New roof for Montreal’s Olympic Stadium to cost $870 million

Work to dismantle the roof connected Montreal’s iconic Olympic Stadium is astir complete.

The apical has been removed and immoderate of the last parts are inactive being disassembled.

In 2026, enactment to physique the caller extortion volition commencement astatine the crushed level of the stadium wherever it volition beryllium assembled and raised successful 2027.

The Olympic Stadium is acceptable to reopen to the nationalist successful 2028.

“We’re precise blessed of the enactment of astir 300 radical who person contributed to the task truthful far,” Nadir Guenfoud, of the Olympic Park told Global News.

The terms tag is $870 cardinal for the full project.

This volition beryllium the 3rd extortion successful the 48-year past of the Olympic Stadium. The erstwhile 2 were plagued with problems, tearing and partially collapsing aggregate times, including connected Jan. 18, 1999, erstwhile portion of the operation collapsed nether the value of snowfall during a car show.

Some radical are questioning the terms tag for a extortion connected a stadium that hasn’t been consistently utilized since the Expos past played shot successful 2004.

But Guenfoud insists the Olympic Stadium volition beryllium capable to erstwhile again big satellite entertainers and sporting events erstwhile the caller extortion is installed and the stadium reopens.

“There is nary crushed to deliberation that Montreal cannot big these benignant of events if it has a due stadium,” helium said.

The new, imperishable fixed extortion volition person a greenish translucent model to let earthy airy to radiance done and Guenfold insists it volition beryllium capable to withstand Montreal’s utmost weather.

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“We’re assured that it’s going to beryllium capable to conscionable each the expectations,” helium said.

Officials are hoping to treble the fig of visitors to the Olympic Park to much than 2 cardinal a twelvemonth erstwhile the stadium reopens and the iconic landmark volition beryllium capable to big 5 times much events per twelvemonth — reaching 100.

They importune each cities successful North America with a comparable size to Montreal person stadiums with capacities of 50,000 radical oregon more.