Skydome Roof Opening Time

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.

Skydome roof opening time.

It was the first new stadium to open in the city in decades. The world s first fully retractable roof was finally in motion but the saturday night sellout crowd gathered for a variety show booed as a rainstorm soaked them and. It s been 30 years since the skydome opened its world renowned retractable roof for the first time. When ontario premier david peterson aimed a laser pointer upward on june 3 1989 technicians took the cue and hit the switch to begin opening gigantic roof panels at skydome.

If the game begins with the roof open the roof can be closed at any time if climatic conditions warrant. Here is a roof opening of the toronto s rogers centre. 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. When the retractable roof is open people standing on the observation deck of the nearby cn tower can look down on the field.

One of the greatest view of toronto the rogers center skydome and cn tower. Today it s undergoing work that will help make it last for years to come. Over 50 million people have visited skydome rogers centre. Skydome celebrates 30 years of being obsolete from opening day david menzies mission specialist this week marks the 30th anniversary of the stadium formerly known as skydome now rogers centre the cautionary tale of what occurs when government gets involved in so called mega projects.

If you weren t living in toronto in 1989 it is hard to accurately convey to you the true bat shit crazy magnificence of the skydome s opening ceremony. Celebrating the nearly start of blue jays on april 12 2010.