It's disgusting how rogers wants to do this, so much history in that building gonna be thrown away into the trash.. Just because rogers needs more money than they already have. I wish they never got into the Canadian sports industry...
It’s for the best to demolish it. Trust me we felt the same over the Kingdome in Seattle but we are much happier with T-Mobile park . The grass field and seating gives it an unreal experience.
@@drointheknow6542 they want to replace it with condos. This is already an equal experience to t-mobile park. The roof opens and they have a grass field, why would they demolish to rebuild the same thing?
@@icebreaker1264 I like the stadium but a lake front stadium would be cool and if they want to make a stadium make it with parking so you don't have to park your car far from the ball park
Mo Hussein Yep. Taxpayers paid $600,000,000 for it, Rogers buys it from the NDP for $40,000,000 less then a third of what the land was worth at the time and they still need to poach the name from the people. Now it doesn't cater to the elite adequately so we soon will lose the good seats like we did with the hockey. Canadians now are sheep not wolves anymore!
Even though its much older, I really like the design, how it kind of swings open like an observatory, instead of just sliding over like most of the retractables today.
Skydome is the perfect baseball stadium, many other parks need to put out tarps during rain lol, for being constructed in the late 80's this building was really ahead of its time.
Yes Matt, the roofs design, coupled with the new motors and control systems, could allow for a faster open and close, but the current speeds are an optimal balance for ensuring safety and accommodating changing weather patterns.
@@NewElectricInc Could the smaller "end panel" not start to rotate as soon as the sliding panels on top are clear of it? that would save quite some time without changing speeds no?
@@dxcii8645Man you brought back memories! (accurate ones at that) What's nostalgic about this for ME at least is my grandmother(R.I.P) was on a bus trip through Canada when this place (Sky Dome) was being built and took pictures for me because she knew how much I loved stadiums. But yeah... Joe Carter deserves more acknowledgment than is given
The First retractable roof that actually worked (not counting Olympic Stadium, which NEVER worked right) was Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. Originally built as a concert venue, it had a huge, stainless steel roof that could swivel open, much like SkyDome. It was eventually converted to a hockey arena, but they rarely opened the roof.
The RC has great sightlines to watch a game but the place is filthy. Years of grime, dirt, grease, gunk, embedded crud, chipped paint, etc. It's great that they improved the roof and put in the dirt infield, but how about some basic cleanliness, maintenance and upkeep? Is that in the plans for the RC anytime soon?
As a New Yorker, I never understood why Ny sport teams choose not to have a retractable roof such as something like this. I get cost is one factor but it’s cold in the state 5-6 months of the year. Especially during the beginning/end of baseball season and mid/end of football. Not to mention the rain delays or postponed games. I really don’t want to sit at baseball game in 50 degree weather in late April.
@@robgrossi2368Rogers paid about $25 million roughly four percent of the cost of construction, what does the ownership of the land matter? The fact is the taxpayers got fleeced.
So.....is it a more hitters park when the roof is opened? It seems like the roof is opened over center field, it creates a sort of wind scoop keeping fly balls down
Merveilleuse technologie, mais cela consomme combien ? Le prix se répercute sur le tarif du billet ? Il y a combien de places ? Cela vaut vraiment la peine pour l'environnement ?
Nobody wants to lose this icon of a building. So much history, so much meaning all destroyed by rogers just because they need to fill their pockets even more... If they really go ahead with this I will be sick to my stomach and disgusted. It's a shame rogers got their disgusting hands on this place, as it may be gone soon..