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The history of the stadium begins in 1957. It was then when\u00a0PAOK<\/strong>\u00a0bought a 30-acre plot in\u00a0Ano Toumpa<\/strong>\u00a0for the feeo f 6,000,000 drachmas from the\u00a0National Defense Fund<\/strong>. The design of the stadium was undertaken by the architect\u00a0Minas Trembelas<\/strong>\u00a0and the civil engineer\u00a0Antonis Triglianos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Army crews excavated the plot and in the autumn of 1958 construction began on the stands that would accommodate 20,000 spectators.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The construction of the stadium was expensive, and part of the expenses was covered by the\u00a0\u00abLottery for Unemployment of PAOK\u2019s New Stadium\u00bb<\/strong>. At the same time, the management of the team from 1956 had started saving from ticket incomes. In addition to financial aid, the friends of the group also offered valuable volunteer work.<\/p>\n

The dream came true in 1959 and the inauguration took place on September 6 with a friendly match against\u00a0AEK<\/strong>, with the home team winning 1-0 thanks to a goal from\u00a0Kostas Kiourtzis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The kick-off was made with a ball that was dropped from an aeroplane, and many politicians and thousands of supporters were in attendance.<\/p>\n

In the mid-1970s the capacity was increased to 45,000 seats in expansion projects, and the attendance record took place on December 19, 1976 in a 0-0 draw against\u00a0AEK<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a045,252<\/strong>\u00a0tickets sold.<\/p>\n

From 1981 and after the tragedy at the\u00a0Georgios Karaiskakis<\/strong>\u00a0stadium, the capacity dropped to 41,073 seats, while since 1998, when seats were installed in all stands, it dropped to 28,701. In 1980 a part of Gate 8 collapsed as a result of the great earthquake of 6.5 Richter a year-and-a-half earlier. In 1985 a canopy was placed on Gates 1, 2 and 3.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

In 2004 the\u00a0Toumba<\/strong>\u00a0was used for the\u00a0Olympic Games<\/strong>. In the context of the Olympics, a major renovation took place involving the offices, the dressing rooms, the press and VIP rooms, the press tribune, and of course the new roof was installed.<\/p>\n

In 2012, the\u00a0Savvidis<\/strong>\u00a0era at the Double-headed Eagle began, and of course the stadium would not be left out among many improvements that began to happen at the club. By order of\u00a0Ivan Savvidis<\/strong>\u00a0himself, many enhancements and changes were made throughout the stadium.<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s board visited many stadiums abroad and used their learnings as a model to make many changes, mainly in the office building, the VIP areas, and the press room, as well as in the dressing rooms which took on a completely new look.<\/p>\n

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