Montreal Olympic Stadium Roof Opening

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.

Montreal olympic stadium roof opening.

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. German architectural firm gmp. The idea of building a domed stadium can be traced back to the 1968 olympic bid that toronto lost to montreal as the canadian candidate city for the 1976 games. In the proposal an 80 000 100 000 seat complex would be part of the planned harbour city development on the site of maple leaf stadium.

And the project owner the regie des. Even then movement of the roof was impossible in high wind conditions and technical problems plagued the facility. Olympic stadium in montreal quebec was slated to be the first outdoor retractable roof stadium at its debut for the 1976 summer olympics however plagued by construction problems the roof was not installed until 1987 and was not retractable until 1988. The opening ceremony was held at the spectacular montreal olympic stadium.

Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city. The games of the xxi olympiad took place between july 17 and august 1 1976. A dream team has been assembled to develop a new roof the third for montreal s star crossed big o the olympic stadium. Dismantling montreal s olympic stadium would be foolish says man in charge.

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.