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Stade Olympique

Address: 4141 av. Pierre-de-Coubertin, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montréal, QC | Map It
Phone: 514/252-8687
www.rio.gouv.qc.ca

Category: Sports Venues
Location: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

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Fodor's Review:

Montrealers finished paying for their Olympic stadium in the spring of 2006—30 years after the games it was built for—but they still call it the Big Owe, and not very affectionately, either. It certainly looks dramatic, squatting like a giant flying saucer in the middle of the east end. But the place is hard to heat, it's falling apart, and the saga of the retractable roof—it worked precisely three times—is a running joke for local comics. Abandoned by the baseball and football teams it was supposed to house, the stadium is now used for trade shows, motorcycle races, and monster-truck competitions. Daily guided tours of the complex in French and English leave from Tourist Hall (514/252-8687) in the base of the Tour Olympique every hour on the hour between 11 and 4 from September to June and 10 and 5 from June to September.

Cost: Tour of Olympic complex C$8
Metro: Pie-IX or Viau

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