A 60k stadium would be a massive white elephant. There’s no economics for an NFL team, and most musicians prefer arena tours with multiple nights vs stadiums these days. In most sports the trend is smaller stadiums to match declining attendance. And as for attracting mega-events like the World...

I have a hard time imagining a world where the Argos survive to 2040

If they are serious about the renovations turning it from a “stadium” to a “ballpark” they should change the name. Rogers Centre doesn’t cut it. Rogers Field at SkyDome, Rogers Park, etc

Raised bullpen and seats right beside them Loge seating on the 500 OF Lots of more standing room areas Not enough detail yet on the 100 seats No gimmicky field asymmetry Looking decent so far

Beat me to it! Good first sign. Too bad no stacked bullpen.

Outdoor turf fields need lots of chemicals to keep them from getting moldy and weedy.

The original turf looked pretty bad. It really looked like they were playing on a carpet. The story has been updated to confirm that they aren't considering a memberane change. Which makes sense, because the fabric was recently replaced and has a very different structure vs ETFE panels. Now...

Replace in place could work, but timings would be tight: - remove roof and hotel in offseason - play a year as an open stadium (note challenges with drainage) - build a 5k stadium at York University or Downsview with temporary seating to 35k - play 1-2 seasons at temp stadium - build new...

Clearly the easiest answer is to build the new stadium where the SkyDome currently is: 1. Take the roof off SkyDome 2. Build a flat platform on top of the existing stadium 3. Build the new stadium on top of the platform 4. Demolish SkyDome 5. Lower the new stadium into place Don't forget to...

They just replaced the current roof membrane. 0% chance they’re going to change it in the next decade.

Here's the SkyDome with Camden Yards (to scale) dropped in place of the 100 level. Also rotated it to face the preferred NE orientation.

Except the problem right now is that there are wayyyy too many suites on the 300 and 400 levels. Adding more luxury suites in the 100s would just make things worse.

Start from the top and go down: The roof membrane was recently replaced, so they aren’t going to install transparent panels. Ceiling LED light effects would be cheap and cheerful The 500 level is stuck as is. The seat pitch is determined by the poured concrete steps. Look for wider seats with...

Wish they would add lights up into the roof. Would be much nicer if there were an artificial sky when the roof is closed.

Skydome has about the same circumference as the Superdome, so it could be renovated to hold another 10k seats. They’d “just” have to drop the field and add seats right up to the smaller NFL field. You could also convert the hotel to seats. tailgating would be out of the question, but the plaza...

If Tory doesn’t take a run at it, the odds of a populist celebrity candidate go way up. Think Sun columnist or talk radio announcer. For the left, think disgruntled backbench Liberal MP or defeated MPP. do any of the current councillors have a city wide machine? None come to mind

If they expand the North stand it’ll need to be done in a way that keeps the end zone available - probably something like how arenas tuck basketball seats under the bowl to accommodate hockey.

Wouldn’t be surprised if turf ends up superior to grass in the next decade.

Guessing that replacing the roof with something transparent wouldn’t work. Aside from the fact it was just replaced, the roof is basically a fabric tarp stretched over a steel frame. Anything else would be too heavy/interfere with the functioning.