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[[image:skydome-sm.jpg]]<br><font size="2" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">Overhead view of SkyDome with<br>roof closed, seen from the [[CN Tower]].<br></font></div> |
[[image:skydome-sm.jpg]]<br><font size="2" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">Overhead view of SkyDome with<br>roof closed, seen from the [[CN Tower]].<br></font></div> |
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'''SkyDome''', which opened on [[June 1]], [[1989]], is a huge ballpark in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It is the stadium where the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] play [[baseball]] and the [[Toronto Argonauts]] play [[Canadian football]]. It is also the home of many special events that require very large venues, including what is believed (in 2003) to be the world's largest book reading, by [[Harry Potter]] author [[J. K. Rowling]], on 24th October [[2000]]. It was one of the first stadiums in the world to have a fully retractable motorized roof. It can seat 53,506 people at a football game. SkyDome also has a hotel. |
'''SkyDome''', which opened on [[June 1]], [[1989]], is a huge ballpark in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], situated next to the [[CN Tower]] near the shores of [[Lake Ontario]].. It is the stadium where the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] play [[baseball]] and the [[Toronto Argonauts]] play [[Canadian football]]. It is also the home of many special events that require very large venues, including what is believed (in 2003) to be the world's largest book reading, by [[Harry Potter]] author [[J. K. Rowling]], on 24th October [[2000]]. It was one of the first stadiums in the world to have a fully retractable motorized roof. It can seat 53,506 people at a football game. SkyDome also has a hotel. |
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SkyDome was designed by Rod Robbie and Michael Allan and was constructed by Ellis-Don Construction of Toronto. The stadium's construction lasted just over three years, from April 1986 to May 1989. The approximate cost of construction was $600 million (Cdn) which was paid for by the Canadian federal government, Ontario provincial government, and a large consortium of corporations. Though nominally a multi-purpose stadium the primary impetus for its construction was the need for a new baseball stadium for the Blue Jays, who until 1989 played in the wholly inadequate Exhibition Stadium. |
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SkyDome was the first major team sports arena in North America to sport a fully retractable roof. It is also well known for its enormous Jumbotron scoreboard, at 10 by 35 metres the largest scoreboard in the world. It is the tallest and most massive stadium used by any [[Major League Baseball]] team. |
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In the early 1990s the consortium of companies that had built the stadium had amassed a huge debt and a massive, and controversial, government bail-out was given them. |
In the early 1990s the consortium of companies that had built the stadium had amassed a huge debt and a massive, and controversial, government bail-out was given them. |
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Revision as of 17:24, 4 February 2004
SkyDome, which opened on June 1, 1989, is a huge ballpark in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario.. It is the stadium where the Toronto Blue Jays play baseball and the Toronto Argonauts play Canadian football. It is also the home of many special events that require very large venues, including what is believed (in 2003) to be the world's largest book reading, by Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, on 24th October 2000. It was one of the first stadiums in the world to have a fully retractable motorized roof. It can seat 53,506 people at a football game. SkyDome also has a hotel.
SkyDome was designed by Rod Robbie and Michael Allan and was constructed by Ellis-Don Construction of Toronto. The stadium's construction lasted just over three years, from April 1986 to May 1989. The approximate cost of construction was $600 million (Cdn) which was paid for by the Canadian federal government, Ontario provincial government, and a large consortium of corporations. Though nominally a multi-purpose stadium the primary impetus for its construction was the need for a new baseball stadium for the Blue Jays, who until 1989 played in the wholly inadequate Exhibition Stadium.
SkyDome was the first major team sports arena in North America to sport a fully retractable roof. It is also well known for its enormous Jumbotron scoreboard, at 10 by 35 metres the largest scoreboard in the world. It is the tallest and most massive stadium used by any Major League Baseball team.
In the early 1990s the consortium of companies that had built the stadium had amassed a huge debt and a massive, and controversial, government bail-out was given them.
Usage note: Canadians typically do not say the SkyDome; correct usage is SkyDome, without an article. This usage has been more or less accepted in the USA, especially by ESPN.
More images of SkyDome
SkyDome is visible at left in these photos.
