Larissa New Stadium

[george21]

I thought I might open this topic as Larissa's new stadium is nearly built, it's looking great :tup: here's some pics.

[Euro2004]

Looks great and it's intimate too so could be a real cauldron

[PAO-1908]

How many people does it hold? It looks like it will be intimidating when it is full. Somewhat like Kopenhagen's stadium.Good for Larissa, now when will the big boys start digging their Palaces? :rolleyes:

[Crazy]

AEL FC Arena is the name that they picked for the new stadium.

Here is the whole announcement from AEL president Kostas Pidalakis:

[george21]

How many people does it hold?

It will hold 16,118 people with the possibility to expand to 18,000 for the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

Here's a recent video of the stadium.

[george21]

Here's some more pics. The stadium will be ready on the 23/11/10 and the first match that will take place here will be Larissa VS AEK in the Greek Cup.

[thrylos]

18,000 is not bad.

the stadium looks great and it is positive for Greek soccer to see this.

i wish the stadium was a tad larger though.

i htink teams with aspirations need to have 25,000 seat stadium or more.

[george21]

They have started to put seets on the big stand and have put some grass on the pitch. I am really glad that each side has a stand, many greek teams build 3 stands and leave out the 4th like Xanthi or leave out a section like Panionios.

[george21]

Here's some more pics, the pitch is almost done.

[athinaios]

I'm happy to see this. Greek teams need more stadia like that. Capacity is good too--if they can fill it close to capacity during SL games, great! They don't need more than that for the occasional bigger game (and big teams fans can't travel nowadays anyway). Better to have a smaller filled stadium than a half-filled bigger one.

I just hope hooligans don't destroy it. :angry:

[george21]

I just hope hooligans don't destroy it. :angry:

Yeah, lets hope they have respect for the stadium. Here's some more updates.

[george21]

5 more days until the grand opening :tup:

[Genome]

The Greece - Canada friendly will apparently be played here.

[george21]

Here's a picture of the main entrance, tomorrow is the opening of the stadium :tup:

[george21]

Here's a live stream of the opening of AEL FC ARENA.

http://www.sport.gr/default.asp?pid=69&vid=33522

[george21]

Here's some more pictures.

[george21]

Pictures from the opening.

[PAO-1908]

Nice to see the Hooligans in Larrisa staked their seats. Stadium looks Great . Good Luck Larrisa!!!

[george21]

More pictures of AEL FC ARENA.

[Ethnikos]

Are these guys going to get they're stadium back or what?

[aelarag1]

Hey Reaper, what actually happened to the new stadium? 

[Dutch Eagle]

Though I'm not Reaper I can tell you that the stadium is used properly. Last month for the UEFA U-19 Championship.

And your AEL uses it again as they will be tenants again after a short spell.

BTW good to have you on this forum!!!

[RED SHERIFF]

if Kougias 'FIXED' the issue one can only wonder how stubborn and stupid the others must have been...

[aelarag1]

Oh yes sorry Dutch Eagle, my mistake buddy. And thanks for the info on the stadium. Ive seen a couple clips on AEL and they have been in the new stadium which is encouraging. Good to be here chewing the fat with you guys.

[pash]

I took a walk around the stadiums in Larissa a few years back while visiting a cousin who was attending the panepisthmio there. Nice town, krima that such a nice place was essentially unused. Even reading the reasons for the dispute on here and in the gs.com forums (and on wiki!) I still don't really get what's going on.