost all of the Olympic venues utilized for the 2004 games, including certain facilities in the Sports Complex such as the velodrome and tennis center, have fallen into varying states of dereliction or disrepair, all of the facilities in the Athens Olympic Sports Complex are still in use today.The table below illustrates how the Athens Olympic Sports Complex facilities are used today:
| Facility | Olympics use | Current use |
| Spyros Louis Athens [Olympic Stadium | Opening and closing ceremonies, track and field, football | Home pitch for AEK F.C., Panathinaikos FC, Greek national football team, international football competitions ; track and field events, concerts |
| Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall | Basketball, gymnastics | Home court for Panathinaikos B.C. ; Greek National Basketball Team, International basketball competitions Concerts |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre | Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo | Domestic and international swimming meets, public pool |
| Athens Olympic Tennis Centre | Tennis | Domestic and international tennis matches, Status Athens Open |
| Athens Olympic Velodrome | Cycling | Domestic and international cycling meets |