Rogers Centre Roof Time Lapse

Celebrating the nearly start of blue jays on april 12 2010.

Rogers centre roof time lapse.

Now known as rogers centre this world class entertainment facility has been home to the toronto blue jays since june 5 1989. It s an ideal motif for time lapse photography and i always wanted to capture it. Here is a roof opening of the toronto s rogers centre. Scenes in which a good deal of movement is present are best suited to time lapse sequences as is demonstrated below pedestrians traffic and the closing of the rogers centre roof.

This long weekend i finally was able to get it done even though i didn t catch all of the action. It s hard to believe it was 25 years ago that skydome now rogers centre opened. It was surprisingly quiet for such a large t. The opening and closing of the rogers centre roof is something i find fascinating.

Timelapse of the world s first retractable roof sport s stadium. Rogers centre originally named skydome is a multi purpose stadium in downtown toronto canada situated just southwest of the cn tower near the northern shore of lake ontario opened in 1989 on the former railway lands it is home to the toronto blue jays of major league baseball mlb. The world s first retractable roof stadium opened june 3 1989 in a ceremony you have to watch to believe. The rogers centre hosts the t.

It was originally called the skydom now called rogers centre. The stadium is best known for the retractable roof which is one of many innovations that can be found in a stadium that was ahead of its time. One of the greatest view of toronto the rogers center skydome and cn tower. The roof at the rogers centre started to leak during tuesday s game between the toronto blue jays and the boston red sox because of heavy rainfall.

Skydome was renamed rogers centre on february 2 2005. Previously the stadium was also home to the toronto argonauts of the canadian football league cfl and. Et air time on fox sports 1 and sportsnet with game time slated for 8 p m per major league baseball policy the decision on whether the roof at the toronto stadium is open or closed for postseason games is made by the commissioner s.