How High Is The Rogers Centre Roof

Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.

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. One interval at the conclusion of an inning and one interval at the conclusion of the next inning. The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible. The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.

Rogers centre cost 500 million to build financed by government and private industry. Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre. Take a look inside the rogers centre in toronto where the royals were scheduled to play the blue jays on monday night. When closed the rogers centre could hold a 31 story building making it almost twice as high above the field as minnesota s metrodome.

The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year. The roof shall be opened in a pair of 2 minute 15 second intervals. The whole roof is 339 343 square feet and weighs 11 000 tons. Rogers centre information policies.

The opening of the roof shall only commence between innings. A hole in the roof caused the game to be postponed. Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.