At twice the size.
Olympic stadium open roof.
Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation of the east london venue.
Olympic stadium in montreal quebec was slated to be the first outdoor retractable roof stadium at its debut for the 1976 summer olympics however plagued by construction problems the roof was not installed until 1987 and was not retractable until 1988.
Media caption up above the stadium s new roof structure.
At the time the tent like roof of the munich olympic stadium was an architectural sensation the.
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.
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.
The olympic stadium in munich was built for the summer olympics 1972.
Today it is one of the city s landmarks.
Even then movement of the roof was impossible in high wind conditions and technical problems plagued the facility.