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.
Olympic stadium montreal new roof.
Montreal s olympic stadium will get new roof caq government says.
Montreal s olympic stadium s roof has over 8 000 rips and costs up to 1 million a year to maintain.
However olympic stadium officials said that the new top won t be required to be retractable.
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.
An agency that oversees montreal s olympic stadium said on friday that parts of the new roof planned for the.
Montreal s never ending saga of the olympic stadium and its roof rages on.
Much maligned stadium is getting a new lease on life with the organization running it being given more power to run the place as.
This week the olympic stadium s website announced it is now accepting company pitches to design the stadium s new roof.
A new olympic stadium roof won t be retractable but will possibly allow in natural light according to a call for tenders released by the olympic installation board on tuesday.
The government of quebec is.