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From Sherel Purcell, Former About.com Guide to Montreal / Quebec City Travel

Montreal Soccer Team Revives the Dirty O

Friday February 27, 2009
Not in 25 years has the bad boy of Montreal attractions garnered so much positive attention, thanks to the Montreal soccer team. The Olympic stadium, plagued from the beginning by continuing budget and structural problems has been a thorn in Montreal taxpayers sides for eons.

The recent soccer contest between Montreal and the defeated Mexican team attracted over 55,000 fans who didn't seem to mind the leaky roof.

Related Reading:
Getting to Olympic Stadium
Montreal Botanical Gardens
More East End Attractions

Photo: Olympic Stadium, east end Montreal, by Sherel Purcell

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