Stade olympique de Montréal - Québec
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N 45° 33.284 W 073° 33.245
18T E 612855 N 5045593
Le stade olympique de Montréal a été construit pour les jeux d'été de 1976. Il est situé au 4545 Avenue Pierre de Coubertin en face du Jardin Botanique de Montréal.
Waymark Code: WMC8N0
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 08/08/2011
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Montreal Olympic Stadium was built for the 1976 Summer Olympics. It is located at 4545 Pierre de Coubertin Avenue in front of the Montreal Botanical Garden.
At 175 m (574 ft), the Olympic Stadium is both the world's tallest slanted structure and stadium. The architect was Roger Taillibert and it is owned by la Régie des Installations Olympiques (Quebec government).
Well over its original budget, the stadium ended up costing $770 million to construct. It took taxpayers 30 years to finally pay off the cost.
The Olympic Stadium was the home of the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes 1976-1986, 1996 and 1997, of the National Baseball League's Montreal Expos 1977-2004 and of the NASL's Montreal Manic soccer team 1981-1983.
Since 2004 it currently serves as a 56,040-seat multipurpose facility for special events (concerts, trade shows), and continues to serve as a 66,308-seat venue for playoff and Grey Cup games hosted by the Montreal Alouettes.
Our coordinates were taken at the Olympic rings structure at the corner of Pie-IX and Sherbrooke Streets.
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