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.
Roger center roof.
The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.
The roof weighs 11 000 tons and is held together by 250 000 bolts.
However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration.
It was originally called the skydom now called rogers centre.
They are trying to close the roof at rogers centre but it isn t.
The rogers centre roof modernization was a resounding success.
Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
It was completed within budget and schedule and produced a much more reliable and quiet.
The centre serves at the home of toronto blue jays and argonauts as well as hosts more than 100 event nights per year.
Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre.
The roof at the rogers centre started to leak during tuesday s game between the toronto blue jays and the boston red sox because of heavy rainfall.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
The structure struggled with an outdated mechanization control system and experienced untimely roof hang ups during opening and closing.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
David morassutti d morassutti august 8 2018.
Timelapse of the world s first retractable roof sport s stadium.
Roof at dome appears to be stuck with some 150 or so feet to go rain falling in.
Roof control system eliminating the operational noise vibrations and headaches of the original system.
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.