At a press conference Saturday in London Japanese officials and Olympic athletes announced details about the Olympic Stadium, should Tokyo host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
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Tokyo 2020 - First Olympic Stadium With Retractable Roof
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 03:25 PM
What about Montreal? Sure it wasn't finished until after the Olympics and sure it never really did work (they eventually settled for permanent roof) but they were the first to "boast" that they had such a roof and if budgets were right, things were done in time, then they would have had such a feature in their Olympics.
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 04:15 PM
What about Montreal? Sure it wasn't finished until after the Olympics and sure it never really did work (they eventually settled for permanent roof) but they were the first to "boast" that they had such a roof and if budgets were right, things were done in time, then they would have had such a feature in their Olympics.
I'm not sure what your point is. They never actually had the retractable roof, so . . .
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 05:24 PM
Montreal's retractable roof is as hypothetical as Tokyo's. Or is it vice versa? 
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 10:50 PM
C'mon now, you guys are forgetting about BC Place! Ok, it was installed after the games but oh well...
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Posted 28 July 2012 - 10:55 PM
What about Montreal? Sure it wasn't finished until after the Olympics and sure it never really did work (they eventually settled for permanent roof) but they were the first to "boast" that they had such a roof and if budgets were right, things were done in time, then they would have had such a feature in their Olympics.
Beijing planned a retractable roof on the Bird's Nest too, but scrapped it before construction.
If Tokyo actually builds this, they would be the first.
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 01:40 AM
Montreal's retractable roof is as hypothetical as Tokyo's. Or is it vice versa?
It's only because money, time and politics got in the way.
Let's assume they hadn't loss that 100 or so days of construction and budgets were well within targets, they would have gotten the roof done. It might not have been perfect, but it would have been there for the Olympics.
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Posted 30 July 2012 - 10:26 PM
What a moot point to be arguing over.
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