Olympic stadium in montreal quebec was slated to be the first outdoor retractable roof stadium at its debut for the 1976 summer olympics.
Olympic stadium roof opening.
The roof materials languished in a warehouse in marseille until 1982 and the tower and roof were not completed until 1987.
However plagued by construction problems the roof was not installed until 1987 and was not retractable until 1988.
The tent roof made of plexiglas is the most extraordinary part of the stadium which even covers parts of the surrounding olympic park.
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.
As a result the stadium and tower remained unfinished at the opening of the 1976 olympic games.
At the time it was the largest olympic stadium ever built.
While the central field was open air the stadium seats were.
The olympic stadium in munich was built for the summer olympics 1972.
At the time the tent like roof of the munich olympic stadium was an architectural sensation the.