We went to the 2004 Olympic Stadium in Athens. The Stadium
itself was built in 1979 as was an all-purpose area that has held many events
over the years. Soccer has been the main purpose of the field, but everything
from track & field to concerts have been featured. For the 2004 Olympics,
the city of Athens and the country of Greece funded an Italian contractor to
build the large canopy that the Stadium is known for. The canopy was assembled
in two complete pieces and moved into place. The rest of the Olympic campus in
Athens incorporates pools, tennis courts, velodrome, and many athletic
facilities. After the Olympics concluded the facilities are still used for many
professional and semi-professional events as well as community events like
swimming lessons. Below is a link to our group spin at this stadium. What a family!
The next day we travelled to the 1896 marble stadium. This
was created for the first modern Olympics when Pierre de Coubertin revamped the
Olympic Games after their cancellation years earlier. It was such an amazing
experience for our entire group. We walked in and each of us were given
personal informational recorders, which allowed us to have a self-guided tour
of the stadium and museum. We got to see many of the previous Olympic torches
of the summer and winter Olympics in the museum. The self-guided nature of it
gave each of us our own pace and experience. We eventually all made our way to
the placing platforms and organized ourselves among the victors of years past.
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