Rogers Dome Roof

The man leading the project.

Rogers dome roof.

The decision as to whether a game begins with the roof open or closed rests solely with the home club. Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre. Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre. The story in june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre.

Rogers centre toronto on need parking. However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration. The roof weighs 11 000 tons and is held together by 250 000 bolts. It was the eve of the new millennium but nobody had thought about security until the last minute.

Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989. 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. 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.

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. Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005. 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. 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 opening night was the nightmare of nightmares.