Montreal s olympic stadium will get new roof caq government says.
Olympic stadium montreal new roof.
Montreal s never ending saga of the olympic stadium and its roof rages on.
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 estimated cost of the new roof is between 200 million and 250 million.
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.
An agency that oversees montreal s olympic stadium said on friday that parts of the new roof planned for the.
Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city.
But now montrealers are trading that bill for a new one.
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.
However olympic stadium officials said that the new top won t be required to be retractable.
The government of quebec is.