Olympic Stadium Roof

Since it was first opened in 1976 the stadium has welcomed some 66 million visitors it was designed by french architect roger taillibert as a unique monument one that s become an international symbol for montréal.

Olympic stadium roof.

At the time the tent like roof of the munich olympic stadium was an architectural sensation the likes of which had never been seen before. At the time it was the largest olympic stadium ever built. The quebec government has committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023. Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city.

The striking roofline was a spectacular backdrop for the opening ceremonies. About 5 000 construction workers worked at the construction site for more than one million hours. The olympic stadium in munich was built for the summer olympics 1972. At twice the size of the previous roof it weighs more than 6 000 tonnes and.

Today it is one of the city s landmarks. The tent roof made of plexiglas is the most extraordinary part of the stadium which even covers parts of the surrounding olympic park. 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. You climb with a small group up to giddy heights.

We invite you to see an incomparable attraction high up on the roof of the olympic stadium in munich. The first two roofs did. The olympic stadium is the largest covered amphitheatre in québec with seating for 56 000 spectators in the stands and up to 60 000 when the floor is used. The roof of the olympic stadium in munich which covers and unifies the stadium tracks and pools was developed based on the use of computerized mathematical procedures in determining their form and behavior resulting in an architectural form of minimal surfaces first used in voltage covered with these dimensions 74 800m2.

Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation of the east london venue. While the central field was open air the stadium seats were. From a total of 1 35 billion german marks 137 million were used in the construction of the olympic stadium and another 170 6 million in the tent roof. Dismantling montreal s olympic stadium would be foolish says man in charge the stadium and.