The Big O

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The Big O is Montreal’s distinctive, oval-shaped Olympic Stadium, best known for its massive concrete structure and once-ambitious inclined tower.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Big O canonical 4
The Big Owe 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic stadium ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ
stadium ⓘ
architect Luc Durand ⓘ
Roger Taillibert ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture ⓘ
capacity approximately 56,000 ⓘ
completionDate 1976 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1973 ⓘ
coordinateLocation 45.5596°N 73.5519°W ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
formerHomeVenueOf Montreal Alouettes ⓘ
Montreal Expos ⓘ
hasPart Montreal Tower ⓘ
athletics track (original Olympic configuration) ⓘ
baseball field (later configuration) ⓘ
retractable roof structure ⓘ
inception 1970 ⓘ
locatedIn Montreal ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
locatedInNeighborhood Hochelaga-Maisonneuve ⓘ
materialUsed reinforced concrete ⓘ
nickname The Big O ⓘ
The Big Owe ⓘ
linked to: The Big O
notableFor cost overruns and maintenance issues ⓘ
distinctive oval shape ⓘ
massive concrete structure ⓘ
officialName Olympic Stadium ⓘ
opened 1976 ⓘ
openedForEvent 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
operator Parc Olympique (Régie des installations olympiques) ⓘ
owner Government of Quebec ⓘ
partOf Olympic Park, Montreal ⓘ
primaryUse multi-purpose stadium ⓘ
roofStatus often inoperable and problematic ⓘ
roofType retractable (original design) ⓘ
shape oval ⓘ
towerClaim one of the tallest inclined towers in the world ⓘ
towerFeature inclined tower ⓘ
towerHeight approximately 165 metres ⓘ
usedFor Canadian football games ⓘ
Olympic athletics events ⓘ
Olympic closing ceremony ⓘ
Olympic opening ceremony ⓘ
baseball games ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
soccer matches ⓘ
trade shows and exhibitions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olympic Stadium (Montreal) → nickname → The Big O ⓘ
subject linked to: Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Montreal) → nickname → The Big Owe ⓘ
subject linked to: Olympic Stadium
linked to: The Big O
The Big O → nickname → The Big O ⓘ
The Big O → nickname → The Big Owe ⓘ
linked to: The Big O
Stade olympique de Montréal → nickname → The Big Owe ⓘ
linked to: The Big O
Stade olympique → nickname → The Big O ⓘ