The title of the regulation is: “Improving the Design of the Electricity Market—Implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/1711 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 13, 2024, amending Directives (EU) 2018/2001 and (EU) 2019/944 and other provisions,” was passed by the Hellenic Parliament, marking a significant step forward in the reconstruction plan for the “G. Karaiskakis” stadium.
The bill had been submitted at the end of last month and was essentially the bill drafted by the Ministry of Environment and Energy, which provides for the possibility of increasing the stadium’s capacity to 52,000 seats and includes the necessary provisions for its upgrade.
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Among other things, the bill provides for the following:
– An increase in the stadium’s capacity from 33,500 to 52,000 seats, through the reconfiguration of the stands and the construction of a new lightweight canopy.
– New maximum height limits are set for the building on the west side, the new stands, and the canopy.
– The maximum floor area ratio is reduced.
– The coverage ratio is set at 60%, while it is ensured that at least 65% of the permitted floor area ratio will be used exclusively for athletic purposes. The remaining 35% is allocated to ancillary and other uses
.– At least 1,800 parking spaces are provided for.
Detailed provisions of the bill regarding the new “Georgios Karaiskakis” stadium
More specifically, Article 83, which concerns the regulatory framework for the modernization and upgrading of the “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium, provides as follows:
1. For the modernization, upgrading, and expansion of the facilities of the “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium, as depicted in the topographic diagram of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 5 of Article 7 of Law 3207/2003 (A’ 302), the following building conditions and restrictions are established:
a) Maximum building height on the west side of the stadium: thirty-five (35.00) meters.
b) Maximum height of the top of the new grandstand on the northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest sides of the stadium: Up to thirty-seven (37) meters.
c) Maximum height of the top edge of the new bleachers on the north, south, east, and west sides of the field: Up to forty-five (45.00) meters.
d) Maximum height of the new lightweight canopy, measured from all points along the new perimeter of the stadium: Up to fifty-two (52) meters. Within the field, with the measurement of the canopy’s height starting from the level of the playing field, its maximum height shall not exceed fifty-eight (58) meters.
e) Maximum permitted floor area ratio: Zero point seventy-five (0.75).
f) Maximum permitted coverage ratio: Sixty percent (60%).
For the construction, reconstruction, expansion, and upgrading of the stadium and its necessary ancillary facilities, it is permitted, by way of derogation from the applicable urban planning provisions, to align the building line with the street line, without requiring a prior amendment to the approved street plan for the area. This provision applies exclusively for the above purposes, provided that the approved street alignment lines, public spaces, and the safe operation of the road network, and that all other requirements of applicable law are met.
This alignment is reflected in the coverage diagram accompanying the relevant approval or permit, without requiring a prior amendment to the street layout plan, solely for the purposes of this provision.
2. At the “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium facilities, uses exclusively for sports purposes shall account for at least 65% of the maximum permitted floor area ratio specified in subparagraph (e) of paragraph 1.
In addition to purely athletic uses, the remaining 35% of the maximum permitted floor area ratio is allocated to:
a) Ancillary uses: Media facilities, recreational and dining areas for athletes, training facilities, playgrounds, visiting rooms, offices, therapeutic care and support facilities for people with disabilities and mobility impairments, sports injury rehabilitation and physical performance optimization, as well as centers providing specialized care, kinesiotherapy, and physical therapy services. In addition, multi-purpose cultural facilities are permitted, such as museums, sports club facilities, and sports club exhibitions.
b) Commercial uses: Sports goods stores, refreshment stands, and mixed-use food stores; health-related businesses; facilities for the production, packaging, and storage of prepared meals and food, catering services of all kinds, retail stores, as well as entertainment and recreational venues.
Within the grounds of the “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium, the use of buildings or fields as parking areas is permitted.
3. The minimum total capacity of the stadium’s parking areas is one thousand eight hundred (1,800) spaces.
4. For the modernization, upgrading, and expansion of the “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium, as well as for the construction and expansion of the parking facilities, a joint decision shall be issued by the Ministers of Environment and Energy and of Culture, updating the existing Environmental Terms Approval Decision (ETAD), following the preparation of a traffic management study and the submission of a dossier for the amendment and update of the ETCD.
5. The building permits required for the modernization, upgrading, and expansion of the “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium are issued by the Building Department of the Municipality of Piraeus.
6. The issuance of a single building permit or a revision permit is permitted, as well as the functional consolidation of the area of the “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium facilities “G. Karaiskakis” Stadium, as depicted in the topographic diagram of a) of paragraph 5 of Article 7 of Law 3207/2003, with adjacent lots, either directly adjoining the facilities or indirectly through a third lot. These plots are located within Building Block 53 of the approved street-layout plan for the area, and their use has been leased or granted to the association known as “Olympiacos Piraeus Fan Association” or to another third party to whom the association has assigned rights and obligations regarding the aforementioned facilities, provided that:
a) The lease or concession agreement reflects the owners’ consent; or, if such consent is not expressly stated in the lease or concession agreement, there is the consent of the owners, which is set forth in writing.
b) The applicable urban planning dimensions for each plot are complied with.
*photo source: olympiacos.org
