The Rogers Centre (formally) the Sky Dome.

The Rogers Centre (formally) the Sky Dome.

The Rogers Centre formally called the Sky Dome was built in 1989 is a multi-purpose stadium in downtown Toronto next to the CN Tower. It is home to two of Toronto’s organized sports teams;- the Toronto Argonauts (the Canadian football league), the Toronto Blue Jays (major League Baseball). I have never been to the Rogers Centre for any sporting event. The Centre is also hosts other major events considered large-scale events such as trade fairs, concerts, travelling funfairs, conventions and monster truck, and auto shows.

The stadium is state of the art and one of the most notable features of the stadium is a fully retractable motorized roof –the first stadium to have such as roof. It also boasts a 348 –room hotel attached to it with premium 70 rooms that overlook the stadium. The stadium was originally estimated to cost $150 million but in actuality cost $570 million Canadian dollars.

The reason I go to the Rogers Centre is an even dubbed Spring Fling. It is Canada’s largest indoor carnival, which is held yearly during the school march Break. The carnival is an attraction that parents and caregivers flock to during the break from school to keep active children busy and entertained. There are rides and attraction similar to any outdoor carnival. For 2014 there was also a reptilian display of 26 exotic animals. The price of admission is what I would consider relatively reasonable with all day ride tickets for anyone over 2 years of age costing $20, with discounted price for tickets without rides and an early bird price also.

The share size of the space is not lost on me even though I have never been when it is being used fuller as a stadium and is filled with spectators, which would vary in number depending on the type of event being held. The capacity is as follows, baseball – 49,282, Canadian football – 31,074 expandable to 52,230, American Football – 54000, Soccer – 47,568, Basketball – 22,911 expandable to 28,708, Concerts – 10,000- 55,000.

I would argue that the stadium is a representation of a metropolis and a reflection of the urban centre to which it belongs.it is also one of those iconic representations of the Toronto city and its cityscape. The cost to event there can be costly and therefore limiting to who can attend.