The roof replacement will cost 458 million and the province says it will.
How much did bc place roof cost.
Pavco originally estimated it has emerged a much greater rise than the less than double.
The stadium had a fiberglass fabric roof that was self supported by air pressure and was the third major sports facility to have this feature the first two being the pontiac silverdome and the carrier dome.
New roof bc place upgrades could cost 365 million.
Place will be covered by a new retractable fabric roof supported by a series of cables and masts.
When do we open the roof.
Under the new roof it lost 13 million last year.
Published january 10 2009 updated january 10 2009.
And that allows bc place to contribute even more to british columbia s economy by generating more than 100 million in economic activity year in year out.
Government has signed off on a plan to build a new 458 million retractable roof for bc place stadium after the close of the 2010 winter games.
Back in 2007 bc place suffered 4 million in losses.
Construction of the stadium started in 1981 with dillingham construction contracted to build the stadium designed by architecture firm studio phillips barratt ltd.
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The retractable centre portion of the roof measures approximately 100m x 85m effectively covering the area of the entire playing surface.
The cost to renovate bc place stadium ended up five times higher than the figure b c.
Published january 10 2009.
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Place s retractable roof have more than doubled compared with the previous roof which did not retract figures released by the ndp show.
Bc place roof revitalization project ciscwebadmin 2017 03 06t10 50 41 05 00 project description this challenging revitalization project was initiated to replace the existing air supported roof of bc place stadium home of various sports teams and host olympic stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 vancouver olympic winter games.