The Olympisch Stadion was built as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. When completed, the stadium had a capacity of 31,600. Following the completion of the rival De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam in 1937, the Amsterdam authorities decided to increase the capacity of the Olympisch Stadion to 64,000 by adding a second ring to the stadium. AFC Ajax has used the Olympisch Stadion for international games until 1996, when the Amsterdam ArenA was completed. The stadium still has a resident club though: Hoofdklasse club Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.
Since 2005, the stadium is home to a sports museum, the Olympic Experience Amsterdam. (...)
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