Parc olympique de Montréal — Stade et Tour

Nicknamed the "Big O", and sometimes the "Big Owe", Montreal's Olympic Stadium still splits the city in two camps, fifty years on: monumental work of art, or the most photogenic white elephant in Quebec?

Designed by French architect **Roger Taillibert** at the request of Mayor Jean Drapeau for the 1976 Summer Games, the stadium is a sculpture of…