Olympiacos (foto: Posnetek zaslona)
Olympiacos has announced plans to build a new 53,000-seat stadium, with owner Evangelos Marinakis promising to finance the landmark project without public money.
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Olympiacos have unveiled ambitious plans to build a brand-new 53,000-seat stadium, in what the club describes as the biggest infrastructure project in the history of Greek football.
The new venue is expected to cost more than €250 million and will replace the club's historic home, the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, which has been closely associated with Olympiacos for well over a century.
Club owner Evangelos Marinakis presented the plans during a special event, describing the project as a historic moment for both the club and the country.
"Today is a historic day for Olympiacos, for Piraeus and for Greece. We are presenting the biggest project in the history of Greek football. We have not asked for a single euro of public money, and we never will," Marinakis said.
Olympiacos currently play at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, which has a capacity of 33,334 after renovations carried out in 1964 and again ahead of the 2004 Olympic Games. The proposed new stadium would increase capacity by almost 20,000 seats and operate throughout the year.
Marinakis also criticised the Greek authorities, claiming bureaucratic delays have already pushed the project back by more than a year.
"We have been waiting for more than a year for the issue of height restrictions to be resolved. If the permits had been granted on time, construction would have started in May this year, and the stadium would have opened in August 2028. We have lost a year for no valid reason," he said.
The Olympiacos owner stressed that the entire development will be financed privately.
"The stadium will cost more than €250 million. Olympiacos and I personally will finance it. It will be the theatre of our dreams, open 365 days a year," Marinakis added.
If approved, the new stadium will become one of the largest and most modern football venues in south-eastern Europe, marking the beginning of a new era for Olympiacos and significantly reshaping the landscape of Greek club football.