Olympic Stadium Montreal
Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal, Canada, located at Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stadium
- Description: stadium built for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal
- Also known as: “Montreal Olympic Stadium”, “Olympic Stadium”, “Olympic Stadium (Montreal)”, and “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Address: 4545 Avenue Pierre-De Coubertin, Montréal, H1V 3N7
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympic Park and Montreal Biodome.
Olympic Park
Park
Photo: Bobjagendorf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Montreal Olympic Park is a sports and entertainment precinct located in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec. It is separated from Maisonneuve Park and the Montreal Botanical Garden by Sherbrooke Street on its northern end, and bordered by Viau Street to its east, Pierre de Coubertin Avenue to its south, and Pie-IX Boulevard to its west. Olympic Park is situated 210 metres northeast of Olympic Stadium Montreal.
Montreal Biodome
Zoo
Photo: storem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Montreal Biodome is a museum of enclosed ecosystems located at Olympic Park in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas. Montreal Biodome is situated 260 metres northeast of Olympic Stadium Montreal.
Saputo Stadium
Stadium
Photo: FRED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saputo Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium at Olympic Park in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The stadium opened on May 21, 2008, and is the current home of CF Montréal. Saputo Stadium is situated 590 metres north of Olympic Stadium Montreal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Longue-Pointe.
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Photo: Nicolas Marchildon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a district in Montreal. Located a ways east of downtown, it features the Olympic Stadium and other major attractions.
Longue-Pointe
Neighborhood
Longue-Pointe was a Montreal neighbourhood now located in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighborhood was permanently divided by the construction of the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel.
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Photo: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is an area of Montreal north of the Plateau. Unlike in many other North American cities, Montreal's Little Italy is still authentic and has not seen any tourist-oriented development.
Olympic Stadium Montreal
Latitude
45.55782° or 45° 33′ 28″ northLongitude
-73.55164° or 73° 33′ 6″ westElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Inception
1976Open location code
87Q8HC5X+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 108505523OpenStreetMap feature
building=stadiumOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadiumOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Olympic Stadium Montreal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ملعب مونتريال الأولمبي”
- Armenian: “Օլիմպիական մարզադաշտ”
- Basque: “Montrealgo Estadio Olinpikoa”
- Belarusian: “Алімпійскі стадыён”
- Catalan: “Estadi Olímpic de Mont-real”
- Catalan: “Estadi Olímpic de Montreal”
- Catalan: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Chinese: “蒙特利尔奥林匹克体育场”
- Chinese: “蒙特利爾奧林匹克體育場”
- Chinese: “蒙特婁奧林匹克體育場”
- Chinese: “蒙特娄奥林匹克体育场”
- Czech: “Olympijský stadion v Montrealu”
- Czech: “Olympijský stadion”
- Czech: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Dutch: “Olympisch Stadion (Montréal)”
- Dutch: “Olympisch Stadion”
- Dutch: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Esperanto: “Olimpika Stadiono de Montrealo”
- Esperanto: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Finnish: “Montrealin olympiastadion”
- Finnish: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- French: “Olympic Stadium”
- French: “stade olympique de Montréal”
- French: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- French: “Stade Olympique de Montréal”
- French: “Stade olympique”
- French: “Tour de Montréal”
- German: “Olympiastadion Montreal”
- German: “Olympiastadion”
- German: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Greek: “Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο του Μόντρεαλ”
- Haitian: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Haitian: “Stade Olympique De Montréal”
- Haitian: “Tour de Montréal”
- Hebrew: “האצטדיון האולימפי”
- Indonesian: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Indonesian: “Stadion Olimpiade Montreal”
- Italian: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Italian: “Stadio Olimpico di Montréal”
- Italian: “Stadio Olimpico”
- Japanese: “オリンピック・スタジアム”
- Javanese: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Javanese: “Stadhion Olimpik”
- Javanese: “Stadion Olimpiade”
- Korean: “몬트리올 올림픽 경기장”
- Korean: “몬트리올 올림픽 스타디움”
- Latin: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Latin: “Stadium Olympiae Montis Regii”
- Latin: “Stadium Olympicum Montis Regii”
- Latvian: “Monreālas olimpiskais stadions”
- Latvian: “Monreālas Olimpiskais stadions”
- Latvian: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Lithuanian: “Monrealio olimpinis stadionas”
- Malay: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Malay: “Stadium Olimpik Montreal”
- Malay: “ستاديوم اوليمڤيک مونتريال”
- Marathi: “ऑलिंपिक मैदान”
- Marathi: “ऑलिंपिक स्टेडियम”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Norwegian: “Stade olympique”
- Persian: “ورزشگاه المپیک مونترآل”
- Persian: “ورزشگاه المپیک مونترال”
- Polish: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Polish: “Stadion Olimpijski w Montrealu”
- Portuguese: “Estádio Olímpico de Montreal”
- Portuguese: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Romanian: “Stadionul Olimpic din Montréal”
- Russian: “Олимпийский стадион”
- Serbian: “Олимпијски стадион (Монтреал)”
- Serbian: “Олимпијски стадион”
- Slovak: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Slovenian: “Olimpijski stadion, Montreal”
- Spanish: “Estadio Olímpico de Montreal”
- Spanish: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Swedish: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Swedish: “Stade Olympique”
- Thai: “สนามกีฬาโอลิมปิก”
- Turkish: “Montreal Olimpik Stadyumu”
- Turkish: “Montreal Olimpiyat Stadyumu”
- Turkish: “Olimpiyat Stadyumu”
- Turkish: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
- Ukrainian: “Олімпійський стадіон (Монреаль)”
- Ukrainian: “Олімпійський стадіон”
- Vietnamese: “Sân vận động Olympic”
- Vietnamese: “Stade olympique de Montréal”
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