Rogers Centre -> Rogers SkyDome

[Pete_7]

Saw this online, petition to get Rogers to change the name to Rogers SkyDome, doubt it works, but it's worth a shot

 

Bring Back the Dome

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Bring Back the Dome. 2,918 likes. Let's all encourage Rogers to rename the Rogers Centre to Rogers SkyDome. Please cast your vote by visiting http://www.bringbackthedome.ca.

[TheHurl]

I thought Skydome was the one of the worst names ever. I'll sign a petition to never have to hear it again

[Save Dtieb]

I don't think I've ever called it Rogers Centre. Will always be SkyDome. Or just The Dome.

[dineke]

If you're going to change the name, why change it to something equally as dopey in "Rogers Skydome"?

[Save Dtieb]

The BJ Dome

[jaysblue]

Rogers Skydome doesn't sound the greatest.

 

Maybe Rogers Dome, or Rogers Field would be cool if they want to change it.

[Laika]

Rogers' Trendy Futurismo Concrete Fishbowl Event Centre Dome Place

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

While they're at it, they should rename AA's job description from "General Manager" to "Unemployed."

[Save Dtieb]

While they're at it, they should rename AA's job description from "General Manager" to "Unemployed."

 

Get over it.

[Pete_7]

I think they should just build a new outdoor stadium. Somewhere on the water and call it Blue Jays Stadium.

 

If rogers built a new stadium they would probably but a 50 foot statue of Ted in CF

[dineke]

I think they should just build a new outdoor stadium. Somewhere on the water and call it Blue Jays Stadium.

 

f*** that, my tax dollars better not be going into a new stadium. Rogers center is fine, a pretty stadium won't mask the fact that the team is s***.

[KSaw]

It's far from fine. It's horrible but agreed that public money shouldn't be spent on a new ballpark. There is no extra money and taxes are too high as is, especially business taxes within Toronto.

[Dick_Pole]

It's far from fine. It's horrible but agreed that public money shouldn't be spent on a new ballpark. There is no extra money and taxes are too high as is, especially business taxes within Toronto.

 

It's not even 25 years old. It's going to be at least another 25 years before talk of a new stadium would be remotely serious. The only way it happens sooner is if Rogers sells the land to some condo developer and builds a stadium elsewhere.

[Ehh]

Skydome should not be brought back until we start a winning culture. I don't want the Skydome name tainted with out losing ways. Although the late 90s early 2000s did a pretty good job of that

[KSaw]

So you would rather your tax dollars be sent to fix some other countries problems? That's where your tax dollars are sent. Would rather it benefit us. All my tax money can go to the stadium please and thank you.

 

Your current tax dollars are allocated. There would have to be additional taxes to pay for it. Now if you think that you aren't taxed enough or if you want to see more businesses and jobs head to the 905...

[KSaw]

Well you'd be looking at $0 Federal. It would have to be something like 25% each from Jays, private sector sponsorship agreements, Provincial Govt funding and Toronto municipal funding. The Province and city don't have the money. The Feds own the old CP land that the RC sits on and their management company collects lease money from Rogers annually. No way the shoot themselves in the foot.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

There is so much focus in Toronto on LRT and building subways.... a new stadium is like 25 years away at minimum.

[Save Dtieb]

If some tax dollars were to go into baseball, I'd rather see it go to the grassroots, than to a new professional stadium. Maybe a couple 1000 seat capacity fields for university and high school teams. I'd also like to see the Jays invest more in their academy. A full-time academy in all of the major Canadian cities would be a dream. At least a full-time academy team in the GTA much like the Toronto FC.

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

Get over it.

 

Get over what? Pretty hard to get over the fact that we'll be pushing 30 years of no playoffs by the time we've finally emerged from the mess AA made.

[Save Dtieb]

Get over what? Pretty hard to get over the fact that we'll be pushing 30 years of no playoffs by the time we've finally emerged from the mess AA made.

 

It's way to premature to just fire him at this point. It's not his fault guys are under performing and/or getting injured. I'm interested to see what AA will do this off season, and in no way want him fired. If the Jays are in last place again at this point of next season, then the "Fire AA" opinions might have some merit (Gibbons will definitely be gone if in last place). But I firmly believe AA will be here long term.

[KSaw]

If some tax dollars were to go into baseball, I'd rather see it go to the grassroots, than to a new professional stadium. Maybe a couple 1000 seat capacity fields for university and high school teams. I'd also like to see the Jays invest more in their academy. A full-time academy in all of the major Canadian cities would be a dream. At least a full-time academy team in the GTA much like the Toronto FC.

 

Well there are baseball academies and indoor/outdoor training facilities in the city and run by very knowledgable people. Carlos Delgado was a guest instructor at the Etobicoke one this year. There is the PBLO which includes the Ontario Blue Jays and Toronto Mets programs and they travel in the US and play a ton of ball. As for 1,000 seat facilities-- high school ball is horrible and I mean unwatchably bad. University baseball in Ontario is horrible too. All the good players are in the US at school. I dare you to find 50 fans to watch any of those games.

 

Now the city could use another good ballpark, being that Connorvale Park in Etobicoke is the only one that could be called decent. A nice state of the art home to be shared by the Ontario Blue Jays and the Intercounty League Leafs would be nice. Plop 2,000 seats around that and Toronto could actually host premier tournaments that currently go to places like Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph, London, Barrie or Ottawa.

[Save Dtieb]

A nice state of the art home to be shared by the Ontario Blue Jays and the Intercounty League Leafs would be nice. Plop 2,000 seats around that and Toronto could actually host premier tournaments that currently go to places like Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph, London, Barrie or Ottawa.

 

Agreed, a nice small downtown park would be fantastic. I've only been to IBL games in London, but don't the Maple Leafs play in a park similar to small town beer league? And I don't know where the university teams play, but you'd have to think if they played in a nice downtown setting, interest might be generated. Even if the play is bad compared to US schools, I doubt people will care that much, or even notice.

[KSaw]

Agreed, a nice small downtown park would be fantastic. I've only been to IBL games in London, but don't the Maple Leafs play in a park similar to small town beer league? And I don't know where the university teams play, but you'd have to think if they played in a nice downtown setting, interest might be generated. Even if the play is bad compared to US schools, I doubt people will care that much, or even notice.

 

The IBL Leafs play at a terrible joke of a park. 305 down the lines. 355 to CF. 35 feet to the backstop. No foul territory and it's built over an underground river that shifts the topography all the time. The moon dust gravel infield, which is a joke is never flat.

 

Forget university ball. Men's League teams can beat U of T or York. Midget teams would beat them too. It's just not good ball. George Brown even competes in that loop. They generally get 10-20 fans a game.

[GD]

I like Christie Pits..

[KSaw]

Good God why? It's awful. The mound is like 15 inches high, there are no good hops in the infield. The fences are too close, the city stuck bathrooms in CF that has lights on them that sit right in the release point for RHPs and it doesn't meet Baseball Ontario, Baseball Canada or Official Rules of Baseball minimum requirements for play. They can't host tournaments there and technically the home team should forfeit every game. It's a hole!

[KSaw]

Speaking of Christie Pits, Game 6 Toronto v Kitchener 7:30 tonight.

[Save Dtieb]

I played ball for a free co-ed league at Christie Pits, which is great for that, but for a semi-pro league? Not even close. Labatt Park in London is fantastic, a park similar to that somewhere in Toronto should exist.

 

And that's too bad to hear about Canadian University Baseball. That's a shame.

[KSaw]

I played ball for a free co-ed league at Christie Pits, which is great for that, but for a semi-pro league? Not even close. Labatt Park in London is fantastic, a park similar to that somewhere in Toronto should exist.

 

And that's too bad to hear about Canadian University Baseball. That's a shame.

 

Labatt Park was an Eastern League AA park and was upgraded when the CBL started up. It's bigger and better than anything Toronto needs or could fill. It does seat over 5,500 and is a full on stadium. No need for a brickyard with underground laundry, 3 snack bars and a merchandise booth. Something like Couch Park in Kitchener or the park the Baycats have in Barrie would be perfect.

 

Put it just east of the CNE grounds where they have those garbage softball fields and Air Force monuments or use the space at Moss Park next to the armoury and arena and do up a full on real ballpark. Move the outdoor basketball courts and make it part of that neighbourhood's current ongoing overhaul.