Architect proposes turning Montreal's 'Big O' into teaching hospital

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Architect proposes turning Montreal's 'Big O' into teaching hospital

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2005 / March 2

The former home of the Montreal Expos should be turned into a teaching hospital, a Montreal architect said yesterday. Claude Boucher said the Olympic Stadium, with a final cost of $2.8-billion, would be paid for next year, and with the departure of the Expos, there are no sports teams using it. The proposal, which would cost $865-million, calls for demolishing unused parts of the stadium, removing the bleachers and selling off the seats. The 18,000 square metres of existing office space could be used as a teaching hospital. The plan would also call for a new hospital building in

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