Rogers Centre Roof Construction

The 52 000 seat stadium is home to the toronto blue jays and the toronto argonauts and attracts over six million spectators annually.

Rogers centre roof construction.

Roof control system eliminating the operational noise vibrations and headaches of the original system. Roof modernization project video rogers centre recently completed a massive retrofit to the many systems that open and close the expansive retractable roof. In june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre. The rogers centre roof modernization was a resounding success.

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. It is also one of toronto s premier tourist stops and a defining mark on its skyline. 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. Pieces of resurfacing from toronto s rogers centre fly off in strong winds video posted to social media on sunday shows parts of the resurfacing of the roof at toronto s rogers centre flying.

The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year. The building itself takes up 11 5 acres 4 66 hectares. Over the winter they installed a new roof membrane waterproofing around the stadium s foundation and completed construction on the ticketmaster lounge. Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.

Advertisement continue reading below it s fun to imagine how this new green space would work with the rogers centre. The structure struggled with an outdated mechanization control system and experienced untimely roof hang ups during opening and closing. Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.