Le Olympic Stadium

Sep 20th. I get up and head over to the Site of the 1976 Olympic games. Most of the facilities are still there although some have been converted - the Olympic village is an old folks home and the velodrome is a Biodome which houses penguins amongst other animals. I take a stadium tour which is cool - the stadium is quite impressive with its funky roof which was beset by all sorts of problems initially. The city has finally paid off the stadium as well after 30 years - they did this by putting a tax on cigarettes so Montrealers say that the smokers paid for the place but they aren't allowed to smoke inside it. The tower that holds up the roof wasn't completed till 10 years after the games and it is the highest inclined tower in the world. Total number of gold medals won by Canada - 0.
Pictures (Left) - The tower, (Right) - Inside the stadium, (Bottom) - Gold medal winners (David Wilkie GBR) one of 2 golds for us this games