Montreal's Iconic Olympic Stadium from 1976

So, do you love it or hate it?

I personally think the building is BEAUTIFUL having seen it in person.

Spent the Summer of ‘86 in Montreal. Absolutely loved everything. Went to a dozen Expos games and they were awesome & fun. No roof, cool nights, cold Labatt’s. I remember that distinct sound during games & the blasts of the vuvuzela’s & many chien chaud. Great times.

Apart from the Stadium construction issues, the 76 Olympics were very sucessfull. I was 13 years old, I have fund memories of this epic event.

Used to go watch the Expos au Stade Olympique back in the days. I also spent many weekends watching bicycle races at the Velodrome!

The first time I saw the stadium was 23 years ago and my impression was that it was a spaceship from out of space. I hope it becomes a protected landmark.

I was 12-years old when my family and I attended one of the last days of the 1976 Olympics track & field competition (it was raining intermittently). We were seated way up in the Olympic Stadium, at the running track’s bend, and at the far end of the tower. I felt embarrassed seeing the unfinished tower constantly staring at me. However, we had great seats to see Canada’s-own Greg Joy earn a silver medal in the high jump! That was a highlight for everyone! I'm glad the tower was finally completed. I still have several original Montréal 1976 Olympic posters!

I was 16 when we went there from Los Angeles in '76. Saw the Queen and Jenner's Decathalon, quite an experience. I was in awe of both their stadium (LA had the comparatively modest '32 Stadium) and I also loved their incredible Metro system, which L.A. didn't get for decades.

Yes there were huge cost overruns but the end result is an iconic world famous architectural masterpiece. It is beautiful and a marvel to look at. How many other cities that have hosted Olympics can make that claim ? Saying it should be torn down amounts to the same as saying Egypt should tear down the Pyramids or Rome its Coliseum.

Never seen it in person, but I sure would love to visit it one of these days, see it from both outside and inside!

Being born in Montreal I was very little when the Olympics were being held. I remember making my way to my first Expos Game in the early 80's as a kid, it was such a long Metro Ride, but was exciting to be there. When I went back as an teen and an adult it really hit how unnecessarily big this place was and the seats were so far away. My thoughts on demolishing it? Mixed. It's part of my childhood and cost a lot of people a lot of money. Haven't been back in almost 30 years to that stadium, but I will never forget the Big 'O'. Nice video!

A number of years ago, when the stadium had (and still has) few tenants, a survey asked Montrealers what they should do with the stadium. But they actually had to specify that you were not allowed to answer "blow it up" because they knew this would be the main answer. I'm not kidding.

Outstanding video! Love this historical presentation and the changes made throughout time to the present.

Hey Awesome Video I’m glad I made the cut. Thank you please make more. Your our favourite channel keep it up bro :)

I’ve worked to build the stadium and many things happened, beau documentaire mon ami

Was happily surprised to see some of my footage in there and then really impressed you listed all your source! Great work on gathering all those bits and pieces of history. Stumbled on tou Expo67 video and then i followed with this one. Will keep watching more! 😊

back in 1976, the Olympic stadium still had no roof there was a construction worker strike, too even in the early 1980's, no roof it remained open topped for a long time and I referred to it as the spikey toilet bowl seat

Loved it a lot.

If the new TB Rays Ballpark fails, in 2027 is Montreal, Quebec’s turn for Major League Baseball in 🇨🇦 ⚾️

Very surprising to see a 28 minute video about the Big O and not a single mention of the Expos.