Open its roof completely.
How long does it take to open the skydome roof.
Constructed in 1989 the skydome is the first and only stadium to have.
It officially opened back on june 3 1989.
In june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre.
The cn tower looms over the toronto blue jays and detroit tigers as the rogers centre s roof is open for the first time in the 2011 mlb baseball season in toronto saturday may 7 2011.
The 52 000 seat stadium is home to the toronto blue jays and the toronto argonauts and attracts over six million spectators annually.
All panels are made of steel trusses and corrugated steel with a weatherproof coating.
When the retractable roof is open people standing on the observation deck of the nearby cn tower can look down on the field.
However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration.
The roof has for large steel panels.
1 054 758 torontonians can t be wrong.
On fair weather days the toronto skydome can do something no other domed stadium in the world can.
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.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
One panel is fixed and the other three move.
Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre.
How much does it cost the owners of the rogers centre née skydome to open and close the roof.
About 20 minutes when i was a student back in the 1980 s i had a tiny fourth year seminar class with only 4 students we had many interesting guests incuding rod robbie one of the principle architects of skydome now known as the rogers centre.
Opening of the skydome roof time lapse duration.
The skydome is a central figure on the city s skyline and its most identifiable object when photographed from space.
Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
It is also one of toronto s premier tourist stops and a defining mark on its skyline.