Montreal Stadium Roof

The stadium that s dominated the skyline of montreal s east end for more than 40 years had no roof when the 1976 olympics were held the tower meant to hold it up wasn t finished.

Montreal stadium roof.

The stadium was designed by french architect roger taillibert to be an elaborate facility featuring a retractable roof which was to be opened and closed by cables suspended from a huge 175 metre 574 ft tower the tallest inclined structure in the world and the sixth tallest structure in montreal. This week the olympic stadium s website announced it is now accepting company pitches to design the stadium s new roof. And the project owner the regie des. Montreal s never ending saga of the olympic stadium and its roof rages on.

Then in 1985 a turnkey contract was signed by the rio and socodec a subsidiary of lavalin to finish work on the stadium mast and roof for a fixed price 117 7 million. 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. German architectural firm gmp. Even then movement of the roof was impossible in high wind conditions and technical problems plagued the facility.

Built in concrete up to 92 metres above the ground the tower reached its final elevation in 1987 thanks to steel construction that completed the last 83 metres. Roger taillibert designer of montreal s olympic stadium. Montreal s olympic stadium will get new roof caq government says. The board is however not requiring that the roof open like the stadium s late architect roger taillibert had envisioned.

However most montrealers would prefer that the big o was torn down and put out. The design of the stadium resembles that of the australian pavilion at expo 70 in osaka. A dream team has been assembled to develop a new roof the third for montreal s star crossed big o the olympic stadium. The 200 000 sq ft 65 tonne kevlar roof at the olympic stadium in montreal was expected to last 25 years.

Shaun best reuters the stadium aside montreal did get some bang for its. However olympic stadium officials said that the new top won t be required to be retractable.