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/0

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