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Alternate
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Taken from Commons FPC, very beautiful picture.
Proposed caption
The Olympic Stadium in Montreal, built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, is a 56,040-seat multipurpose facility. It is the fomer home of the Montreal Expos and is currently an alternate host to the CFL Montreal Alouettes. The building has been wrought with problems since its conception. It was not completed in time for the 1976 Olympics and finished over budget. In 1986 a large piece of the building fell during a MLB baseball game. In 1999 a large piece of the roof caved in on workers preparing for the Montreal Auto Show, causing the show to find a new venue. The stadium is now closed for four months every winter as the fire marshal has concerns about the roof being unable to support snow loads.
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Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Creator
User:Acarpentier

Support Alt Per above lovely light and sharpness --Fir0002 11:35, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support alternative, fantastic shot! That said, neither of these pictures (nor any of the pictures on the article page, for that matter) get to the heart of what this building really looks like. If you have access to it, I'd like to see the exact same shot taken from a different location / angle. See how dramatic this structure can be? . In any case, I do think both of these pictures are brilliant, and I support them completely, but if you ever decide to snap a better angle, I'd definitely support the replacement. tiZom(2¢) 16:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Le Stade Olympique de Montréal Nuit Arriere-Gauche.jpg MER-C 04:02, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]