Olympic Stadium Roof Collapses

A construction worker died friday during a planned dismantling of the sports and concert complex in st.

Olympic stadium roof collapses.

At twice the size. Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation. The afas stadium has a capacity of just over 17 000 and officially opened in august 2006 with a friendly against arsenal. No one was injured but the expos had to move their final 13 home games of that season to the opponents cities.

The quebec government has committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023. Dramatic aerial footage surfaced on social media showing a harrowing. Olympic stadium s blue roof and new scoreboard installed in 2015 on september 8 of that year support beams snapped and caused a 55 long ton 62 short ton. 56 t concrete slab to fall onto an exterior walkway.

Media caption up above the stadium s new roof structure. The roof is so weak that the stadium can t be used as an indoor venue if 1 2 inches or more of snow is forecast. Dismantling montreal s olympic stadium would be foolish says man in charge the stadium and. A view of stadium sports and concert complex petersburgsky collapsed during disassembly of the roof in st petersburg russia on friday.

The peterburgsky stadium one of the biggest stadiums in. All market data delayed 20 minutes. Five people suffered minor injuries when part of the roof of montreal s olympic stadium has collapsed under heavy snow. It happened monday afternoon as workers prepared for an automotive show at.

Snow came crashing down injuring five people. Russian officials say a worker was killed after a soviet era sports complex collapsed during planned demolition work in saint petersburg.