Montreal Olympic Stadium Retractable 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.

Montreal olympic stadium retractable roof. German architectural firm gmp. The 200 000 sq ft 65 tonne kevlar roof at the olympic stadium in montreal was expected to last 25 years. And the project owner the regie des. The cost of a retractable roof on olympic stadium which will be in place when montreal hosts soccer games for the 2026 world cup will be between 200 million and 300 million.

Even then movement of the roof was impossible in high wind conditions and technical problems plagued the facility. Olympic stadium will have a retractable roof in time for 2026 world cup money for new olympic stadium roof won t sit well with baseball fans. Shaun best reuters the stadium aside montreal did get some bang for its. 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.

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. 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. Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city. A dream team has been assembled to develop a new roof the third for montreal s star crossed big o the olympic stadium.

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. Montreal s olympic stadium will get new roof.