Basketball returns to Panathinaikos Stadium and already Panathinaikos fans are preparing to see their team play in Kallimarmaro next September.
The symbol of the Athens stadium, which has been in the Guinness records for attendance at a basketball game for many years, is expected to be overwhelmed by people and create a modern attendance record.
The Panathenaic Situation in 1967 | panathenaicstadium.gr
The EOE, which owns the Stadium, gave the license to Panathinaikos and there will be games of this year’s tournament “Pavlos Giannakopoulos” next September. According to information, the “greens” estimate that they will be able to host around 30,000 spectators, a figure which, if confirmed, will be the highest ever attendance in Europe for a Euroleague team.
Of course, the total record, which was until 2010 as well as a world record, has been “lost” back to 1968 and the AEK final against Slavia Prague when there were around 80,000 spectators in the historic marbles.
Since then a lot has changed, the Panathenaic Stadium has been renovated and is estimated to have a capacity of around 45,000 people. In fact, just last year at Vassilis Papakonstantinou’s concert for his 50 years in singing, it is estimated that around 50,000 people turned up in Kallimarmaro!
The Panathenaic Stadium at the anniversary concert of Vassilis Papakonstantinou | NDP photo
Panathinaikos situation: When… he lost the record
The 1968 Cup Winners’ Cup final, as well as the first European title for the Greek basketball team, in AEK, also gave the Panathinaiko Stadium itself the record with an attendance of 80,000 spectators (another estimated 40,000 were outside). the stadium)!
That record stood for four decades, until 2010 when the NBA All Star Game was hosted in Dallas and Cowboys Stadium drew 108,713 spectators, which is now. it has a place in the Guinness World Record.
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