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Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

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Surface
  
Grass

Opened
  
1970

Phone
  
+30 21 0956 3297

Built
  
1970

Capacity
  
4,200

Team
  
Kallithea F.C.

Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium

Full name
  
Gregoris Lambrakis Stadium

Location
  
Kallithea, Athens, Greece

Address
  
Griva 3, Kallithea 176 71, Greece

Similar
  
Mytilene Municipal Stadium, Estadio Municipal de Karditsa, Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Serres Municipal Stadium, Komotini Municipal Stadium

Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kallithea, Greece.

It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kallithea F.C. The stadium was built in 1970 and currently has a seating capacity of 4,200.

Name and nickname

The stadium was named after Grigoris Lambrakis, a Greek politician, physician, and athlete who was assassinated in 1963.

It is commonly referred to by its nickname, El Paso. The site of the stadium used to be a quarry, evident from the tall rock lining the north end of the stadium. When the stadium was being built in the 1960s, Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns were very popular in Greece, and the stadium's nickname is a reference to Eastwood's 1965 film For a Few Dollars More (which had the Greek title Duel in El Paso), as the stadium's backdrop reminded people of images in the movie.

References

Grigoris Lambrakis Stadium Wikipedia