Montreal's Olympic Stadium roof is getting a $870M replacement

The Quebec government says it will spend $870 million to replace the decaying roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium, but some sports economists say they're skeptical of the government's case.
Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: / ctvnews
Connect with CTV News:
For live updates and latest headlines visit: www.ctvnews.ca/
For breaking news, fast, download the CTV News App: www.ctvnews.ca...
Must-watch stories and full programs at www.ctvnews.ca/...
CTV News on TikTok: www.tiktok.com...
CTV News on X (formerly Twitter): / ctvnews
CTV News on Reddit: / ctvnews
CTV News on LinkedIn: / ctv-news
---
CTV News is Canada's most-watched news organization both locally and nationally, and has a network of national, international, and local news operations.

[@jmin15]

A new lid for the toilet bowl.

[@VictorEMusique]

My entire adult life has been plagued by this monstrosity's tax bill - such horrid design and to have entwined the stadium so completely in the rest of the local infrastructure so as to make it impossible to demolish...
Already billions spent on this - ..... and Edmonton built a stadium for 800 million - BUILT - no more costs - no budget overruns - no mafia making insane profits on the construction

[@BlueTeamRedTeam]

What a waste of money.

[@roadwarrior4181]

Who cares? Let it rot. We can't feed our families!

[@ProJock]

Are Albertans paying for that too?

[@miker883]

Is this stadium even being used ? No MLB , No FIFA , No NBA…

[@Lomogrammaton]

Probably why they want to renovate it

[@xmalin1]

No, which is probably why theyre replacing it lol

[@patrickh799]

@@xmalin1 Theyre renovating the roof. No mention of the stadium. Roof or no roof, the stadium is not attractive to any local teams

[@DIGIVOXJ23]

Isn't that an ABSURD price?

[@DaWild]

I know it's iconic, but sometimes we need to let things die...
It's criminal.... there's so many more important things we need to spend that money on.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Is SNC getting the contract? 😉

[@shihtzupuppyz]

Is the roof made of gold?

[@SC-sf8xt]

The Montreal mafia are very happy

[@joemadden4160]

1,000,000,000 to repair a piece of _______.
Cost to tear it down?
Not even $5,000,000.
But hey, it's in 🐸 town so the rest of Canada has to pony up.
As usual🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@ABCDEF-zl6nj]

We all know the final cost will be much more than $870 million and potentially more problems.

[@swedishhousemfia]

ugly architecture, wasteful "improvements"

[@Zigazaga420]

Ya cause Canada needs that nowadays

[@joemadden4160]

Why not spend that money on something worthwhile, like Mirabel?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zebra_3]

they will someday return to Mirabel.

[@zeroexponent675]

mirabel is being used for cargo plane so whats the point?

[@dreamcage1801]

Expos can now possibly comeback which is a plus +.

[@patrolmanpete]

This stadium is cursed. It cost a fortune to build, and now no one uses it but it's still going to end up costing another billion just to keep it operating. And you know it won't be the last time that happens.

[@user-qt5cm1qf3m]

I hope that the whole rooftop and the stadium interior renovations allow the MLB to add an expansion team for Montreal.

[@andrewryba7864]

Another big tax bill that Alberta will be funding

[@ericdouglas7039]

Meanwhile, Rogers Centre looks great with the new renovations and actually hosts a MLB team

[@toressm]

$870 MILLION!?! What about Montreal the city? School, Road, and city needs? "The Big Owe"!!!!!

[@victorw2008]

What a waste of taxpayer money, if they want to save it, do it with private investors. Bring it down and build affordable housing.

[@jeremyhughes6020]

If they can make it even remotely passable for baseball, then an MLB team will be in Montreal in no time.

[@canman5060]

Is Montreal going to host another World Olympic to justify this amount of spending ?

[@deankic]

0:10
$870,000,000,000,000,000

[@jeffreysmall5505]

Renovate the inside also and bring back the “Expos”

[@michaelshay3157]

You've already spent a Billion dollars on the Big Owe

[@bigboi3512]

I think the whole thing should be torn down even if it's expensive. Clean slate move on. However, if they must keep it up, why not renovate the whole thing inside like they are doing at the Rogers Centre in Toronto?

[@ibbzjoseph3841]

How to launder 870M:

[@canadianmike711]

It was used forever.

[@klarissaclairiton9010]

The money to pay for this will come from English Canada.

[@rosariadigiovanni1578]

Get rid of the whole thing build homes

[@Dracoool]

Why?

[@eliesednawi8435]

Mtl's Olympic stadium looks like a giant toilet bowl, let's flush another billion $

[@charlesward9486]

There's a huge waste of money, but then again what to Quebecers know about money and how to spend it smartly!

[@user-lb9wc6mm7b]

Who's paying for this roof, on a 60 yr old spirts arena?

[@canman5060]

1976 is not that far back !

[@liberatetutemeexinferis5902]

Baseball is not coming back to this pancake ever.

[@karenacton3854]

It’s like the Eiffel Tower???? Seriously?

[@G4LIFE74]

Sooooo Expos coming back too ??..😃😃😃

[@ransom182]

That boondoggle should be razed.

[@mattlorentz1988]

Expos return??

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Perhaps WE was the only organization capable of doing the job for a lower price. 😉

[@jasonnomad4343]

Rumour has it that this time around, financing will be done by taxing vaping pruducts. 😂