Rogers Centre Roof Construction

Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.

Rogers centre roof construction. The entire rogers centre complex spans 12 7 acres 5 14 hectares. 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. Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005. 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.

In june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre. Advertisement continue reading below it s fun to imagine how this new green space would work with the rogers centre. Over the winter they installed a new roof membrane waterproofing around the stadium s foundation and completed construction on the ticketmaster lounge. Previously the stadium was also home to the toronto argonauts of the canadian football league cfl and.

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. Roof modernization project video rogers centre recently completed a massive retrofit to the many systems that open and close the expansive retractable roof. 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 building itself takes up 11 5 acres 4 66 hectares.