Rogers Centre Roof Report Today

The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year.

Rogers centre roof report today.

The dome will be closed for the start of the blue jays game today. Rogers centre faq website. 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. The door has officially been shut on an open roof at toronto s rogers centre today for the key mlb playoff game between the blue jays and texas rangers despite a vigorous online campaign by jays.

Rogers centre information policies. The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time. Tampa bay rays september 27 7 07pm. Ellisdon construction file toronto s skydome is shown in a 1996 file photo.

Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989. Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre. The opening of the roof shall only commence between innings. The toronto blue jays are expecting to play at an open rogers centre for the first time this year during their upcoming june 4 9 homestand amid ongoing work to replace the retractable roof s.

Video posted to social media on sunday shows parts of the resurfacing of the roof at toronto s rogers centre flying off amid a powerful. The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible. However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration. The roof at the rogers centre started to leak during tuesday s game between the toronto blue jays and the boston red sox because of heavy rainfall.

The roof shall be opened in a pair of 2 minute 15 second intervals. One interval at the conclusion of an inning and one interval at the conclusion of the next inning. It takes 20 minutes to open the roof of the skydome now called the rogers centre.