Roger Center Roof

The rogers centre hosts the t.

Roger center roof.

The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time. Roof at dome appears to be stuck with some 150 or so feet to go rain falling in. David morassutti d morassutti august 8 2018. Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre.

They are trying to close the roof at rogers centre but it isn t. 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. It was completed within budget and schedule and produced a much more reliable and quiet.

The structure struggled with an outdated mechanization control system and experienced untimely roof hang ups during opening and closing. 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 centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year. The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.

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. Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005. It was originally called the skydom now called rogers centre. Timelapse of the world s first retractable roof sport s stadium.

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. Roof control system eliminating the operational noise vibrations and headaches of the original system.