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20.7.05
So good they used it twice

With a mere 301 days to go until Eurovision in Athens, comes news today that organisers ERT have chosen the venue. Not surprisingly, given the popularity of Eurovision in Greece and the number of venues that Greece built for last year's Olympics, it is one of them. It's the basketball stadium at the Olympic sports complex in Maroussi, a suburb 9km North of central Athens. Capacity is a humungous 19,000 when the hall is used for basketball, but won't be so many with a stage inside. However, no one wants to relive Parken in Copenhagen, which everyone seems to agree was far too big for Eurovision 2001, so I'm a little concerned. This picture makes it look HUGE!


Sources: Apostolos Kourtis & OGAE Greece.


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