Built as part of the Olympic Stadium for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, the Olympic Tower was not fully completed until 1987 due to a construction workers' strike. Intended to retract the stadium's Kevlar roof, the Olympic Tower has since been designated to other usages now that the roof remains permanently closed. Frequented by tourists wanting to get a bird's eye view of Montreal from the observatory deck at the pinnacle of the tower, at a height of 556 feet, the Olympic Tower remains the world's tallest inclined structure. At a total cost of over 2 billion dollars, the Olympic Stadium was an architectural marvel when it was first opened in 1976 and continues to draw in thousands of tourists every year even as Montreal taxpayers continue to pay off the municipal debt incurred for its construction.
