Rogers centre cost 500 million to build financed by government and private industry.
How high is the rogers centre roof.
The ontario provincial and toronto city governments contributed 30 million each and 30 canadian corporations paid 5 million each.
The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year.
The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.
A hole in the roof caused the game to be postponed.
Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
One interval at the conclusion of an inning and one interval at the conclusion of the next inning.
The opening of the roof shall only commence between innings.
The roof shall be opened in a pair of 2 minute 15 second intervals.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
Take a look inside the rogers centre in toronto where the royals were scheduled to play the blue jays on monday night.
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.
The whole roof is 339 343 square feet and weighs 11 000 tons.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
When closed the rogers centre could hold a 31 story building making it almost twice as high above the field as minnesota s metrodome.