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Posted: Thursday October 15, 1998 03:08 PM

The 69,000-capacity stadium was built for the 1972 Olympics David Cannon/Allsport

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -- Plans to give Munich's aging Olympic stadium a 300 million marks (US$184.6 million) facelift were unveiled Thursday.

A transparent roof will be built as well as stands which will slide to cover the athletics track surrounding the pitch. Over 90 percent of the seated areas will be sheltered compared to just over 50 percent now.

The work is expected to begin next year.

"We want a new stadium but we had to find the right balance between the necessity to protect a monument and the need for a modern arena for the future," said Munich mayor Christian Ude.

The 69,000-capacity stadium, built for the 1972 Olympics, is the ground of the city's two first-division soccer clubs, Bayern and TSV 1860.

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