Roger Center

The Roger Center is where the Toronto Blue Jays play out of. The Roger Center was originally called the Sky Dome before it had it's name switched in 2005, this building was built in 1989. The cost of the building at that time was 570 million dollars which was considered to be alot of money back then but is now considered to be average. For an example,there have been two new stadiums that were opened for the 2010 baseball seaso, the New Yankee Stadium is home of the New York Yankees and Target Field being home for the Minnesota Twins. Yankee Stadium cost the team/owners 1.5 billion dollars to construct while the Twins stadiumcost 545 million dollars to build. The Rogers Center can hold up to 52,000 people and it's an indoor stadium where the roof can be opened and close due to the weather. The Jays also share the Staduim with a Toronto CFL team,the Toronto Argonauts. The stadium is shared for a few months towards the end of the summer as a result of the CFL season beginning their season in July and ending in November.

Outside Article

Fun Facts and Figures
Rogers Centre is an all-star location for all events.
The retractable roof is one of the manyspectacular features of the building.

How Big Is It?
The entire Rogers Centre development is 12.7 acres (5.14 hectares)
There are 143,000 square feet of exhibit space on field level
Volume inside with roof closed is 56.5 million cubic feet (1.6 million cubic meters)
The diameter of the building is 700 feet
All seats are a generous size with 32 to 33 inches between the seat back and the chair ahead
The building itself is 11.5 acres (4.66 hectares)
The ceiling height is 310 feet

The Retractable Roof
The world’s first fully retractable roof opens or closes in 20 minutes
The roof rises to a height of 86 meters (282 feet), high enough for a 31 storey building at centre field with the roof closed.
The roof is made up of 4 sections which open in a smooth, circular motion
The north panel remains stationary while the other three panels retract
The roof covers 8 acres (3.2 hectares) and weighs 11,000 tonnes

Rogers Centre Videoboard
All videoboards in Rogers Centre are LED displays that are capable of displaying 4.3 trillion colours
The main board is 110' x 33' and one of the largest anywhere in the world
The boards are only 2" thick
If a ball were to strike part of the board during the game, and break it, that piece could be replaced instantly

Where can I sit?There are five levels: 100 Level, 200 Level, 121 Luxury Suites on 300 and 400 Levels, and the Upper Deck

Fun Facts
In 1992, Rogers Centre set the World Record for the greatest number of Hot Air Balloons in an enclosed area - 46 inflated Hot Air Balloons on the field!
If one were to line-up all the hot dogs served at Rogers Centre in one year, the hot dogs would cover the distance of 3,241 stolen bases.
They say "milk does a body good." Rogers Centre can hold a lot of milk for a lot of healthy people. It would take 1,56 billion litres of milk to completely fill Rogers Centre. Thirsty anyone?
Eight 747 planes or 743 Indian Elephants or 516 African Elephants can comfortably fit on the Rogers Centre field when set in baseball mode.
A 31-storey office building can fit inside Rogers Centre when the roof is closed.