The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
How high is the rogers centre roof.
The opening of the roof shall only commence between innings.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
Rogers centre cost 500 million to build financed by government and private industry.
When closed the rogers centre could hold a 31 story building making it almost twice as high above the field as minnesota s metrodome.
The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.
The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year.
The dome consists of three moving panels and one fixed section has a surface area of 8 acres a weight of 11 000 tonnes and a maximum clearance of 282 feet over the field.
Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
The roof the top of which is roughly 31 storeys off the floor is composed of four panels three of which slide from south to north when the structure is opening.
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Rogers centre information policies.
The roof shall be opened in a pair of 2 minute 15 second intervals.
It s fun to imagine how this new green space would work with the rogers centre.
Shi davidi wrote about this for sportset back in august but he wonders whether rogers might try to get in on the rail deck park project and develop part of the land around the stadium davidi also muses whether the jays might attempt to create a similar space as jurassic park out in front of scotiabank arena.
The whole roof is 339 343 square feet and weighs 11 000 tons.
Rogers centre faq website.
The ontario provincial and toronto city governments contributed 30 million each and 30 canadian corporations paid 5 million each.