An agency that oversees montreal s olympic stadium said on friday that parts of the new roof planned for the.
Montreal olympic stadium 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.
This week the olympic stadium s website announced it is now accepting company pitches to design the stadium s new roof.
Montreal s olympic stadium will get new roof caq government says.
The estimated cost of the new roof is between 200 million and 250 million.
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.
Montreal s never ending saga of the olympic stadium and its roof rages on.