Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics as the Montreal Biodôme, opened on 19 June 1992. Île-Notre Dame serves multiple uses as of 2014. The canoeing and rowing basin has hosted World Rowing Championships special events in 1984 and 1992. The venue hosted the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 1986. West of the basin on the island is Circuit Gilles Villeneuve which opened in 1978. The circuit has hosted the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix every year except 1987 and 2009. Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics For the 1976 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-seven sports venues were used. Several venues used had been in
Olympic Games Olympian Games, which were an inspiration to Pierre de Coubertin for the Olympic Games. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, various elements frame the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. This ceremony takes place before the events have occurred. Most of these rituals were established at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The ceremony typically starts with the hoisting of the host country's flag and a performance of its national anthem. The host nation then presents artistic displays of music, singing, dance, and theatre representative of its culture. The artistic presentations have grown in scale and complexity as successive hosts