Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
Rodgers center roof.
It was completed within budget and schedule and produced a much more reliable and quiet.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
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 rogers centre roof modernization was a resounding success.
The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year.
However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration.
The structure struggled with an outdated mechanization control system and experienced untimely roof hang ups during opening and closing.
The entire rogers centre complex spans 12 7 acres 5 14 hectares.
When the roof is open 91 of the seats and 100 of the field is open to the sky covering an area of 3 2 hectares 7 9 acres.
Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
Merchandise returns can only be made at the original purchase location jays shop purchases must be exchanged in store and fanatics online purchases must be exchanged online.
Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre.
David morassutti d morassutti august 8 2018.
Roof modernization project video rogers centre recently completed a massive retrofit to the many systems that open and close the expansive retractable roof.
The diameter of the building is 700 feet while the volume inside the stadium with the roof closed is 56 5 million cubic feet 1 6 million cubic meters.
The building itself takes up 11 5 acres 4 66 hectares.
Rogers centre information now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
Purchases made on fanatics online store cannot be exchanged at jays shop.
The roof weighs 11 000 tons and is held together by 250 000 bolts.