Another landmark we pass as we leave downtown Toronto is the Rogers Centre, located beside the CN Tower. Many locals still remember it by its original name, the SkyDome.
The stadium first opened on June 3, 1989, and was renamed Rogers Centre on February 2, 2005. Its most famous feature is its fully retractable roof — the first of its kind in the world when it was built. Three massive roof panels slide open or closed in about 20 minutes, allowing games and events to take place under either open sky or a fully enclosed stadium.
Rogers Centre is best known as the home of the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto’s Major League Baseball team. Over the years it has also hosted football, concerts, conventions, and international sporting events, welcoming audiences that can range from a few thousand to more than 50,000 people.
To give a sense of its enormous scale, the playing field is large enough to fit eight Boeing 747 airplanes (or even a 31-storey office building) inside the stadium when the roof is closed.
As we depart Toronto and begin the drive toward Niagara Falls, Rogers Centre is one of the major landmarks that marks the transition out of the city’s entertainment district. Along with the CN Tower and nearby attractions, it forms part of the iconic skyline that defines downtown Toronto before the landscape gradually changes to the countryside on the way to Niagara.
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