The new stadium's official name is "AEK Arena – George Karapatakis", in honor of the father of the President of AEK, Mr Andros Karapatakis.[3][4]
History
AEK Arena was built on land owned by the GSZ Stadium. AEK Larnaca and GSZ have agreed to build a stadium on this land.[5] The stadium is owned by AEK Larnaca, and was built by its own cost.[5] The responsibility of the construction was assigned to Balltown Holdings (Public) Ltd, which was founded for this purpose by AEK.[5]
The construction of the stadium was planned to be done in two phases. The first phase began on 7 September 2015.[6][7] Initially, only 3 of the 4 stands would be built.[5] However, in the course of the implementation of the project, a mandate was given to build the fourth stand.[8][9]
The stadium was inaugurated on Monday 17 October 2016 with the match between AEK and Aris for the 7th matchday of the 2016–17 Cypriot First Division. AEK won the match with 4–0 score. The first goal which achieved in AEK Arena was scored by Jorge Larena.[10][11][12] The official inauguration took place on 27 November 2016.[13][14]
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AEK Arena Georgios Karapatakis Greek AEK Arena Gewrgios Karapatakhs is a football stadium in Larnaca Cyprus Completed in 2016 it is the home ground of AEK Larnaca and has a total seating capacity of 8 058 AEK ArenaFull nameAEK Arena Georgios KarapatakisLocationLarnaca CyprusCoordinates34 55 34 68 N 33 35 51 89 E 34 9263000 N 33 5977472 E 34 9263000 33 5977472OwnerAEK LarnacaOperatorAEK LarnacaCapacity8 058Field size105 m 68 m 344 ft 223 ft SurfaceNatural GrassScoreboardYesConstructionBroke ground2016Built2015 2016Opened17 October 2016 6 years ago 2016 10 17 1 Construction cost 8 500 000 2 General contractorZEMCO GROUPMain contractorsZEMCO GROUPTenantsAEK Larnaca FC 2016 ASIL Lysi 2019 2021 Cyprus national football team Contents 1 Name 2 History 3 Funding 4 Categorisation 5 References 6 External linksName EditThe new stadium s official name is AEK Arena George Karapatakis in honor of the father of the President of AEK Mr Andros Karapatakis 3 4 History EditAEK Arena was built on land owned by the GSZ Stadium AEK Larnaca and GSZ have agreed to build a stadium on this land 5 The stadium is owned by AEK Larnaca and was built by its own cost 5 The responsibility of the construction was assigned to Balltown Holdings Public Ltd which was founded for this purpose by AEK 5 The construction of the stadium was planned to be done in two phases The first phase began on 7 September 2015 6 7 Initially only 3 of the 4 stands would be built 5 However in the course of the implementation of the project a mandate was given to build the fourth stand 8 9 The stadium was inaugurated on Monday 17 October 2016 with the match between AEK and Aris for the 7th matchday of the 2016 17 Cypriot First Division AEK won the match with 4 0 score The first goal which achieved in AEK Arena was scored by Jorge Larena 10 11 12 The official inauguration took place on 27 November 2016 13 14 The first match of European competition was held on 29 June 2017 for the first qualifying round of Europa League 2017 18 when AEK faced Lincoln Red Imps F C AEK won the match with 5 0 score 15 16 17 Funding EditThe cost of building the stadium 5 18 1 7 million for the first phase done 2 3 million for the second phaseCategorisation EditAEK Arena is classified as a UEFA Category 3 stadium 19 20 21 After the completion of the second phase projects the stadium will belong in UEFA Category 4 22 23 24 20 References Edit GHPEDO AEK Larnacas Archived from the original on 2017 06 11 Retrieved 2017 06 16 1 dead link AEK Arena h onomasia toy neoy ghpedoy goal com cy 2016 05 31 Archived from the original on 2016 05 31 Retrieved 2016 05 31 AEK Arena Gewrgios Karapatakhs shootandgoalcy com 2016 05 31 Archived from the original on 2016 05 31 Retrieved 2016 05 31 a b c d e Frantzh Ths Katerinas 2015 08 15 AEK Ghpedo se ennea mhnes News www sigmalive com Archived from the original on 2016 04 12 Retrieved 2016 04 12 Prwth mera ergasiwn kai to oneiro pairnei sarka kai osta www themasports com Archived from the 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Retrieved 2017 07 08 H kata8esh 8emelioy li8oy sto neo ghpedo www sigmalive com 2015 11 16 Archived from the original on 2016 04 12 Retrieved 2016 04 12 Telh Maioy etoimo to ghpedo 24sports com cy 2015 11 16 Archived from the original on 2016 04 12 Retrieved 2016 04 12 To Maio 8a filo3enei agwnes omilwn h AEK Arena REPORTER 2016 10 17 Archived from the original on 2016 10 17 Retrieved 2016 10 17 External links Edit Cyprus portal Association football portalOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AEK Arena Georgios Karapatakis amp oldid 1148359202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
