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Originally Posted by esquire
At least a new stadium would be suited to whatever purpose it is intended for... right now, Olympic Stadium is useless for baseball -- I can't imagine a baseball team calling the Big O home again, at any level, except on an interim basis while a new facility is built -- and ill-suited to football and soccer, at least in terms of the needs of the teams that are currently playing in Montreal.
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This is pretty much the crux of the issue in Montreal. Any team entering or currently in the market would prefer not to play at Olympic, and their new stadium build potential is the following:
MLB: Potential for a new stadium but not a home run (
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NBA: Can play at Centre Bell
NFL: Nope
MLS: Already have a right-sized stadium
CFL: Already have a stadium/lack funds for new build
etc. etc.
So as it stands the Big O sits empty waiting for a big event once every 20 years which requires $250M+ to bring it up to spec to make it profitable.