THE STADIUM UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE city of 34.000. In 1937 the capacity was extended to 64.000. In this stadium Ajax (playing most of its league matches at their smaller homeground De Meer) played it's most important international matches as it was the setting of many heroic and unforgettable battles with the best club-teams in Europe. In the past years, capacatity was brought down to 42.000 for safety reasons. As the old stadium, the Amsterdam Arena, cannot keep up with nowadays demands, a brand-new stadium will be built in the south-east of Amsterdam to replace the good-old Olympic Stadium. This new, futuristic stadium will have a capacity of 50.000, all covered seats and a roof that can be opened or closed! Ajax will play at the new stadium from August 1996. The venue of today's sixth match in the UEFA Champions League, is the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. The sta dium at the Amstelveenseweg in the southern part of Amsterdam is a well- known site in international football and sports in general. In 1928, the year the Olympic Stadium replaced the old Amsterdam stadium that was located just half a mile down the road, was built by architect Jan Wils, had a capa-

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