Rogers Centre reno plans.

[baconpancakes]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-rogers-centre-future-1.4079505

 

250-400 million? There has got to be a better way to spend that. A polished/retro fitted turd is still a turd.

 

sorry if posted elsewhere

[Brownie19]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-rogers-centre-future-1.4079505

 

250-400 million? There has got to be a better way to spend that. A polished/retro fitted turd is still a turd.

 

sorry if posted elsewhere

 

$250 - $400M is peanuts man.

[HERPDERP]

1.) The fan experience is good enough as it is.

 

2.) I'm more concerned about putting real grass. That is the most important thing

 

3.) The pedestrian bridge looking into the RC will be interesting - I wonder how they'll do that? The best I can think of is removing Sightlines restaurant.

[Jonn]

They have no choice but to renovate it but obviously it would be nice if they could actually build an actual Baseball stadium. They badly f***ed up in the 80's. They had prime location, a good team, and the money and go ahead from everyone. And they designed that piece of s***.

[Terminator]

They have no choice but to renovate it but obviously it would be nice if they could actually build an actual Baseball stadium. They badly f***ed up in the 80's. They had prime location, a good team, and the money and go ahead from everyone. And they designed that piece of s***.

 

It was bad timing as much as anything. The stadium is a child of 80's excess.

[HERPDERP]

They have no choice but to renovate it but obviously it would be nice if they could actually build an actual Baseball stadium. They badly f***ed up in the 80's. They had prime location, a good team, and the money and go ahead from everyone. And they designed that piece of s***.

 

Jack s*** happens at Ontario Place. They need to put a stadium there. If there isn't enough space, they can just make new land. Everything south of front street used to be water back in the day until they filled it in

 

Have the stadium face northeast so that left field has the downtown core and right field has the lake for splash hits

[Boxcar]

The article features an architect from B+H. They do some pretty cool s***. http://www.bharchitects.com/en/projects/#!filter=sector:sports-recreation

 

Not sure if they won the bid, but I hope so.

[HERPDERP]

Left field for splash hits so Vlad Jr and Bo Bichette can dump some balls in the lake.

 

fair. We don't want to cause any accidents on Lakeshore

[John_Havok]

It was bad timing as much as anything. The stadium is a child of 80's excess.

 

At the time it was dubbed the 8th wonder of the world. Everyone marvelled at the first fully retractable stadium roof in the world. It's arguable that the skydom set the standard for which new stadiums for big sports teams are now being buit.

 

BUUUUUT..... all those other guys learned from what the dome did wrong and they now build stadiums specific to the sports they host rather than trying to be super-multi-everything-plexes.

[LGBJ29]

1.) The fan experience is good enough as it is.

 

2.) I'm more concerned about putting real grass. That is the most important thing

3.) The pedestrian bridge looking into the RC will be interesting - I wonder how they'll do that? The best I can think of is removing Sightlines restaurant.

 

They arent doing that. It said that was one of the improvement Shapiro made to progressive field so outsiders passing by could get a glimpse. That wouldnt be possible at RC

[TheHurl]

Jack s*** happens at Ontario Place. They need to put a stadium there. If there isn't enough space, they can just make new land. Everything south of front street used to be water back in the day until they filled it in

 

Have the stadium face northeast so that left field has the downtown core and right field has the lake for splash hits

 

They need that space for an Athlete's village (and hopefully someday a casino) for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and future Olympic games.

[Boxcar]

They need that space for an Athlete's village (and hopefully someday a casino) for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and future Olympic games.

 

Oh f*** off with your taxpayer draining dumb games that literally no one cares about

[Terminator]

Oh f*** off with your taxpayer draining dumb games that literally no one cares about

 

I hope the United States loses every Olympic hosting bid from now until forever.

[Brownie19]

Left field for splash hits so Vlad Jr and Bo Bichette can dump some balls in the lake.

 

I believe all ballparks are configured in the same orientation based on sunlight...a new stadium would probably have the exact orientation as the dome does now.

[Dick_Pole]

Oh f*** off with your taxpayer draining dumb games that literally no one cares about

 

It's great. Cities are finally starting to catch on to the financial s***-show the Olympics are and the list of candidates to host the games get shorter as time goes on.

 

I'm on board with the casino idea though.

[Dick_Pole]

They have no choice but to renovate it but obviously it would be nice if they could actually build an actual Baseball stadium. They badly f***ed up in the 80's. They had prime location, a good team, and the money and go ahead from everyone. And they designed that piece of s***.

 

The only way this ever happens within the next three decades is if Rogers sells the Dome property to some developers for a quadrillion dollars (after buying the thing for $25 million) and uses part of the profits to build a new stadium (and better not be one penny of taxpayer funds). Outside of that, this thing is going to stand there until it is at least 50 years old and there's a legit reason to replace it.

[Gary]

I'd like to see Rogers add hot tub seating on field level like they have in some of the warmer climates in the US.

[Terminator]

I'd like to see Rogers add hot tub seating on field level like they have in some of the warmer climates in the US.

 

Gary you went full troll. At first I wasn't sure but now I get it.

[Gary]

Gary you went full troll. At first I wasn't sure but now I get it.

WTF?? You've never seen those hot tubs in baseball stadiums?

[Slade]

No way grass is happening in this stadium, it would probably cost $400M to retrofit a drainage system in there.

[Gary]

What would it cost to build a brand new stadium?

[baseballsss]

What would it cost to build a brand new stadium?

 

Bring the Jays to Regina. We just built a useless ass stadium that we can only use for a quarter of the year. We'll give you the Riders and we'll change our stadium to a baseball stadium.

[Gary]

Bring the Jays to Regina. We just built a useless ass stadium that we can only use for a quarter of the year. We'll give you the Riders and we'll change our stadium to a baseball stadium.

New Regina stadium looks like a toilet seat. Best CFL stadium is in Winnipeg.

[Art Vandelay]

What would it cost to build a brand new stadium?

 

Well, the Rangers new stadium is going to cost about a billion. That's going to have a retractable roof, and a hotel. I'd imagine if the Blue Jays ever built a new stadium, it would probably also have to have a roof of some sort as well.

[Gary]

Well, the Rangers new stadium is going to cost about a billion. That's going to have a retractable roof, and a hotel. I'd imagine if the Blue Jays ever built a new stadium, it would probably also have to have a roof of some sort as well.

I'm surprised they'd invest $400 million in renovating Rogers Centre when they could get a brand new stadium for double that. I wonder how many more years they expect to get out of Rogers Centre after the reno?

[Art Vandelay]

I'm surprised they'd invest $400 million in renovating Rogers Centre when they could get a brand new stadium for double that. I wonder how many more years they expect to get out of Rogers Centre after the reno?

 

20 years, at least. Maybe more.

 

They're married to the location. And they bought the stadium cheap. But I do wonder if they keep tabs on available land. There may come a time when there's no available land left. The only realistic location I can think of would be Ontario Place.

[TheHurl]

Oh f*** off with your taxpayer draining dumb games that literally no one cares about

 

Commonwealth is likely happening. It has been taken away from South Africa and Toronto is one of 4 cities that can do it. All we need is an athlete village. And Pan Am was an incredibly successful games in Toronto...and considering you linked to 4 building built because of the Pan Am's as "cool s***" that would be pretty hypocritical of you to now call it taxpayer draining.

[Brownie19]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-new-generation-of-ballparks-is-pushing-us-away/

 

Don't know where to put this - but thought this was an interesting article.

[LGBJ29]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-new-generation-of-ballparks-is-pushing-us-away/

 

Don't know where to put this - but thought this was an interesting article.

 

I didn't read the whole thing, but I dont agree with his premise about the upper level being closer to the field. All that does is create an overhang for the 100 level which turns great seats into garbage. If you've ever sat row 10-12 in the 100 level outfield at RC you'll know how brutal the overhang can be. You completely lose any ball thats put in the air. I refuse to sit in those seats now

[Brownie19]

I didn't read the whole thing, but I dont agree with his premise about the upper level being closer to the field. All that does is create an overhang for the 100 level which turns great seats into garbage. If you've ever sat row 10-12 in the 100 level outfield at RC you'll know how brutal the overhang can be. You completely lose any ball thats put in the air. I refuse to sit in those seats now

 

Certainly there must be some compromise (where you can see HR balls, but not useless pop ups). Personally, I think they need more seats with shade. The 100 level is a cesspool of body odour and sunburns in the summer. It's unhealthy and generally unfit for families with young children unfortunately.