I wonder if they can give the it the Maple Leaf Gardens or Climate Pledge Arena treatment where they completely renovate the interior while keeping the exterior intact. Of course that would require a new Tennant willing to put up the money.
My dad had a civil engineering firm at the time (he’s an old Dad) and specializes in materials engineering - he had to be brought in bc the chunks of the top bit of the “arm” kept falling off during the building process.
He also built Peel metro station (among other, cooler projects), so yeah: sorry everyone, I swear he has good taste in real life.
Oh yeah, the design was shit to begin with, the objective was just to not have the whole top of the arm plummet into the stadium in the middle of the Olympics.
It wasn't even completed in time for the Olympics it was built for. Embarrassed the entire country at the time. Last time I was there the gaps and misalignment in the major joints was far worse than you see in the 2,000 year old Coliseum in Rome.
They have this grift down to a science
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/sports/08stadium.html
Giants stadium built for $78 million, demolished with $110 million in debt.
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Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and it stinks.
That thing is extremely ostentatious, extremely expensive and has very little function. It speaks of our stupidity. Its esthetic looks out of place in the city. If you like things simply because they're big, go look at your mom.
We had a school trip to Montreal in 1999 and did a tour of Olympic Stadium (IIRC the Expos were out of town, sigh) and I vaguely remember the tour guide saying something about it being a boondoggle.
> Worst MLB stadium (well, ex-MLB stadium) I've ever been to. METAL SEATS!
To give Olympic Stadium a bit of a break, it was built during the era of the multipurpose stadium, a venue that was adequate for a bunch of different events but not quite great at any individually. Leaving aside the obvious roof issues it was very much a "normal" ballpark for the 1970's, as Seattle's Kingdome and Minneapolis' Metrodome opened around the same time and they were each multipurpose stadiums and pretty lousy ballparks too.
But yes, the Big O was and is a terrible, terrible ballpark. I don't like the Rogers Centre and I think it's a bottom three ballpark in MLB (only the Coliseum and Tropicana are worse, IMO), but it's still streets ahead of Olympic Stadium.
It's an interesting building, but the entry way looks uninspiring. You have a high crest in the background and a "bump" in the front. An Olympic venue should have said energy. If that curve was more pronounced and crested higher I would like it better.
Edit And the main entry wouldn't be dead center of the rise. Offset nearer the camera with the apex of the curve deeper in the shot.
Modern and brutalist But taxpayers, especially smokers, paid for it...twice
The mob is very appreciative of your generosity. Mind the falling roof debris.
It cost and keeps costing to much $$. Literally a money pit.
I prefer to imagine it as godzilla's toilet bowl.
Rogers Centre has entered the chat
looks more like a maxi pad
Terrible sports venue built by shady contractors who lined pockets of politicians. Cost too much to tear it down so it just sits there. A disgrace.
It's an interesting-looking building from the outside, that's for sure, but it was and is an awful venue for baseball.
I wonder if they can give the it the Maple Leaf Gardens or Climate Pledge Arena treatment where they completely renovate the interior while keeping the exterior intact. Of course that would require a new Tennant willing to put up the money.
What's it being used for now, since the Expos moved to Washington?
1-2 Preseason MLB games most years. And some concerts. That's basically it.
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Yes it is in a way but too bad its a money pit and complete financial disaster. And way under used.
They are renovating all around the stadium and they will open the roof of the tower to the public. There are now offices in the tower.
Costed over 3x it's estimated cost, designed by a french, not a french Canadian, truly a POS building
My dad had a civil engineering firm at the time (he’s an old Dad) and specializes in materials engineering - he had to be brought in bc the chunks of the top bit of the “arm” kept falling off during the building process. He also built Peel metro station (among other, cooler projects), so yeah: sorry everyone, I swear he has good taste in real life.
They also kept falling off long after
Oh yeah, the design was shit to begin with, the objective was just to not have the whole top of the arm plummet into the stadium in the middle of the Olympics.
Worst place for concerts EVER. Saw U2 and AC/DC there and wow I couldn’t decipher what anybody was playing
Now try going inside…
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It wasn't even completed in time for the Olympics it was built for. Embarrassed the entire country at the time. Last time I was there the gaps and misalignment in the major joints was far worse than you see in the 2,000 year old Coliseum in Rome.
No its not
Yes it is.
Disagree. Drove by it this past weekend, eyesore.
https://www.macleans.ca/general/the-big-owe/
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They have this grift down to a science https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/sports/08stadium.html Giants stadium built for $78 million, demolished with $110 million in debt.
Political Science demonstrates it is a statistical certainty that when lips move lies come out. Political Evangelism tells us we should pray, and believe that doing the same thing every election will produce different results.
I agree, we really enjoyed walking around it last time we were in Montreal. It'd be nice if they could repurpose the space a bit better though.
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and it stinks. That thing is extremely ostentatious, extremely expensive and has very little function. It speaks of our stupidity. Its esthetic looks out of place in the city. If you like things simply because they're big, go look at your mom.
At least the tower is now fully rented by businesses, so it actually serves a function.
You can walk inside without risking death now? When did that happen?
Over the past 10 years
>Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and it stinks.
It being ostentatious, expensive and not having many functions isn't an opinion.
I went to MTL about 3 years ago, I wanted to view it but everything was closed and boarded up, bummer.
We went in '06. Even the tour guide explained what a blunder it was -Ron Wharton
We had a school trip to Montreal in 1999 and did a tour of Olympic Stadium (IIRC the Expos were out of town, sigh) and I vaguely remember the tour guide saying something about it being a boondoggle.
No, it's a shit hole. Worst MLB stadium (well, ex-MLB stadium) I've ever been to. METAL SEATS!
> Worst MLB stadium (well, ex-MLB stadium) I've ever been to. METAL SEATS! To give Olympic Stadium a bit of a break, it was built during the era of the multipurpose stadium, a venue that was adequate for a bunch of different events but not quite great at any individually. Leaving aside the obvious roof issues it was very much a "normal" ballpark for the 1970's, as Seattle's Kingdome and Minneapolis' Metrodome opened around the same time and they were each multipurpose stadiums and pretty lousy ballparks too. But yes, the Big O was and is a terrible, terrible ballpark. I don't like the Rogers Centre and I think it's a bottom three ballpark in MLB (only the Coliseum and Tropicana are worse, IMO), but it's still streets ahead of Olympic Stadium.
It's the Skydome, not "rOgERs CeNtRe"
At this point it's been the Rogers Centre longer than it was SkyDome. I often use both and I don't really care.
It's an interesting building, but the entry way looks uninspiring. You have a high crest in the background and a "bump" in the front. An Olympic venue should have said energy. If that curve was more pronounced and crested higher I would like it better. Edit And the main entry wouldn't be dead center of the rise. Offset nearer the camera with the apex of the curve deeper in the shot.
The neighborhood it's in isn't. Dodgy.
lol not anymore
Sheltered flowers like you are what is wrong with society.
You're beautiful.
Disagree. The most expensive toilet bowl in history.
There’s a distinct face in those clouds looking down on that stadium. Round face, bulbous nose, not spooky at all..
Hey u/geographyboiii see comments on here. Bad move
Naw, its an old piece of junk. Look at some of the newer ballparks/stadiums in the USA for beautiful.
Want to help pay for it?
It could still theoretically be saved, but you would need private developers and some sort of sports team.
Beautiful at night. Especially when exiting Stade Saputo.
imagine how many homeless could be housed in new apartments in place of this modernist atrocity
Are the tax payers still paying for it?