Fifty Years After the Games, Quebecers Still Spending on Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

Cranes are shown inside the Olympic Stadium during the replacement of the roof in Montreal, on Jan. 8, 2026. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Montreal’s Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof.

In 2024, Quebec’s tourism minister announced the province would spend $870 million to replace the stadium’s roof, which was torn in more than 20,000 places and threatened to force the venue’s closure.