Montreal Olympic Stadium Roof

The completion date for the olympic stadium s planned 250 million roof replacement is being pushed back a year officials say to make sure they get it right this time.

Montreal olympic stadium roof.

After announcing that montreal s olympic stadium will be getting a new 200 300 million dollar roof in time for the world renowned soccer tournament montrealers were having trouble justifying why anyone would pour even more money into a 42 year old stadium that never really worked and took the city 40 years to pay off. Tower and cables for retractable roof at the montreal olympic stadium olympic stadium in montreal quebec was slated to be the first outdoor retractable roof stadium at its debut for the 1976 summer olympics. 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. German architectural firm gmp.

A dream team has been assembled to develop a new roof the third for montreal s star crossed big o the olympic stadium. Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city. Olympic stadium will have a retractable roof in time for 2026 world cup montreal will host at least three games in the 2026 soccer tournament under a roof estimated to cost between 200 million and. Taillibert the french architect who designed the stadium to host the 1976 montreal olympics passed away on oct.

The roof is composed of four panels and covers an area of 345 000 square feet 32 100 m 2. The stadium in montréal is elliptical in plan and the grandstands are covered by a cantilevered concrete roof which runs around the full periphery. His vision for the structure included a massive concrete dome. The retractable kevlar membrane roof of the olympic stadium has an anticlastic shape with 26 suspension points and 17 edge cables anchored at the concrete roof.

In tabling a bill giving the olympic installations board a new name. Collaborating to prepare a business case for a new covering are schlaich bergermann partner sbp a german engineering firm that has designed over 60 stadium roofs. 3 at the age of 93. The venue was the first major team sports stadium in north america with a functional fully retractable roof montreal s olympic stadium also had a retractable roof but due to operational issues it was replaced with a permanent roof.

However plagued by construction problems the roof was not installed until 1987 and was not retractable until 1988.