The estimated cost of the new roof is between 200 million and 250 million.
Olympic stadium montreal new roof.
This week the olympic stadium s website announced it is now accepting company pitches to design the stadium s 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.
The government of quebec is.
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.
Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city.
Montreal s olympic stadium s roof has over 8 000 rips and costs up to 1 million a year to maintain.
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.
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.
But now montrealers are trading that bill for a new one.