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.
Rodgers center roof.
The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.
The roof at the rogers centre started to leak during tuesday s game between the toronto blue jays and the boston red sox because of heavy rainfall.
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.
The entire rogers centre complex spans 12 7 acres 5 14 hectares.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
David morassutti d morassutti august 8 2018.
The rogers centre roof modernization was a resounding success.
Roof modernization project video rogers centre recently completed a massive retrofit to the many systems that open and close the expansive retractable roof.
The building itself takes up 11 5 acres 4 66 hectares.
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.
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.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
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 roof weighs 11 000 tons and is held together by 250 000 bolts.
Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
It was completed within budget and schedule and produced a much more reliable and quiet.
The structure struggled with an outdated mechanization control system and experienced untimely roof hang ups during opening and closing.
Roof control system eliminating the operational noise vibrations and headaches of the original system.
However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration.
Purchases made on fanatics online store cannot be exchanged at jays shop.