Montreal Expos Stadium Roof

Without the retractable roof an opening smaller than the playing field was present from 1977 to 1986.

Montreal expos stadium roof.

The expos played their first game at olympic stadium on april 15 1977. Five people suffered minor injuries when part of the roof of montreal s olympic stadium has collapsed under heavy snow. Originally constructed for. The montreal public consultation office needs to see if the stadium project is viable for city residents.

Montreal s olympic stadium to get new roof for 250 million the denver post the quebec government says montreal s olympic stadium will have a new 250 million roof by 2023. However there were many problems with it. It s been 51 years since the montreal expos debuted in mlb and a little over 15 years since it left seemingly for good. Over 57 592 fans filled the stadium to see the expos on opening day.

The past few years however has given the city s baseball faithful. Is the return of the montreal expos in jeopardy. By zach spedden on may 29 2019 in at the ballpark major league baseball with the former home of the montreal expos expected to host 2026 world cup matches officials are pushing to replace. Finally in 1988 the tower was completed and the roof was added.

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.