When the toronto blue jays moved out of the comically bad exhibition stadium into their new taxpayer funded retractable roof futuristic mallpark local baseball fans lost their collective minds.
Toronto blue jays stadium retractable roof.
Combined with having a likeable winning team toronto drew on average 4 million fans a season for the next 4 years.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
1 12 the venue was noted for being the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof as well as for the 348 room hotel attached to it with 70 rooms overlooking the field.
Its retractable roof is the first of its kind montreal s olympic stadium was originally conceived as a retractable dome stadium but the roof wasn t finished until 1987 and it didn t become retractable until 1989.
An architectural marvel the rogers centre is home to major league baseball s only canadian franchise the toronto blue jays.
If the game begins with the roof closed it.
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.
The stadium was renamed rogers centre following the 2005 purchase of the stadium by rogers communications which also owns the toronto blue jays.
Now structural problems prevent the o.
Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
Built for the triple a buffalo bisons an affiliate of the blue jays since 2013 it is aesthetically the opposite of toronto s futuristic rogers centre the first retractable roof stadium.
If the game begins with the roof open the roof can be closed at any time if climatic conditions warrant.
When the rogers centre opened as skydome in 1989 a quarter century after the houston astros made indoor major league baseball a thing its retractable roof was a mechanical marvel that made.
One of the nicest aspects of the retractable roof at the rogers centre is that the blue jays actually keep it open for the majority of games unlike the four teams who have built a retractable roofed ballpark since toronto pioneered the concept.