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Hellinikon Olympic Arena

Hellinikon Olympic Arena is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hellinikon Olympic Arena rather than just read about it. In short: The Hellinikon Olympic Indoor Arena was a multi-use sports indoor arena that was located in Elliniko, a suburban town in the southern part of the Athens urban agglomeration, Greece. It was a part of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex, and it was located adjacent to the Helliniko Fencing Hall.

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Reference excerpt

The Hellinikon Olympic Indoor Arena was a multi-use sports indoor arena that was located in Elliniko, a suburban town in the southern part of the Athens urban agglomeration, Greece. It was a part of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex, and it was located adjacent to the Helliniko Fencing Hall. It was approximately 10 miles from the Athens Olympic Village. It was built on the site of the former Hellinikon International Airport for the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Paralympics. The arena had in use its full seating capacity of 15,000 spectators for basketball, and 13,500 for handball during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. However, only 12,500 seats were made available to the public for the basketball tournament, and only 10,700 for the handball tournament. After the Olympics, only the lower tier 8,500 seats have been made available by the arena's owners for public use. However, the arena can still hold 15,000 for basketball with the upper tier in full use. The arena was also known as the National Athletic Center Elliniko "Makis Liougas". It was demolished in 2022.

History

Construction The facility, which was built by Michaniki and EllisDon Construction Corporation was completed on May 31, 2004, and officially opened on July 30, 2004. It was built to be one of the most NBA-like arenas in Europe at the time. It was converted into a basketball arena by converting the old Athens Airport aircraft repair hangar of the Olympic Airways airline that had closed in the year 2001. The metal frame of the arena was the only part of the structure that remains from the original building. This was done to save in costs for both land and construction. The cost of the project was about €49 million euros in 2003.

2004 Olympics The arena hosted the basketball preliminary games and the handball finals. During the 2004 Summer Paralympics, it was also the venue used for wheelchair rugby.

Greek Basket League The arena has been used as a home arena, at one time or another, of the Greek Basket League basketball teams Panionios, Panellinios and AEK Athens. It also hosted several finals matches of the Greek Cup.

See also List of indoor arenas in Greece

References

Olympicproperties.gr profile. (in English and Greek)

External links

Hellinikon Indoor Arena @ Stadia.gr Builders' Website @ Ellisdon.com

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hellinikon Olympic Arena

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hellinikon Olympic Arena claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hellinikon Olympic Arena before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hellinikon Olympic Arena ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hellinikon Olympic Arena

In research: Hellinikon Olympic Arena appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hellinikon Olympic Arena in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hellinikon Olympic Arena is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 2004, Defunct basketball venues in Greece, Demolished buildings and structures in Greece, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hellinikon Olympic Arena outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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