The president of EOPE, George Karabetsos, attended on Monday the handover ceremony of the “Study for the Restoration of Structural Damages of Indoor Gyms” House of Athletics “and” House of Volleyball “by the Mayor of Paiania, Isidoros Lefteros, in the presence of Avigonis Attica Regional Governor, George Patoulis, Member of Parliament, Vassilis Oikonomou, East Attica Deputy Regional Governor, Thanassis Avgerinou, SEGAS President, Sofia Sakorafa, representatives of volleyball and track and field athletes and EOGE executives.
Mr. Karabetsos stated that: “I am happy and excited that one of the ‘treasures’ of Greek sports and especially volleyball and track and field, acquired as a ‘legacy’ from the 2004 Olympic Games, was literally saved from disaster.
We have to thank the sports leadership and the Minister of Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis, the Regional George Patoulis, the Mayor of Paiania, Isidoros Madis, the company “Aegeas AMKE” of Mr. Martinou, who prepared the complex study, and Mr. Liedos who worked on static studies and recordings.
“The countdown has begun to bring to life again the huge Olympic facility that is unparalleled in Europe.”
On his part, Mr. Avgenakis pointed out that: “It is a historic moment for our excellent cooperation with the local government of first and second degree, the Mayor and the Regional Governor, whom I thank warmly, as well as Vassilis Oikonomou who laid the foundations for this tripartite cooperation, in order to ‘resurrect’ the two facilities, which were among the top in Europe, and to be attributed to the athletic family.
In May 2020, we signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Municipality of Paiania and the Attica Region to launch their reopening. We are now ready to secure the funding, so that we can pass to the auction phase of the project, with a budget of almost 5,000.00 euros.
We are committed to the modernization and utilization of the entire 2004 Olympic heritage. ). We are laying a solid ‘foundation’ for safe sports throughout the country and the development of all sports without exception.
I warmly thank the Mayor and the Regional Governor for their kind words, but also the presidents of SEGAS and EOPE, who praised and applauded for the developments “.
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