{"id":807928,"date":"2026-07-17T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807928\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:42:11","slug":"quebec-approves-interior-renovations-for-montreals-olympic-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807928\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec approves interior renovations for Montreal&#8217;s Olympic Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/big-o-roof-replacement-is-on-schedule-and-budget-officials-say\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it was the roof<\/a>. Now, the inside of Montreal\u2019s Olympic Stadium will be getting a much-need facelift.<\/p>\n<p>The Quebec government is giving the green light to the \u201cOlympic Park to begin planning the work to modernize the interior\u201d of the emblematic stadium, a spokesperson for the province\u2019s tourism minister confirmed in an email Friday to The Gazette.<\/p>\n<p>More details about the renovations are expected later in the day when the province makes the official announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/montreal-olympics-50th-anniversary-will-feature-music-movies-and-a-gathering-of-nadias\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal is celebrating the 50th anniversary of hosting the 1976 Olympics<\/a>, with a series of events throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s Picks\t<\/p>\n<p>It also comes amid pressure from Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, who called on the province to fund a broader renovation of the venue. <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/soccer\/club-de-foot-montreal\/mls-commissioner-to-quebec-politicians-finish-the-job-on-olympic-stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In June<\/a>, he said the project is essential to CF Montr\u00e9al\u2019s long-term future.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec has already moved ahead with a $870-million roof replacement for the Big O, which is expected to be completed in 2028. Last month, Garber stressed  that fixing the roof wouldn\u2019t be enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First, it was the roof. Now, the inside of Montreal\u2019s Olympic Stadium will be getting a much-need facelift.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-807928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}