afransen
Senior Member
I can understand for Auckland, because it legitimately is a small city, and rather remote. Toronto is one of the largest cities in NA.
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ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
Finally - a statue commemorating 1993
ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
and the Ted Rogers one is being removed and relocated to Rogers Corporate
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Mike Wilner (@wilnerness.bsky.social)
As it turns out, #Bluejays Joe Carter statue will stand alone between Gates 5 and 6. I'm told that the Ted Rogers statue is being moved to Rogers corporate offices, which is the right thing to do. It never should have been at the ballpark.
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ShonTron
Moderator
And the statue already there is being moved to 1 Mount Pleasant!
max
Active Member
After the lake it's the 2nd best spot for it!and the Ted Rogers one is being removed and relocated to Rogers Corporate
Mike Wilner (@wilnerness.bsky.social)
As it turns out, #Bluejays Joe Carter statue will stand alone between Gates 5 and 6. I'm told that the Ted Rogers statue is being moved to Rogers corporate offices, which is the right thing to do. It never should have been at the ballpark.
/s (Please don't visit me TPS, it's only a joke)
JasonParis
Moderator
Which is where it always should have been.
ADRM
Senior Member
and the Ted Rogers one is being removed and relocated to Rogers Corporate
Mike Wilner (@wilnerness.bsky.social)
As it turns out, #Bluejays Joe Carter statue will stand alone between Gates 5 and 6. I'm told that the Ted Rogers statue is being moved to Rogers corporate offices, which is the right thing to do. It never should have been at the ballpark.
This might be the most self-aware thing a sports billionaire has ever done.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Outdoor NHL game... at the Rogers Centre?
www.cp24.com
Toronto councillor wants NHL to host outdoor game in the city. This is the venue he said would make for an ‘unforgettable backdrop’
Toronto could soon play host to an outdoor NHL game.
www.cp24.com
Mihairokov
Senior Member
Outdoor NHL game... at the Rogers Centre?
Toronto councillor wants NHL to host outdoor game in the city. This is the venue he said would make for an ‘unforgettable backdrop’
Toronto could soon play host to an outdoor NHL game.
“The game could take place at the Rogers Centre with the roof open, providing a magnificent view of the CN Tower and Toronto’s city skyline—creating an unforgettable backdrop for fans and global broadcasts or another iconic outdoor stadium.”
Do they not close the roof for like six month because of, like, winter?
narduch
Senior Member
Why does City council even need to be involved in this?
If the Leafs want to host an outdoor game let Rogers/MLSE deal with it
If the Leafs want to host an outdoor game let Rogers/MLSE deal with it
Red October
Senior Member
Yes, pretty sure they can't open it under a certain number, which would definitely include the dead of winter.
Also even if they did have the roof open this isn't one of the more modern ballparks, most people attending would be approx. 4km from the playing surface.
mburrrrr
Senior Member
I was expecting Doug Ford comments about the where the new Rogers Centre would go next.
Johnny Au
Superstar
This would give the SkyDome / Rogers Centre the distinction of being the only venue to host regular season games of the six major professional sports leagues of North America in history: the Toronto Blue Jays of MLB, the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL (later moved to BMO Field), the Toronto Raptors of the NBA (later moved to the ACC/SBA), the Buffalo Bills of the NFL during the Bills Toronto Series, Toronto FC (during select games), and soon enough, the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL.Outdoor NHL game... at the Rogers Centre?
Toronto councillor wants NHL to host outdoor game in the city. This is the venue he said would make for an ‘unforgettable backdrop’
Toronto could soon play host to an outdoor NHL game.
CityRider
New Member
This is correct. The roof can be opened but under a certain temperature threshold they risk having it be stuck that way due to the potential warping of metal in the structure. It takes weeks of testing and that's then the temperature is reliably warm enough to do so. An open roof situation in the winter will never happen, so this is an absurd proposal.
Hilariously, I found my old post on this exact subject from 2 years ago:
While the teams do have some say in roof status, this isn't the reason why it's closed this time of year (barring higher temperatures and earlier testing). It's because if they open it and the temperature suddenly drops they run the risk of not being able to close it and damaging the mechanisms:
"The colder weather meant that the roof could not begin its required testing until recently. Since the dome is sealed through the winter, testing of the roof can’t begin until all the snow and ice have melted. The mechanical parts that allow the roof to open and close contract in the cold, so consecutive warm-weather days of roughly 10C or higher are required before testing can begin.
“At around 10 degrees, if we were to open the roof, and the temperature then dropped, we risk not being able to close it,” Stephen Brooks, the Jays’ senior vice-president of business operations, told the Star back in 2012."
Mihairokov
Senior Member
So Ainslie has zero idea what he's talking about or doing. Noted.