Olympic Stadium Roof Collapses

Dramatic aerial footage surfaced on social media showing a harrowing.

Olympic stadium roof collapses.

56 t concrete slab to fall onto an exterior walkway. It happened monday afternoon as workers prepared for an automotive show at. A view of stadium sports and concert complex petersburgsky collapsed during disassembly of the roof in st petersburg russia on friday. The peterburgsky stadium one of the biggest stadiums in.

Russian officials say a worker was killed after a soviet era sports complex collapsed during planned demolition work in saint petersburg. It was the latest chapter in the difficult history of the stadium built for the 1976 summer olympics and home to the montreal expos baseball team. The roof is so weak that the stadium can t be used as an indoor venue if 1 2 inches or more of snow is forecast. Media caption up above the stadium s new roof structure.

No one was injured but the expos had to move their final 13 home games of that season to the opponents cities. A construction worker died friday during a planned dismantling of the sports and concert complex in st. Five people suffered minor injuries when part of the roof of montreal s olympic stadium has collapsed under heavy snow. The quebec government has committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023.

At twice the size. Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation. Snow came crashing down injuring five people. All market data delayed 20 minutes.

The stadium s cavernous design proved a disaster for major league sports and is. Work has begun to install a new roof on the olympic stadium as part of a 190m transformation of the east london venue.