Montreal's Olympic Stadium finally paid off after 30 years and 1.5 Billion Bucks

[Flannel Boy]

MONTREAL (CP) - The Olympic-sized bill for the Big O is finally history some 30 years after the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Games.

All that's left is for the province's chief accounting officer to issue an official statement clearing the debt, the Quebec Finance Department says.

The final price tag for Montreal's Olympic Stadium and the structures in the adjoining Olympic park was $1.47 billion, Gilles Lepine, who runs the facility, said Tuesday. The last payment was delivered in November.

''Maybe it was too much, but that was in the past and you have to look forward,'' said Lepine, president of the Olympic Intsallations Board, the provincial government agency that manages the stadium known as The Big O.

''We have a facility here and we have to make it as useful and profitable as possible.''


He said the final tally includes the cost several years back of converting the Olympic velodrome into the Biodome, a tourist attraction.

Now, the stadium needs a new roof, although a price tag has not yet been set for that. An engineering firm is to submit plans in the coming months, Lepine said.

The stadium is closed four months per year in winter because fire marshals fear it may not withstand the weight of snow.

It is one more indignity for the domed stadium in the city's east end.

LOL

$1.5 billion?

[CajoleJuice]

[The Fake Shemp]

Nationals weep.

[Phoenix Dark]

Canada is poor lol

[FlameOfCallandor]

Sports Owner: Think of all the jobs it will create! Please, city, give me money for a new stadium.

[MrAngryFace]

Their healthcare has been reduced to 1 box of bandaids per city

[Flannel Boy]

Their mistakes are forgiven for creating poutine.

Nationals weep.

You stoldededed our team!

Canada is poor lol

If we're so poor why did we pay $1.5 billion for a stadium built in the 70's? I bet you poor Americans paid like $100 million for stadiums at the time.

Sports Owner: Think of all the jobs it will create! Please, city, give me money for a new stadium.

It was built for the Olympics..... thus the name of the stadium.

[FlameOfCallandor]

In Houston, the Astro's owner made the city pay for the ew stadium.

[Flannel Boy]

In Houston, the Astro's owner made the city pay for the ew stadium.

Yeah, most stadiums are paid for by governments in North America. Governments should not be building shit for billionaire owners and millionaire players.

[drozmight]

I like how green that city looks.

I want to go there now.

[whiteACID]

That's a pretty slick-looking stadium though.

[Himu]

That looks awesome

[Flannel Boy]

I like how green that city looks.

I want to go there now.

That's the East Side, also known as the crappy part of town. Downtown is great though.

Toronto is very green as well.

That's a pretty slick-looking stadium though.

Godzilla's dildo/sabian

[Lonestar]

In Houston, the Astro's owner made the city pay for the ew stadium.

Yeah, most stadiums are paid for by governments in North America. Governments should not be building shit for billionaire owners and millionaire players.

Agreed. 

[Cupil]

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the expos played there but noe anymore

now the bluejays play in toronto