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SkyDome
Rogers Centre.svg
Toronto - ON - Rogers Centre (Nacht).jpg
Rogers Centre at night, 2008
SkyDome is located in Toronto
SkyDome
SkyDome
Location in Toronto
SkyDome is located in Ontario
SkyDome
SkyDome
Location in Ontario
SkyDome is located in Canada
SkyDome
SkyDome
Location in Canada
Former names SkyDome (1989–2005)
Address 1 Blue Jays Way
Location Toronto, Ontario
Coordinates 43°38′29″N 79°23′21″W / 43.64139°N 79.38917°W / 43.64139; -79.38917
Public transit GO Transit logo.svg Union Station
BSicon SUBWAY.svg TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg Union subway
GO bus symbol.svg GO Bus Terminal
BSicon CLRV.svg  509  Harbourfront
BSicon CLRV.svg  510  Spadina
Owner Rogers Communications
Operator Rogers Stadium Limited Partnership
Capacity Baseball: 49,282
Canadian football: 31,074 (expandable to 52,230)
American football: 54,000
Soccer: 47,568
Basketball: 22,911 (expandable to 28,708)
Concerts: 10,000–55,000
Record attendance WrestleMania X8: 68,237 (March 17, 2002)
Field size Left Field Line – 328 feet (100 m)
Left-Centre Power Alley – 375 feet (114 m)
Centre Field – 400 feet (122 m)
Right-Centre Power Alley – 375 feet (114 m)
Right Field Line – 328 feet (100 m)
Backstop – 60 feet (18 m)
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Surface AstroTurf (1989–2004)
FieldTurf (2005–2010)
AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D (2010–2014)
AstroTurf 3D Xtreme (2015)
AstroTurf 3D Xtreme with dirt infield (2016–present)
Construction
Broke ground October 3, 1986
Opened June 3, 1989 (as SkyDome)
Construction cost $570 million
Architect Rod Robbie, Robbie Adjeleian NORR Consortium
Structural engineer Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Ltd.
Services engineer The Mitchell Partnership Inc.
General contractor EllisDon Construction
Rogers Centre Blue Jays
Rogers Centre

Rogers Centre is a sports stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is right next door to the CN Tower. It is the home field of the Major League Baseball team called the Toronto Blue Jays. Until 2015, it was also home to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.

When Rogers Centre opened in 1989, it was called the SkyDome. It hosted the WWF's WrestleMania VI on April 1, 1990 and WrestleMania X8 on March 17, 2002. WrestleMania X8 attracted the largest ever paid crowd to SkyDome with 68,237 fans. About 743 indian elephants have fit inside the Rogers Centre.

Images for kids

  • Suspension bridge over railway tracks SkyDomeRogersCentre

    A cable-stayed bridge was built over the Union Station Rail Corridor next to the stadium. Stadium-goers, pedestrians and cyclists use the bridge, while hot dog stands are set up on it.

  • SkyDomeLogo

    SkyDome wordmark (1989–2005)

  • 600th McDonalds Canada Skydome August 29 1989

    Opening of the 600th McDonald's Canada location at the SkyDome in August 1989; the McDonald's location has since been replaced.

  • RogersCentreLogo2

    Rogers Centre wordmark on the exterior of the stadium. The stadium was renamed in 2005.

  • Rogers Centre July 2005 02

    Interior of the stadium in 2005. Rogers refurbished several parts of the stadium after its acquisition, including replacing the Jumbotron with a Daktronics video display.

  • Toronto - ON - Rogers Centre (Nacht)

    The roof of the Rogers Centre illuminated during the night in 2008

  • Toronto Blue Jays Shop, Rogers Centre -throughglass (35678680363)

    Exterior entrance to the Jays Shop at Rogers Centre

  • Windows Restaurant in SkyDomeRogersCentre

    Several restaurants have views of events. The former Windows restaurant looked onto the playing field.

  • Skydome field no grass

    The stadium's field without its turf in 2006. The stadium's FieldTurf may be removed for events such as concerts and trade shows.

  • DSC08787 - The Audience (37049087052)

    The Audience is a depiction of larger-than-life fans by Michael Snow above the northeast and northwest entrances of Rogers Centre

  • Rogers Centre video screen

    The stadium's video board in 2018, depicting the two Commissioner's Trophies won by the Blue Jays in 1992 and 1993

  • The Blue Jays host the Orioles in the AL Wild Card Game (30243609331)

    The 2016 American League Wild Card Game held at the Rogers Centre

  • TORONTO ROGERS CENTRE - ARGONAUTS June 2007 - panoramio - Alain Falieres

    The Rogers Centre's field arranged for Canadian football

  • Simon Vukčević free kick at Serbia and Montenegro vs. Italy in Toronto (photo by Djuradj Vujcic)

    A soccer match between Serbia and Italy in 2005

  • Rogers Centre - TFC vs Galaxy (6965625113)

    A soccer match between Toronto FC and the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2012

  • UFC 129

    UFC 129 was held at the Rogers Centre in April 2011

  • Poetryinmotion

    WrestleMania X8 at the stadium in 2002

  • Before U2 Concert Toronto

    Preparations taking place at the Rogers Centre before a U2 concert

  • IIFA Toronto 2011 (8)

    The 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards held at the Rogers Centre in June 2011

  • 100th Grey Cup Toronto November 2012 (1)

    Members of the Toronto Argonauts run onto the field of the Rogers Centre, after winning the 100th Grey Cup in 2012

  • Rogers Centre open and closed

    Left: Rogers Centre with roof closed Right: Rogers Centre with roof opened

  • Skydome seats rotate

    The field-level seating rotates on tracks to make the stadium easier to reconfigure

See also

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