page_title: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
section_title: Other
hierarchical_section_title: Olympic Stadium (Montreal) / Post-Olympic use / Other
caption_attribution_description: English: Track inside Olympic Stadium for the Monster Spectacular
context_page_description: Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Montreal, Canada, located at Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of the city. Built in the mid-1970s as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof. The tower standing next to the stadium, The Montreal Tower, is the tallest inclined tower in the world with an angle elevation of 45 degrees. It is also called "The Big Owe" to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole.
  The stadium is the largest by seating capacity in Canada. After the Olympics, artificial turf was installed and it became the home of Montreal's professional baseball and football teams. The Montreal Alouettes of the CFL returned to their previous home of Molson Stadium in 1998 for regular season games, but continued to use Olympic Stadium for playoff and Grey Cup games until 2014 when they returned to Molson Stadium for all of their games. Following the 2004 baseball season, the Expos relocated to Washington, D.C., to become the Washington Nationals.
context_section_description: Olympic Stadium hosted the 1978 World Junior Speed Skating Championships where they crowned the American siblings Eric and Beth Heiden as junior world champions.
  In August 1979 the Olympic Stadium hosted the 1979 IAAF World Cup in Athletics.
  The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Assembly took place in the presence of Father Emiliano Tardif in 1979.
  On June 20, 1980, Roberto Durán defeated Sugar Ray Leonard to win the WBC boxing world's welterweight championship at the Olympic Stadium.
  The Drum Corps International World Championship finals were held at this arena in 1981 and 1982.
  On September 11, 1984, Pope John Paul II participated in a youth rally with about 55,000 people in attendance.
  On October 30, 2010, a special mass, to commemorate the ascension to sainthood of Brother André, was held at the stadium. Over 30,000 people attended.
  In 2017, the venue was the site of the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.
caption: A view from the upper deck of the monster truck layout
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