Rogers Dome Roof

The 52 000 seat stadium is home to the toronto blue jays and the toronto argonauts and attracts over six million spectators annually.

Rogers dome roof.

The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible. To create the large column spaces required by the microchip factory the building s roof is supported by nine blue painted towers made from tubular steel that are positioned along the centre of. The decision as to whether a game begins with the roof open or closed rests solely with the home club. The dome itself is suspended from a series of 12 100 metre 330 feet tall steel masts held in place by more than 70 kilometres 43 miles of high strength steel cable that in turn support the teflon coated glass fibre roof.

Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989. It was the eve of the new millennium but nobody had thought about security until the last minute. The man leading the project. Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.

The story in june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre. Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre. Rogers centre toronto on need parking. However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration.

Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005. Retractable roof policy the blue jays are required to follow all mlb policies in effect for retractable roof stadiums. In accordance with mlb policy the following guidelines must be followed. Roof modernization project video rogers centre recently completed a massive retrofit to the many systems that open and close the expansive retractable roof.

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. 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.