The Rogers Center was called the Skydome, changed its name in February1995. It is located next to the CN Tower and near the shore of Lake Ontario. It is the only stadium in the world with a hotel and with a fully retractable roof.
The roof has four panels that is put on motorized tracks and takes twenty (20) minutes when it opens and closes. The roof of the stadium is of 282 feet tall equivalent to a thirty one (31) storey building. The circular shape is best viewed at its neighbor tower, the CN Tower.
The center has two (2) tenants, the Blue Jays of the Major League Baseball and the Argonauts for the Canadian Football League. It will take ten (10) to twelve (12) hours to convert the field from a baseball field to a football field. It can accommodate to 50,516 seats for a baseball game and 53,506 seats for a football game.
There is a video board or the scoreboard which measures 110 feet wide and 33 feet high and with 420,000 light bulbs displays, giving the audience clarity of the game stats and the game itself. In 1992, the World Series was held in Toronto, and it was the first Canadian city to host the said event. The Blue Jays won the World Series for two (2) years, 1992 and 1993.
The Renaissance Hotel in the center has 348 rooms and 70 rooms are overlooking the playing field. The Sightlines Club on the other hand has 280 seats that are facing the field. There is also the Hard Rock Café which only opens when there is a game.
You can rent the whole playing field if you want to have a baseball game on your own. The price for four hours (4) is 10,000 Canadian Dollars; that includes using the bases, balls, bats and access to the dressing rooms, dugouts and a first aid officer, except for baseball gloves.
The center also have guided tours for an hour tour and its daily except if the center is being used for a game or for an event.
