Where the Summer Olympic Games of 1976 were held
Where the Summer Olympic Games of 1976 were held
The right to host the Summer Olympic Games in 1976year was Canadian Montreal, ousted his victory by strong rivals - Moscow and Los Angeles. This small island town, surrounded by the waters of the St. Laurentia, for two weeks of the Olympics took hundreds of thousands of tourists.
In May 1970, the International Olympic Committeedecided the question of the venue of the 1976 games. On the agenda were three cities: Moscow, Montreal and Los Angeles, and in this order. The Soviet capital was a favorite, and the Russian media even hastened to announce a positive decision of the committee in favor of Moscow, although the decision had not yet been made. Voting of members was conducted in two stages. In the first round, Los Angeles dropped out, and almost all of his votes moved to the Canadian city. Montreal won with a result of 41 votes against 28.
Montreal had six years to do everythingnecessary preparations. The city authorities said that the Olympics in Montreal will be modest and simple "in the traditions of the greatness of man," meaning that in the first place will be the sport. Soon the loud promise had to be forgotten. Almost immediately it became clear that the city could not meet the budget. The planned $ 310 million resulted in almost $ 20 billion. To get this amount, the city had to take a huge loan, which was repaid in full only in 2006.
Construction of Olympic facilities was conducted innot easy conditions. There were severe frosts, the errors of the designers led to the death of fifteen workers. Contractors who did not receive their money in time, then and then arranged strikes. Montreal games have become the most expensive in the history of the Olympics.
