How NOT to Build a Stadium

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Montréal's 50-year struggle to complete its Olympic stadium. To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free, visit https://brilliant.org/TheB1M/ You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Full story here - https://theb1m.com/video/montreal-olympic-stadium This video contains paid promotion for Brilliant. Additional footage and images courtesy of Archives de la Ville de Montréal / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Parc Olympique, ACDF Architecture, Adrien Williams, Caribb / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, CBC, CityNews, CTV News, Mammoet, ABC News, abdallahh / CC BY 2.0, Claude Brochu / CC BY-SA 3.0, CNN, Dennis Jarvis / CC BY-SA 2.0, Jean-Marie Brochu / CC BY-SA 4.0, Mark Carter / CC BY-NC 2.0, Metallica, R.D. Barry / CC BY-SA 2.0, Serge Chapleau, srv007 / CC BY-NC 2.0, 13winds, TVA Nouvelles / CC BY 3.0, V2COM and zemistor / CC BY-ND 2.0. Archive construction footage courtesy of Archives de la Ville de Montréal, P064-X-P01 / CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA. 00:00 Intro 01:31 The Vision 03:04 The Construction 04:03 The Problems 05:40 The Debt 07:29 Ongoing Issues 09:21 Another Upgrade 11:40 The Future 12:40 The Demolition Question 13:30 Conclusion Research sources: https://parcolympique.qc.ca/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-s-big-owe-stadium-debt-is-over-1.602530 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-22/montreal-balks-at-a-nearly-billion-dollar-olympic-stadium-renovation https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/article417228.html https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/06/40-year-hangover-1976-olympic-games-broke-montreal-canada https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreal-withdraws-from-2026-fifa-world-cup-consideration/ https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/07/11/dismantling-olympic-stadium-roof/ For more by The B1M subscribe now - https://bit.ly/the-b1m We're raising awareness of construction's mental health crisis through our Get Construction Talking initiative. There’s a video series on our channel and you can find support or donate at - https://www.getconstructiontalking.org/ Follow Get Construction Talking Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/getconstructiontalking/ X - https://twitter.com/GetConstTalking LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-construction-talking/about/ Listen to The World's Best Construction Podcast by The B1M Apple - https://apple.co/3OssZsH Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3om1NkB Amazon Music - https://amzn.to/3znmBP4 View this video and more at - https://www.TheB1M.com/ Follow us on X - http://www.x.com/TheB1M/ Like us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TheB1M/ Follow us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theb1m/ Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-b1m-ltd/ Follow us on Instagram - http://instagram.com/theb1m/ Follow us on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@theb1m The B1M Merch store - https://theb1m.creator-spring.com/ #construction #architecture #stadiums We welcome you sharing our content to inspire others, but please be nice and play by our rules - http://www.theb1m.com/guidelines-for-sharing Our content may only be embedded onto third party websites by arrangement. We have established partnerships with domains to share our content and help it reach a wider audience. If you are interested in partnering with us please contact [email protected]. Ripping and/or editing this video is illegal and will result in legal action. © 2025 The B1M Limited