The roof weighs 11 000 tons and is held together by 250 000 bolts.
Rogers skydome 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.
Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
Since its launch in 1989 the skydome has always been revolutionary as artistic director roland kirouac told.
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.
Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
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.
Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.