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The Hellinikon Olympic Softball Stadium is a
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stadium located in the Hellinikon Olympic Complex in
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. It hosted the
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competitions during the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
. The venue consists of a main softball field of 4,800 seats - though only 3,400 seats were made publicly available during the games - and 2 warm-up fields nearby. Construction on the facility was completed on 29 February 2004, and it was officially opened on 30 July 2004. Softball however, has not been played at the stadium since the end of the 2004 Olympic Games. One minder of the stadium commented that, "The softball tadiumis in perfect working order. It is not abandoned. It's just that nobody ever plays softball". The stadium has since fallen into disuse and disrepair.Olympics: Athens venues lie empty as tenth anniversary nears
BBC Sport, 7 August 2014


References


2004 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. p. 395.
Olympicproperties.gr profile.
2004 establishments in Greece Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic softball venues Softball venues in Greece Sports venues completed in 2004
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