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March 24, 2006
Building delayed on Montreal’s new soccer stadium
MONTREAL
Construction of a new soccer stadium for the Montreal Impact will be delayed at least two months while the team explores an alternate site, said Impact president Joey Saputo.
Work on the $15 million, privately financed stadium was to begin at the end of March at the Technoparc, a mostly vacant area south of downtown Montreal.
Saputo said he accepted an invitation from the Olympic Installations Board to look at building the 15,000-seat soccer complex near Olympic Stadium in the east end.
He said a decision would be made “within a few months” on which site best suits the needs of soccer in Quebec.
The Technoparc area lost much of its lustre this winter when plans fell through to build a casino and a complex for the Cirque du Soleil on the site.
With the delay, the stadium will not be ready to open as planned for the start of the Impact’s 2007 United Soccer League season or for the 2007 World Youth Championship. Montreal is to be one of six host cities for the world tournament.
Construction has already begun in Toronto on a new national stadium at Exhibition Place, which will host the final of the World Youth Championship.
A Canadian Soccer Association spokesman said two alternate sites are being studied in Montreal for use during the event — the Impact’s current home at the Claude Robillard Centre and Percival Molson Stadium on the McGill University campus.
The Robillard Centre may prove too small for the world tournament, while Molson Stadium may need a new surface to cover football lines on the current surface, which is used by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
Canadian Press
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