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How long does it take to open the skydome roof.
Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
Skydome rogers centre toronto 500 million the home of the blue jays of major league baseball mlb was opened in 1989 and began the era of retractable roof stadiums.
About 20 minutes when i was a student back in the 1980 s i had a tiny fourth year seminar class with only 4 students we had many interesting guests incuding rod robbie one of the principle architects of skydome now known as the rogers centre.
Open its roof completely.
The 52 000 seat stadium is home to the toronto blue jays and the toronto argonauts and attracts over six million spectators annually.
It is also one of toronto s premier tourist stops and a defining mark on its skyline.
A time lapsed video of the roof closing on the toronto rogers centre sky dome.
The roof has for large steel panels.
Opening of the skydome roof time lapse duration.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
When the retractable roof is open people standing on the observation deck of the nearby cn tower can look down on the field.
In june 1989 ellisdon completed construction on the world s first retractable roof stadium also known as the rogers centre.
It officially opened back on june 3 1989.
One panel is fixed and the other three move.
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.
However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration.
All panels are made of steel trusses and corrugated steel with a weatherproof coating.
On fair weather days the toronto skydome can do something no other domed stadium in the world can.
Constructed in 1989 the skydome is the first and only stadium to have.
The skydome is a central figure on the city s skyline and its most identifiable object when photographed from space.
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.