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																	Olympic stadium montreal new roof. 
									
	
		
	
																	An agency that oversees montreal s olympic stadium said on friday that parts of the new roof planned for the. 
																	This week the olympic stadium s website announced it is now accepting company pitches to design the stadium s new roof. 
																	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. 
																	A new olympic stadium roof won t be retractable but will possibly allow in natural light according to a call for tenders released by the olympic installation board on tuesday. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Montreal s olympic stadium s roof has over 8 000 rips and costs up to 1 million a year to maintain. 
																	However olympic stadium officials said that the new top won t be required to be retractable. 
																	Much maligned stadium is getting a new lease on life with the organization running it being given more power to run the place as. 
																	But now montrealers are trading that bill for a new one. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Montreal s never ending saga of the olympic stadium and its roof rages on. 
																	Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city.