Poutinetown@lemmy.ca to Montréal@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoQuebec to spend $870M on a new roof for the Olympic Stadiumwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkQuebec to spend $870M on a new roof for the Olympic Stadiumwww.cbc.caPoutinetown@lemmy.ca to Montréal@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareblunderworld@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoHow the fuck does any roof cost $870M? Did they resurrect Michelangelo to paint it?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoThe skydome cost $570 million back in the 80s
minus-squarePoutinetown@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months ago In 2018, the body that runs the Olympic Park estimated the total amount spent on the venue at $1.7-billion, or $5.2-billion in inflation-adjusted 2017 dollars. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-montreals-olympic-stadium-needs-1-billion-in-repairs-demolition-might/
minus-squarePoutinetown@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoWith 5.2B cost, 800M for the roof makes sense.
minus-squareblunderworld@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoHuh, TIL. Had no idea it was such an expensive project.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoThe Montreal olympics were in 1976, and the stadium was finally done being paid off in 2006.
minus-squarePoutinetown@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYeah but the profitablity could be huge. The venue would allow major artists and events to be hosted there instead of Bell center.
minus-squareAnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThere’s no way to make a concrete behemoth like the Olympic Stadium sound good.
How the fuck does any roof cost $870M? Did they resurrect Michelangelo to paint it?
The skydome cost $570 million back in the 80s
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-montreals-olympic-stadium-needs-1-billion-in-repairs-demolition-might/
With 5.2B cost, 800M for the roof makes sense.
Huh, TIL. Had no idea it was such an expensive project.
The Montreal olympics were in 1976, and the stadium was finally done being paid off in 2006.
Yeah but the profitablity could be huge. The venue would allow major artists and events to be hosted there instead of Bell center.
There’s no way to make a concrete behemoth like the Olympic Stadium sound good.