Montreal s olympic stadium s roof has over 8 000 rips and costs up to 1 million a year to maintain.
New olympic stadium roof.
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.
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.
At twice the size.
With canada the united states and mexico serving as joint hosts of the 2026 world cup montreal s olympic stadium is expected to be among the venues that will stage matches.
Montreal s never ending saga of the olympic stadium and its roof rages on.
The government of quebec is.
Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city.
Officials are pushing to install a new roof over montreal s olympic stadium with a goal to complete the project ahead of the 2026 world cup.
Media caption up above the stadium s new roof structure.
The roof of the new stadium has been particularly problematic from an engineering perspective as it requires the construction of two steel arches 370 metres 1 210 ft long.
This week the olympic stadium s website announced it is now accepting company pitches to design the stadium s new roof.
In order to preserve some of the olympic stadium s unique identity the iconic triangular lighting tower design that used.
Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation of the east london venue.
But now montrealers are trading that bill for a new one.
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.
However olympic stadium officials said that the new top won t be required to be retractable.