First class sporting facilities can be found in Piraeus. The Karaiskakis Stadium, built in 1885 as a bicycle track, enlarged in 1964 and completely rebuilt in 2004, is the second largest football venue in Greece with a capacity of 33,334 and one of the most modern in Europe. It hosted the 1971 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final and several games of the football tournament in the 2004 Summer Olympics, while it was used as a velodrome in the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Peace and Friendship Stadium, part of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex and built in 1985 opposite to the Karaiskakis Stadium, is the second largest indoor arena in the country and one of the most impressive around Europe, having hosted multiply major international events in several sports, including the volleyball tournament in the 2004 Athens Olympics, the 1998 FIBA World Championship, the EuroBasket 1987 and the Final Four of the Euroleague 1993.
first class sporting facilities can be found in piraeus the karaiskakis stadium built in 1885 as a bicycle track enlarged in 1964 and completely rebuilt in 2004 is the second largest football venue in greece with a capacity of 33334 and one of the most modern in europe it hosted the 1971 uefa cup winners' cup final and several games of the football tournament in the 2004 summer olympics while it was used as a velodrome in the 1896 summer olympics the peace and friendship stadium part of the faliro coastal zone olympic complex and built in 1985 opposite to the karaiskakis stadium is the second largest indoor arena in the country and one of the most impressive around europe having hosted multiply major international events in several sports including the volleyball tournament in the 2004 athens olympics the 1998 fiba world championship the eurobasket 1987 and the final four of the euroleague 1993