the French architect who designed it NEVER set foot in Montreal. That was their first mistake. They trusted someone who didn't understand Canadian winters.
I went on a tour there last week. It is still in use surprisingly they use it 193/365 days a year They use it for concerts, monsters trucks shows, car shows they shoot some movies there like x men and in the pool part which he didn’t even mention they have swim lessons , water polo , a gym , a marital arts studio, and it is open to the public and the tower it the tallest inclined tower in the world
They do, but they play in Olympic Stadium when weather conditions don't allow them to play outdoors (most notably cold weather and/or snow)
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News from today: They are moving permanently back to their stadium and abandoning Olympic Stadium for good. montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/montreal-impact/impact-wont-play-spring-games-at-olympic-stadium-in-2019?Autofeed&Social&Twitter#Echobox=1543895804
This video was hilarious and super informative and you're a great TH-camr! I've been doing stupid YT for 3 years and understand the work you put into this video. My husband and I were at Olympic Stadium this last weekend for the Vans Park Series (new skate venue) and were talking about the stadium tonight at dinner. We decided to get some info on it and your video was there for the viewing. Thanks again for taking the time to make this, I loved it. Being from California, I had no idea about any of it, but I am old enough to remember the Expos. Also I was your 6666th view! I'm subbing, make more!
Anytime I went there as a kid or teen...I was somewhat in awe of the building...I had no idea it was such a piece of crap. I loved baseball games there...
do you know how many times the roof actually was retracted? Want to know how many millions of dollars it cost them for each time they opene/ closed the roof
You should add another video to this one. Talking about that now another permanent roof will be installed at the cost of 870million$. With no teams playing in it. Seriously this isn’t even a joke
What I thought that Montreal Olympic Stadium is useful for Montreal's sports home teams for baseball, soccer and NBA basketball as that kind of common sense.
Nice work on this video. I saw a few games there in 2004. The 10,000 or so fans that were there each night were passionate, and this was for a losing franchise . I could see a baseball making a comeback there.
Hey dude I like when you added humor and comedy also and I encourage more jokes and laughter like dan akyrod sweet home chicago blues brothers with late john Belushi
Saw two Expos games as a kid in the early 90s; the biggest attraction of that was seeing Yupie , and some kid ripping the head off and running away with it as the mascot chased him, lol , and yes the tower was a great view of the area, but yeah. lol by the time i was there the roof was set to permanent , so no opening of the roof any longer.
@@clarabrousseau2263 It's very much under used. The city of Montreal has debated the costs of just tearing in down rather than trying to renovate the facility and carry the operating losses. My last time there was about two years ago. Spring training exhibition game for the Toronto Blue Jays. It was fun, but the facility is in rough shape. If they were to get another team it would cost them hundreds of millions of dollars to bring it up to standards. Even short term.
I was also completed 5-6 years late. The agreement when the Expos were granted an expansion team was that the Expos would be in their new stadium by 1971. Jarry Park was a minor league complex at best. It was a good thing that MLB did not know how behind schedule Olympic Stadium was going to be, they would not have awarded a franchise.
It was not that expensive not even in the top 10. In totay's value in Billion. Sochi 56, Bejiing 53, Athens 21, Tokyo 20, London 16, Barcelona 15, Rio 14, Pyeongchang 13, Seoul 9, Vancouver 8, Moscow 6, Mtl 5
I was there at the Montreal Olympics still remember clear as day July 15- 17th 1976 and yes it was a disaster it was mostly due to exponential cost over run by so called king of construction at the time Andre Dade corrupt construction union boss deliberately pulling delays on movement of the project in terms of cost it took taxpayer's money almost 30 years to pay for the 1976 Montreal Olympics that and other forms of criminal activity on the grounds of the project...I came from Sudbury ontario still remember all the welfare running up to the front gate collecting food items that were supposed to be sold there's nothing really good that came from this project and that was the last Olympic for Montreal there's way too much corruption in Olympics and way too high of a cost for the city hosting
Uuuhhhhhhhhhhh, no. You can work in Canada in the winter, we do it all the time. The concrete crap hole was built from inferior materials and it was tied up in legal problems due to political corruption.
the French architect who designed it NEVER set foot in Montreal. That was their first mistake. They trusted someone who didn't understand Canadian winters.
But he was French lol
I went on a tour there last week. It is still in use surprisingly they use it 193/365 days a year
They use it for concerts, monsters trucks shows, car shows they shoot some movies there like x men and in the pool part which he didn’t even mention they have swim lessons , water polo , a gym , a marital arts studio, and it is open to the public and the tower it the tallest inclined tower in the world
1976 OLYMPICS for Canada were very expensive and not worth the cost. That's my opinion!
The Olympics are very expensive anywhere they are held and not worth the money.
Nicely done my dude!
Thanks man!
Lived in Montreal for 28 years. The stadium was sometimes called the "toilet bowl"...
No, RFK Stadium looks more like that.
One last thing: The Montreal Impact (MLS Team) also play some of their home games in Olympic Staduim to this day.
Don't they have a field next to the stadium?
They do, but they play in Olympic Stadium when weather conditions don't allow them to play outdoors (most notably cold weather and/or snow)
News from today: They are moving permanently back to their stadium and abandoning Olympic Stadium for good.
montrealgazette.com/sports/soccer/mls/montreal-impact/impact-wont-play-spring-games-at-olympic-stadium-in-2019?Autofeed&Social&Twitter#Echobox=1543895804
@ that is because the fucked up people that work at mls decided the montral impact would not play home games for the first 6 games (5 weeks )
and its not permanently its for one season
Who thought that a terrifying spider coming down a web would be a good idea.
This place just gives me a creepy vibe
No That cool
Very good! I should mention, the Alouettes do occasionally play special games, playoff games, and Grey Cups at the Big O
Indeed and also Blue Jays play exhibition games there every spring for last 5 years or so.
This video was hilarious and super informative and you're a great TH-camr! I've been doing stupid YT for 3 years and understand the work you put into this video. My husband and I were at Olympic Stadium this last weekend for the Vans Park Series (new skate venue) and were talking about the stadium tonight at dinner. We decided to get some info on it and your video was there for the viewing. Thanks again for taking the time to make this, I loved it. Being from California, I had no idea about any of it, but I am old enough to remember the Expos. Also I was your 6666th view! I'm subbing, make more!
Love the vid but the best part by far is the music 🎶😂 Mario 2!!!
Very informative, thanks
Anytime I went there as a kid or teen...I was somewhat in awe of the building...I had no idea it was such a piece of crap. I loved baseball games there...
I think the stadium should eventually go down. Everything except the observatory tower
No because the national swimming team, diving ans synchronized swimming team are stil practicing there
The Montreal Olympic Stadium: the greatest money in the country.
12:44 This got you the subscription. Good stuff man.
I miss Expo baseball on channel 9
Great video
This video is awesome.
do you know how many times the roof actually was retracted? Want to know how many millions of dollars it cost them for each time they opene/ closed the roof
Montreal's Olympic Stadium!!! It looks like howdy-doody!!!
It looks like a flying saucer with a phonograph needle.
You should add another video to this one. Talking about that now another permanent roof will be installed at the cost of 870million$. With no teams playing in it. Seriously this isn’t even a joke
What I thought that Montreal Olympic Stadium is useful for Montreal's sports home teams for baseball, soccer and NBA basketball as that kind of common sense.
thanks for the information but only vid I will watch due to the desk banging .....
Saw a few expo games there when I use to live in Canada
Nice work on this video.
I saw a few games there in 2004. The 10,000 or so fans that were there each night were passionate, and this was for a losing franchise . I could see a baseball making a comeback there.
Why wasn't the architect who design this ridiculous piece of concrete laughed out of the room? Why?
Hey dude I like when you added humor and comedy also and I encourage more jokes and laughter like dan akyrod sweet home chicago blues brothers with late john Belushi
Saw two Expos games as a kid in the early 90s; the biggest attraction of that was seeing Yupie , and some kid ripping the head off and running away with it as the mascot chased him, lol , and yes the tower was a great view of the area, but yeah. lol by the time i was there the roof was set to permanent , so no opening of the roof any longer.
Society calls projects like this "a white elephant". Seems like it's time for the wrecking ball and brand new facility in Montreal...
We just payed it out, we ain’t destroying it.
Also its pretty much a landmark now.
I’m from Montreal and the tower is still there and the stadium is useless
Poor construction. But that’s not uncommon in Montreal. I have been there for three baseball games.
Nah it si still used to this day . It isn't useless
@@clarabrousseau2263 It's very much under used. The city of Montreal has debated the costs of just tearing in down rather than trying to renovate the facility and carry the operating losses. My last time there was about two years ago. Spring training exhibition game for the Toronto Blue Jays. It was fun, but the facility is in rough shape. If they were to get another team it would cost them hundreds of millions of dollars to bring it up to standards. Even short term.
Thank you
No way the y were going to build a new stadium while still paying off the Big "owe". Stadium was not completely paid in full until 2006
The stadium is better than this video’s host.
I was also completed 5-6 years late. The agreement when the Expos were granted an expansion team was that the Expos would be in their new stadium by 1971. Jarry Park was a minor league complex at best. It was a good thing that MLB did not know how behind schedule Olympic Stadium was going to be, they would not have awarded a franchise.
Jarry Park wasn't all that bad.
It was not that expensive not even in the top 10. In totay's value in Billion. Sochi 56, Bejiing 53, Athens 21, Tokyo 20, London 16, Barcelona 15, Rio 14, Pyeongchang 13, Seoul 9, Vancouver 8, Moscow 6, Mtl 5
LMAO
Your crazy!!
The government is millions of money in debt cause of the stadium lol
Ok
Double wagered cat bond insurance
is there any long jump ground in it
rip table-kun
I was there at the Montreal Olympics still remember clear as day July 15- 17th 1976 and yes it was a disaster it was mostly due to exponential cost over run by so called king of construction at the time Andre Dade corrupt construction union boss deliberately pulling delays on movement of the project in terms of cost it took taxpayer's money almost 30 years to pay for the 1976 Montreal Olympics that and other forms of criminal activity on the grounds of the project...I came from Sudbury ontario still remember all the welfare running up to the front gate collecting food items that were supposed to be sold there's nothing really good that came from this project and that was the last Olympic for Montreal there's way too much corruption in Olympics and way too high of a cost for the city hosting
That's why I despise unions.
What is with the frikin 8-bit music I'm watching about the stadium of the Olympics and all I can imagine is being in a Mario level
and Now the EXPOS are going to the World Series 2019.
the expos moved to DC before i was born, lol #genz baceballgame
Mario bros 2
Texas Stadium North
Uuuhhhhhhhhhhh, no. You can work in Canada in the winter, we do it all the time. The concrete crap hole was built from inferior materials and it was tied up in legal problems due to political corruption.
😁😁😁Another one......... 👉🏾
You got this ALL wrong..from an official tour guide of RIO and Montreal official guide..propaganda to Quebec bashing! Please talk to serious people..
One hideous revolting looking stadium 🤮
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