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Stadium to get new roof after Olympics

Associated Press

Friday, October 23, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The stadium hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics will get a roof worth about a half billion dollars after the Games. A retractable roof for the 60,000-seat BC Place Stadium is planned for 2011. It will replace the current air-supported dome. The CFL's B.C. Lions play there. The roof is planned be the largest cable-supported, fully retractable fabric roof in the world at more than 10 acres. British Columbia Minister of Tourism, ...

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