Below are some of the factors taken into consideration before reaching a decision to close the roof at rogers centre.
How high is the rogers centre roof.
The blue jays strive to make rogers centre an outdoor facility by having the roof open as often as possible.
One interval at the conclusion of an inning and one interval at the conclusion of the next inning.
The whole roof is 339 343 square feet and weighs 11 000 tons.
The rogers centre formerly skydome opened in 1989 and was the third retractable roof in north america at the time.
When closed the rogers centre could hold a 31 story building making it almost twice as high above the field as minnesota s metrodome.
The roof shall be opened in a pair of 2 minute 15 second intervals.
The opening of the roof shall only commence between innings.
Rogers centre information policies.
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.
Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005.
Rogers centre faq website.
Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989.
However the comfort of our guests is a high priority and is always taken into consideration.
The ontario provincial and toronto city governments contributed 30 million each and 30 canadian corporations paid 5 million each.
A hole in the roof caused the game to be postponed.