Rogers Centre Roof Construction

The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year.

Rogers centre roof construction.

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 rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time. Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989. Advertisement continue reading below it s fun to imagine how this new green space would work with the rogers centre.

Rogers centre originally named skydome is a multi purpose stadium in downtown toronto canada situated just southwest of the cn tower near the northern shore of lake ontario opened in 1989 on the former railway lands it is home to the toronto blue jays of major league baseball mlb. Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005. 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. Over the winter they installed a new roof membrane waterproofing around the stadium s foundation and completed construction on the ticketmaster lounge.

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. The building itself takes up 11 5 acres 4 66 hectares. In june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre. The 52 000 seat stadium is home to the toronto blue jays and the toronto argonauts and attracts over six million spectators annually.

The entire rogers centre complex spans 12 7 acres 5 14 hectares.