Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
Rogers centre roof time.
The 52 000 seat stadium is home to the toronto blue jays and the toronto argonauts and attracts over six million spectators annually.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
It was originally called the skydom now called rogers centre.
The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.
Roof modernization project video rogers centre recently completed a massive retrofit to the many systems that open and close the expansive retractable roof.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
127 2018 april 16 a scheduled blue jays game against the kansas city royals is cancelled due to the retractable roof having a hole as a result of the mid april 2018 ice storm.
The cn tower looms over the toronto blue jays and detroit tigers as the rogers centre s roof is open for the first time in the 2011 mlb baseball season in toronto saturday may 7 2011.
The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year.
David morassutti d morassutti august 8 2018.
The stadium is best known for the retractable roof which is one of many innovations that can be found in a stadium that was ahead of its time.
It s infinitely more time efficient and cost effective than pre renovation when the retractable roof s system required highly specialized third party service technicians who tended to be out of the country when needed.
In june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre.
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Timelapse of the world s first retractable roof sport s stadium.
2016 october 4 rogers centre opens its roof for the first time in blue jays postseason history during the american league wild card game against the baltimore orioles.