Montreal Olympic Stadium Roof Opening

The roof was orange inside and took 45 minutes to open.

Montreal olympic stadium roof opening.

The quebec government has committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023. However it was not retractable. Dismantling montreal s olympic stadium would be foolish says man in charge. 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.

Schedule march 1 to june 14. Le the building of montreal olympic stadium was for the 1976 summer olympics. Olympic stadium will have a retractable roof in time for 2026 world cup montreal will host at least three games in the 2026 soccer tournament under a roof estimated to cost between 200 million and. The olympic stadium s renovation board announced tuesday it was opening the floor for companies to pitch designs for the stadium s much discussed roof with one condition that the roof let in.

This is about 1990 percent higher than the original budget of 148 667 400. In tabling a bill giving the olympic installations board a new name. Along with the cost overruns the stadium was not completed on time with construction on the famous retractable roof not starting until after the 1976 olympics. 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.

Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city. Quebec yes montreal the coalition avenir québec government believes in the olympic stadium and that will include a new roof. 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 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.

The montreal olympic stadium cost 3 107 148 600 to build.