#21 Beach Volleyball Centre, Athens, 2004 Summer Olympics Venue
General view of the Beach Volleyball Olympic Stadium at Faliro Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece on July 31, 2014. Ten years ago, the XXVIII Olympiad was held in Athens from the 13th – 29th August with the motto ‘Welcome Home’. The cost of hosting the games was estimated to be approx 9 billion euros, with the majority of sporting venues built specifically for the games. Due to Greece’s economic frailties post Olympic Games, there has been no further investment and the majority of the newly-constructed stadiums now lie abandoned.
