In june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre.
Rogers centre roof construction.
Rogers centre originally named skydome is a multi purpose stadium in downtown toronto canada situated just southwest of the cn tower near the northern shore of lake ontario opened in 1989 on the former railway lands it is home to the toronto blue jays of major league baseball mlb.
Roof modernization project video rogers centre recently completed a massive retrofit to the many systems that open and close the expansive retractable roof.
Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
Previously the stadium was also home to the toronto argonauts of the canadian football league cfl and.
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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 rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.
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.
Over the winter they installed a new roof membrane waterproofing around the stadium s foundation and completed construction on the ticketmaster lounge.
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.
The 52 000 seat stadium is home to the toronto blue jays and the toronto argonauts and attracts over six million spectators annually.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
The building itself takes up 11 5 acres 4 66 hectares.