Montreal Olympic Stadium Roof Opening

The quebec government has committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023.

Montreal olympic stadium roof opening.

And the project owner the regie des. 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. 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. A dream team has been assembled to develop a new roof the third for montreal s star crossed big o the olympic stadium.

Even then movement of the roof was impossible in high wind conditions and technical problems plagued the facility. Collaborating to prepare a business case for a new covering are schlaich bergermann partner sbp a german engineering firm that has designed over 60 stadium roofs. 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. The games of the xxi olympiad took place between july 17 and august 1 1976.

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. Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city. 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 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.