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The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics. The stadium 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; "The Big Owe" name has also been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole. The tower incorporated into the base of the stadium, called the Montreal Tower, is the tallest inclined tower in the world at metres ( ft).

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  • Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
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  • The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics. The stadium 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; "The Big Owe" name has also been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole. The tower incorporated into the base of the stadium, called the Montreal Tower, is the tallest inclined tower in the world at metres ( ft).
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Dimensions
  • Backstop – 62 ft , 65 , 53
  • Center Field – 404 ft , 405 , 404 , 400 , 404
  • Foul Lines – 325 ft , 330 , 325
  • Power Alleys – 375 ft
Nickname
  • The Big O
broke ground
  • 1973-04-28(xsd:date)
construction cost
  • C$ 1.47 billion
  • C$ 770 million
Title
stadium name
  • Olympic Stadium
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Surface
Years
  • 1976(xsd:integer)
  • 1977(xsd:integer)
  • 1981(xsd:integer)
  • 1982(xsd:integer)
  • 1996(xsd:integer)
  • 2001(xsd:integer)
After
seating capacity
  • Baseball: 43,739
  • Concert: 78,322
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