Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
'The Big O', home of the Expos from 1977 until the move to Washington.
Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal's Olympic Park, built in the mid-1970s as the main venue of the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the Montreal Expos' home from 1977 until the franchise moved to Washington after the 2004 season.
Quick Facts
- Nickname
- The Big O; The Big Owe
- Public transit
- montreal
- metro montreal
- metro
- 1 Pie-IX
- Viau
- Address
- 4545 Pierre-de-Coubertin Avenue
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Groundbreaking
- April 28, 1973
- Opened
- July 17, 1976; April 15, 1977 (baseball)
- Roof
- Dome
- Owner
- Régie des Installations Olympiques (Government of Quebec)
Facts from the source article.
Background
It is nicknamed 'The Big O', after its name and its doughnut-shaped roof ring, and mocked as 'The Big Owe' for the cost of building it and of the Games. After the Olympics artificial turf was laid and it became home to Montreal's baseball and football teams. All of the Expos' postseason home games, in the 1981 Division Series and NLCS, were played there, including the 'Blue Monday' loss to the Dodgers.
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