Toronto Skydome Roof Opening
It was the first new stadium to open in the city in decades.
Toronto skydome roof opening. If the game begins with the roof open the roof can be closed at any time if climatic conditions warrant. Previously the stadium was also home to the toronto argonauts of the canadian football league cfl and. The newly built multi purpose stadium was a massively big deal at the time. Celebrating the nearly start of blue jays on april 12 2010.
The cn tower looms over the toronto blue jays and detroit tigers as the rogers centre s roof is open for the first time in the 2011 mlb baseball season in toronto saturday may 7 2011. It took approximately two years to build toronto s iconic skydome since renamed the. If the game begins with the roof closed it. Here is a roof opening of the toronto s rogers centre.
The decision for the roof to be opened or closed during blue jays games is dependent upon information obtained from several weather service sources. 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. If you weren t living in toronto in 1989 it is hard to accurately convey to you the true bat shit crazy magnificence of the skydome s opening ceremony.