The Big O, a piece of Montreal’s skate history has...

29th November 2011

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The Big O, a piece of Montreal’s skate history has been removed and is currently in the process of being relocated:

This past Friday morning, November 25th Montreal’s Impact and Broccolini Construction Inc. have successfully moved the Big-O, as part of an entire expansion project for the city’s soccer-specific stadium. The 175-ton concrete structure known as the Big-O is an historic monument that was built in 1976 for the Montreal Olympic Games. Over the past three decades it has become a renowned skatespot for the international skateboarding community.
“We understood when we first build the stadium that the Big-O was a huge deal to the skateboarders,” said Montreal Impact President Joey Saputo. “When we decided to expand the stadium, we had no choice but to put a big column in its location. We needed to move it to save it. Everyone in the project was pretty confident it could be done.”
“We put in a call to a company that specializes in relocating entire homes structures, Déplacements Grenier, as this wasn’t just a simple block of concrete that had to be moved,” explained the construction superintendent Stéphane Tardif. “The Big-O is cracked in some places, so we had to monitor that throughout the move.”
“We are extremely pleased that we were able to save this structure and at the same time maintain a good relationship with the skateboarding community,” concluded Joey Saputo.
Surely, this wouldn’t happen in America. Hats off to you Montreal!

(via Skate Daily)

The Big O, a piece of Montreal’s skate history has been removed and is currently in the process of being relocated:

This past Friday morning, November 25th Montreal’s Impact and Broccolini Construction Inc. have successfully moved the Big-O, as part of an entire expansion project for the city’s soccer-specific stadium. The 175-ton concrete structure known as the Big-O is an historic monument that was built in 1976 for the Montreal Olympic Games. Over the past three decades it has become a renowned skatespot for the international skateboarding community.

“We understood when we first build the stadium that the Big-O was a huge deal to the skateboarders,” said Montreal Impact President Joey Saputo. “When we decided to expand the stadium, we had no choice but to put a big column in its location. We needed to move it to save it. Everyone in the project was pretty confident it could be done.”

“We put in a call to a company that specializes in relocating entire homes structures, Déplacements Grenier, as this wasn’t just a simple block of concrete that had to be moved,” explained the construction superintendent Stéphane Tardif. “The Big-O is cracked in some places, so we had to monitor that throughout the move.”

“We are extremely pleased that we were able to save this structure and at the same time maintain a good relationship with the skateboarding community,” concluded Joey Saputo.

Surely, this wouldn’t happen in America. Hats off to you Montreal!

(via Skate Daily)

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