Montreal Olympic Stadium Roof Opening

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Montreal olympic stadium roof opening.

Montreal s olympic stadium will get new roof caq government says much maligned stadium is getting a new lease on life with the organization running it being given more power to run the place as. Dismantling montreal s olympic stadium would be foolish says man in charge. Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city. The cost of a retractable roof on olympic stadium which will be in place when montreal hosts soccer games for the 2026 world cup will be between 200 million and 300 million.

Built in the mid 1970s as the main venue for the 1976 summer olympics it is nicknamed the big o a reference to both its name and to the doughnut shape of the permanent component of the stadium s roof. The olympic stadium was designed by french architect roger taillibert. The quebec government had committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023 but now officials are aiming for 2024. It is often nicknamed the big o as a reference to both its name and to the doughnut shape of the permanent component of the stadium s roof though the big owe has been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 olympics as a whole.

Even then movement of the roof was impossible in high wind conditions and technical problems plagued the facility. The man who oversees montreal s olympic stadium says it s impossible to think about dismantling the concrete behemoth even if a new roof could cost as much as half the price of doing so.