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This article suggests that Olympic stadium has the largest seating capacity of any similar facility in Canada. This was once true, but not any more. In the late 1980's, the stadium was reconfigured to better suit the primary tenant, the Montreal Expos baseball club. Prior to this reconfiguration, the stadium would seat approximately 70,000 in fixed seats (it now seats approximately 56,000, as indicated in the main article). This current capacity puts Olympic stadium third in Canada, behind both B.C. Place and Commonwealth stadium (Edmonton) in terms of permanent seating capacity (both facilities seat approximately 60,000). Olympic stadium can still have temporary seating added for major events (such as the Grey Cup), bringing it's capacity to approximately 65,000. However, these seats cannot be counted as fixed or permanent seating. Posthocergopropterhoc 16:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
From the article:
Among its options for the future of the stadium, the Quebec government is known to be studying its demolition, a project that would cost a further $500 million and be very technically complex.
Why would it be so expensive to demolish the stadium? I mean, I know you have to protect the surrounding buildings, but $500 million? That seems insanely expensive. Funnyhat 06:35, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
A fourth replacement roof is being considered as of March 2006.
I do not know what that 4th replacement roof will look like, but I envision that roof as a retractable roof NOT like the first one. Jim856796 15:15, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
On the page it says that they sold the FieldTurf system for $1 million. If they did that how are they going to have anymore sporting events? Was the field turf not required?
The sourced article (dated oct 2005) says that the Olympic Stadium would be paid off by the end of June. This one (dated today, July 17 2006) says "Montreal will finally see relief from payments on the stadium in a couple of months". Anyone know an accurate date?
Why is the size of the roof be specified as a length? Shouldn't it be an area, therefore in feet squared or meters squared? 70.52.7.54 17:36, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Also related to the kevlar roof, the article states that the roof is made of "over 60,000 square feet (18,000 square metres) of kevlar". Obviously one of these numbers is incorrect. As the source of the information is not immediately obvious, I would suggest that 60,000 square feet is likely correct (meaning the correct metric measurement should be 5,575 square meters). I will make this change. -- ZoQuo 20:39, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I've searched wikipedia inside and out and found no article about the stadium's Tour de Montréal. The tower is barely mentioned in the Olympic Stadium article. The tallest inclined structure in the world more than deserves its own page...
I believe the height data shown for the Olympic Stadium's tower (175m) is incorrect... the official stats page of the tower list its "height above the ground" as 164m, not the 175m frequently quoted. My guess is that when the tower was designed, it was supposed to be 175m tall (which is why that number is frequently quoted), but there was a redesign before it's completion in 1987 which reduced it's height - the reason for that was to reduce its weight & cost, which was also helped by using steel construction for the top half instead of the concrete in the original design. Kilkenny71 ( talk) 19:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Also, the "citation needed" in the History/Construction section, is that for the completion date, or for the "as originally designed" statement? A history of the Olympic Park, including various completion dates, is on the official website. From that page: "November 21, 1987 marked the official opening of the funicular and Observatory at the top of the Montréal Tower." Kilkenny71 ( talk) 19:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Quite a number of anonymous edits have been recently made to the article changing the name of the stadium to "Le Stade Olympique", the French language spelling. The official name, from the time it was built, has always been the English name of "The Olympic Stadium". Furthermore it conflicts with the article's title of "Olympic Stadium (Montreal)", and I don't even need mention this is an English encyclopedia. Yes, granted there is a French way of spelling it, and among French speakers in this province this is how it is probably referred to by most, but to the international world (and English speakers in Quebec) it is referred to by its official English name, which should be reflected in this article. Please leave it as such. This anonymous name changing seems politically motivated.
The article on the Eiffel Tower doesn't call it "La tour d'eiffel" (other than a mention of how its pronounced in French). The Sun Life Building in Montreal isn't called "Bâtiment de la vie du soleil". Now in the case of say Blue Bonnets race track, the name was officially changed to Hippodrome de Montreal and so that is the article's title and how it's referred to in there.-- Apple2gs 21:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
September 2007 (UTC)
As the stadium is owner by the Government of Quebec and located in the Province of Quebec, the Charter of the French Language law (Bill 101) means that the official name of the stadium is the french name. By law no English names are to use used in the province. In keeping with other Olympic stadia on the English wikipedia, they are all refered by the official name in a language other than english. See Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Stadio Olimpico, Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp) and Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam). 129.215.7.181 12:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I find it interesting that the Govenment of Quebec's own website for the Olympic Park complex refers to the stadium as Olympic Stadium. I hope that settles the issue, at least as far as for those editors who will accept reliable sources. - BillCJ ( talk) 04:42, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
An anon IP editor from the City of Montreal inserted a reference that Tallibert's design was based on the Australia Pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka. While there is indeed a strong similarity I can find no evidence yet that there's anything more to the story, other than the City of Montreal staffer's intriguing original research. Does anyone know if there's any actual evidence showing that the architect was inspired by this? Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 16:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Shawn. I read this comment and I desire to share that this comment I saw it four years ago here. Maybe some user who post that comment in that time can help us to confirm it. Nekko09 ( talk) 16:47, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
This Parc Olympique includes more than just the Olympic Stadium (Montreal). Peter Horn 16:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
What exactly is in the tower? Could some content be added describing what it contains? - Rolypolyman ( talk) 14:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
This stadium has been a defunct athletic venue since after the 1976 Summer Olympics and it was converted to baseball and football arena.
Other Olympic venues were converted to sporting arenas:
ApprenticeFan ( talk) 11:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi.
Now that the former practice track and field site near the stadium has been replaced by
Stade Saputo, should there be a reference, or at least a link, to the new stadium on the Olympic grounds?
Or, for that matter, should there be an entry detailing talk over whether or not the big O will be used by the Montréal Impact for February's home game in the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-finals - or should that wait until, or unless, the venue is confirmed? -- Nerroth ( talk) 03:56, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone else feel that the article should include at least one photo taken during the 1976 Summer Olympic Games? 66.130.161.95 ( talk) 01:46, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Note # 5 is dead. Do we have another? Or was this a hoax? Cs302b ( talk) 05:36, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Would this article discuss about the inclined lift too? Montemonte ( talk) 20:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Did this stadium inspire the artwork of the stadium depicted inside the gatefold of The Wall by Pink Floyd? 76.70.116.108 ( talk) 21:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Any source saying that the Olympic Stadium is in fact the tallest stadium in the world? -- S23678 ( talk) 11:24, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
At present, the Montreal Alouettes football team are only part-time tenants of the Olympic Stadium, and as such the article states using it only for late season, playoff and greycup games.
However there is this section in the article: "However, it is widely accepted that the team's success has in fact been due to its decision to return to Molson Stadium. The team will instead renovate Percival Molson Stadium to increase the capacity, which may cause them to abandon Olympic Stadium entirely."
It should be noted the Percival Molson Stadium renovations are to be completed late next month (May 2010). Is there any news on whether they plan to completely and permanently move to Molson Stadium for ALL games? Are they no longer going to be tenants of the Olympic Stadium as of May 2010? If so, the article should be updated to reflect that. Well, if/when made official.- Apple2gs ( talk) 06:12, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
One of the very first post-Olympic events held in the stadium saw Emerson, Lake & Palmer shoot their music video for " Fanfare for the Common Man." From what I remember of the video, the stadium was empty and possibly covered in snow. I believe this shoot took place very early in 1977 (read: pretty close to the middle of winter), in conjunction with the group beginning their world tour at the stadium. For non-fans, this was the tour where they played some early shows with an orchestra, but abandoned the idea mid-tour. They were playing stadiums in the first place because of the cost/logistics involved in toting around an orchestra with them. Anyway, I mostly remember watching the video and accompanying info/trivia on Night Flight, which probably quit airing music videos before a lot of you were born. Therefore, this information may be a bit ancient in terms of easily finding a source. RadioKAOS ( talk)
The article states that "the stadium was originally slated to be finished in 1972, but the grand opening was cancelled due to a construction workers strike." This is misleading. The chronology of events -- the relationship of cause and effect -- was nothing like what this suggests. There were two consecutive labour strikes: from November of 1974 into January of 1975, and from May of 1975 into October of 1975. These could not possibly have caused a 1972 grand opening to be cancelled. The resolution to award the design work to the French architect Roger Taillibert was not passed in council until April 24, 1973. Although technically "ground was broken" in the second quarter of 1973, this amounted to no more than hammering a few surveyors stakes into the ground. When I saw the site in July of 1973 it was still for the most part an undisturbed empty field. Photographs I took in November of 1975 show the cantilever consoles still under construction and nothing but daylight between them: no stands or roof elements yet in place. Grandmotherfrompeoria ( talk) 01:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
I apologize for suggesting that the claim is false. There were delays acquiring the land from previous owners and clearing it of previous structures. Part of these delays were due to a strike by demolition workers. I should have been clearer about what I meant: only that the wording is misleading. Grandmotherfrompeoria ( talk) 21:55, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Question: Was that (1978 World Junior Speed Skating Championships) held at this arena or nearby on a stadium with lesser capacity ? My references to this is these 3 Websites: www.SpeedSkatingStats.com, www.SpeedSkatingNews.info and Archived version dated 2005-March-1 from www.Skatebase.com. So would it be correct to use this article to link it as the stadium of this championship-article ? Regards Migrant ( talk) 01:43, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
For posterity, here is a link to our coversation on Wikiproject Quebec regarding this matter. - Sweet Nightmares 17:39, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
Regarding this edit: personally I have no issue with it, but I appreciate those unfamiliar with the sport may benefit from the adjective "exhibition" to describe the series. My edit was simply an attempt to separate the two facts in question: when the games took place, and whether or not they were part of exhibition play. (For example, non-baseball fans might consider the Dodgers–Diamondbacks series in Australia to be pre-season games, in spite of their being part of the official schedule.) Can the interested editors please discuss this matter on this talk page, rather than continually revert each other? isaacl ( talk) 13:17, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
If there are no further comments, I will go ahead with Resolute's first suggestion, replacing "pre-season" with "spring training". isaacl ( talk) 03:32, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
This seems no less absurd than listing the result of every baseball or football game played. I'd be inclined to remove it as clutter. Any objections? Reso lute 13:12, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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This article suggests that Olympic stadium has the largest seating capacity of any similar facility in Canada. This was once true, but not any more. In the late 1980's, the stadium was reconfigured to better suit the primary tenant, the Montreal Expos baseball club. Prior to this reconfiguration, the stadium would seat approximately 70,000 in fixed seats (it now seats approximately 56,000, as indicated in the main article). This current capacity puts Olympic stadium third in Canada, behind both B.C. Place and Commonwealth stadium (Edmonton) in terms of permanent seating capacity (both facilities seat approximately 60,000). Olympic stadium can still have temporary seating added for major events (such as the Grey Cup), bringing it's capacity to approximately 65,000. However, these seats cannot be counted as fixed or permanent seating. Posthocergopropterhoc 16:01, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
From the article:
Among its options for the future of the stadium, the Quebec government is known to be studying its demolition, a project that would cost a further $500 million and be very technically complex.
Why would it be so expensive to demolish the stadium? I mean, I know you have to protect the surrounding buildings, but $500 million? That seems insanely expensive. Funnyhat 06:35, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
A fourth replacement roof is being considered as of March 2006.
I do not know what that 4th replacement roof will look like, but I envision that roof as a retractable roof NOT like the first one. Jim856796 15:15, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
On the page it says that they sold the FieldTurf system for $1 million. If they did that how are they going to have anymore sporting events? Was the field turf not required?
The sourced article (dated oct 2005) says that the Olympic Stadium would be paid off by the end of June. This one (dated today, July 17 2006) says "Montreal will finally see relief from payments on the stadium in a couple of months". Anyone know an accurate date?
Why is the size of the roof be specified as a length? Shouldn't it be an area, therefore in feet squared or meters squared? 70.52.7.54 17:36, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Also related to the kevlar roof, the article states that the roof is made of "over 60,000 square feet (18,000 square metres) of kevlar". Obviously one of these numbers is incorrect. As the source of the information is not immediately obvious, I would suggest that 60,000 square feet is likely correct (meaning the correct metric measurement should be 5,575 square meters). I will make this change. -- ZoQuo 20:39, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I've searched wikipedia inside and out and found no article about the stadium's Tour de Montréal. The tower is barely mentioned in the Olympic Stadium article. The tallest inclined structure in the world more than deserves its own page...
I believe the height data shown for the Olympic Stadium's tower (175m) is incorrect... the official stats page of the tower list its "height above the ground" as 164m, not the 175m frequently quoted. My guess is that when the tower was designed, it was supposed to be 175m tall (which is why that number is frequently quoted), but there was a redesign before it's completion in 1987 which reduced it's height - the reason for that was to reduce its weight & cost, which was also helped by using steel construction for the top half instead of the concrete in the original design. Kilkenny71 ( talk) 19:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Also, the "citation needed" in the History/Construction section, is that for the completion date, or for the "as originally designed" statement? A history of the Olympic Park, including various completion dates, is on the official website. From that page: "November 21, 1987 marked the official opening of the funicular and Observatory at the top of the Montréal Tower." Kilkenny71 ( talk) 19:59, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Quite a number of anonymous edits have been recently made to the article changing the name of the stadium to "Le Stade Olympique", the French language spelling. The official name, from the time it was built, has always been the English name of "The Olympic Stadium". Furthermore it conflicts with the article's title of "Olympic Stadium (Montreal)", and I don't even need mention this is an English encyclopedia. Yes, granted there is a French way of spelling it, and among French speakers in this province this is how it is probably referred to by most, but to the international world (and English speakers in Quebec) it is referred to by its official English name, which should be reflected in this article. Please leave it as such. This anonymous name changing seems politically motivated.
The article on the Eiffel Tower doesn't call it "La tour d'eiffel" (other than a mention of how its pronounced in French). The Sun Life Building in Montreal isn't called "Bâtiment de la vie du soleil". Now in the case of say Blue Bonnets race track, the name was officially changed to Hippodrome de Montreal and so that is the article's title and how it's referred to in there.-- Apple2gs 21:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
September 2007 (UTC)
As the stadium is owner by the Government of Quebec and located in the Province of Quebec, the Charter of the French Language law (Bill 101) means that the official name of the stadium is the french name. By law no English names are to use used in the province. In keeping with other Olympic stadia on the English wikipedia, they are all refered by the official name in a language other than english. See Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Stadio Olimpico, Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp) and Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam). 129.215.7.181 12:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I find it interesting that the Govenment of Quebec's own website for the Olympic Park complex refers to the stadium as Olympic Stadium. I hope that settles the issue, at least as far as for those editors who will accept reliable sources. - BillCJ ( talk) 04:42, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
An anon IP editor from the City of Montreal inserted a reference that Tallibert's design was based on the Australia Pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka. While there is indeed a strong similarity I can find no evidence yet that there's anything more to the story, other than the City of Montreal staffer's intriguing original research. Does anyone know if there's any actual evidence showing that the architect was inspired by this? Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 16:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Shawn. I read this comment and I desire to share that this comment I saw it four years ago here. Maybe some user who post that comment in that time can help us to confirm it. Nekko09 ( talk) 16:47, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
This Parc Olympique includes more than just the Olympic Stadium (Montreal). Peter Horn 16:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
What exactly is in the tower? Could some content be added describing what it contains? - Rolypolyman ( talk) 14:59, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
This stadium has been a defunct athletic venue since after the 1976 Summer Olympics and it was converted to baseball and football arena.
Other Olympic venues were converted to sporting arenas:
ApprenticeFan ( talk) 11:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi.
Now that the former practice track and field site near the stadium has been replaced by
Stade Saputo, should there be a reference, or at least a link, to the new stadium on the Olympic grounds?
Or, for that matter, should there be an entry detailing talk over whether or not the big O will be used by the Montréal Impact for February's home game in the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-finals - or should that wait until, or unless, the venue is confirmed? -- Nerroth ( talk) 03:56, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone else feel that the article should include at least one photo taken during the 1976 Summer Olympic Games? 66.130.161.95 ( talk) 01:46, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Note # 5 is dead. Do we have another? Or was this a hoax? Cs302b ( talk) 05:36, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Would this article discuss about the inclined lift too? Montemonte ( talk) 20:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Did this stadium inspire the artwork of the stadium depicted inside the gatefold of The Wall by Pink Floyd? 76.70.116.108 ( talk) 21:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
Any source saying that the Olympic Stadium is in fact the tallest stadium in the world? -- S23678 ( talk) 11:24, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
At present, the Montreal Alouettes football team are only part-time tenants of the Olympic Stadium, and as such the article states using it only for late season, playoff and greycup games.
However there is this section in the article: "However, it is widely accepted that the team's success has in fact been due to its decision to return to Molson Stadium. The team will instead renovate Percival Molson Stadium to increase the capacity, which may cause them to abandon Olympic Stadium entirely."
It should be noted the Percival Molson Stadium renovations are to be completed late next month (May 2010). Is there any news on whether they plan to completely and permanently move to Molson Stadium for ALL games? Are they no longer going to be tenants of the Olympic Stadium as of May 2010? If so, the article should be updated to reflect that. Well, if/when made official.- Apple2gs ( talk) 06:12, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
One of the very first post-Olympic events held in the stadium saw Emerson, Lake & Palmer shoot their music video for " Fanfare for the Common Man." From what I remember of the video, the stadium was empty and possibly covered in snow. I believe this shoot took place very early in 1977 (read: pretty close to the middle of winter), in conjunction with the group beginning their world tour at the stadium. For non-fans, this was the tour where they played some early shows with an orchestra, but abandoned the idea mid-tour. They were playing stadiums in the first place because of the cost/logistics involved in toting around an orchestra with them. Anyway, I mostly remember watching the video and accompanying info/trivia on Night Flight, which probably quit airing music videos before a lot of you were born. Therefore, this information may be a bit ancient in terms of easily finding a source. RadioKAOS ( talk)
The article states that "the stadium was originally slated to be finished in 1972, but the grand opening was cancelled due to a construction workers strike." This is misleading. The chronology of events -- the relationship of cause and effect -- was nothing like what this suggests. There were two consecutive labour strikes: from November of 1974 into January of 1975, and from May of 1975 into October of 1975. These could not possibly have caused a 1972 grand opening to be cancelled. The resolution to award the design work to the French architect Roger Taillibert was not passed in council until April 24, 1973. Although technically "ground was broken" in the second quarter of 1973, this amounted to no more than hammering a few surveyors stakes into the ground. When I saw the site in July of 1973 it was still for the most part an undisturbed empty field. Photographs I took in November of 1975 show the cantilever consoles still under construction and nothing but daylight between them: no stands or roof elements yet in place. Grandmotherfrompeoria ( talk) 01:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
I apologize for suggesting that the claim is false. There were delays acquiring the land from previous owners and clearing it of previous structures. Part of these delays were due to a strike by demolition workers. I should have been clearer about what I meant: only that the wording is misleading. Grandmotherfrompeoria ( talk) 21:55, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
Question: Was that (1978 World Junior Speed Skating Championships) held at this arena or nearby on a stadium with lesser capacity ? My references to this is these 3 Websites: www.SpeedSkatingStats.com, www.SpeedSkatingNews.info and Archived version dated 2005-March-1 from www.Skatebase.com. So would it be correct to use this article to link it as the stadium of this championship-article ? Regards Migrant ( talk) 01:43, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
For posterity, here is a link to our coversation on Wikiproject Quebec regarding this matter. - Sweet Nightmares 17:39, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
Regarding this edit: personally I have no issue with it, but I appreciate those unfamiliar with the sport may benefit from the adjective "exhibition" to describe the series. My edit was simply an attempt to separate the two facts in question: when the games took place, and whether or not they were part of exhibition play. (For example, non-baseball fans might consider the Dodgers–Diamondbacks series in Australia to be pre-season games, in spite of their being part of the official schedule.) Can the interested editors please discuss this matter on this talk page, rather than continually revert each other? isaacl ( talk) 13:17, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
If there are no further comments, I will go ahead with Resolute's first suggestion, replacing "pre-season" with "spring training". isaacl ( talk) 03:32, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
This seems no less absurd than listing the result of every baseball or football game played. I'd be inclined to remove it as clutter. Any objections? Reso lute 13:12, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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@ Walter Görlitz: Why did you revert my adding of a speed skating external link ? With the comment : is this a reliable source? When there clearly have been a Junior World championship in speed skating there see above linked sources. I mean my added link tells more about the speed skating activity than just the snippets of text that is already included because it tells that there was also some activity more than just one season. And it also gives some numbers for speed skating track records at the stadium. Best regards Migrant ( talk) 18:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC) added an internal link to text above since this text was moved away as a new thread from 1978 World Junior Speed Skating Championships. Migrant ( talk) 23:29, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
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