1st Retractable Roof Stadium

In june 1989 toronto unveiled the skydome to much pomp and circumstance.

1st retractable roof stadium.

The stadium was built in 1989 and serves as home for the toronto blue jays. The university of phoenix stadium home of the arizona cardinals was the first nfl venue to sport a retractable natural grass field meaning it slides into the stadium in time. The rogers centre is located in downtown toronto ontario canada. Sochi russia pfc sochi russian premier league.

It was the first stadium with a fully retractable roof creating the best of both weather worlds for the cfl s argonauts and mlb s blue jays. Although it was not originally designed for sports the pittsburgh civic light opera was the primary tenant from 1961 until 1968 its been the home of the nhl s penguins since 1967. Roof was designed for the 2014 winter olympics opening and closing ceremonies and the 2014 winter paralympics opening and closing ceremonies as a temporary structure and was removed as part of a renovation in preparation for the 2018. All three pieces total over 3 3 million pounds.

Opened in 1989 it serves as home for the toronto blue jays. Actually the first retractable roof stadium was mellon arena which opened as the pittsburgh civic arena in 1961 and is informally known as the igloo. Many of the retractable roof ballparks were built as multi purpose stadium. It was the first stadium with a fully retractable roof creating the best of both weather worlds for the cfl s argonauts.

Stadium capacity previous to removal of roof city country tenant s notes 1. Olympic stadium in montreal quebec was slated to be the first outdoor retractable roof stadium at its debut for the 1976 summer olympics however plagued by construction problems the roof was not installed until 1987 and was not retractable until 1988. Does allegiant stadium have a retractable roof. Even then movement of the roof was impossible in high wind conditions and technical problems plagued the facility.

The stadium s roof is not retractable though its semi translucence allows natural light to illuminate the field during day games. Globe life field construction as of june 19 2019 courtesy.