Stadium Updates

[AngeloV]

ROgers doesn't have the staff anymore (or the inclination to do so) to get it done inside of a day like back in the 90's...

So it's not that it CAN'T be done. It that they WON'T get it done.

That's what I suspected.

[ArgoRavi]

So it's not that it CAN'T be done. It that they WON'T get it done.

That's what I suspected.

That is what I have always suspected to, AV. They used to be able to do the conversion so that you could play a baseball game one night and a football game the next or vice versa. It seems to be only since Rogers bought the stadium that this has now become impossible.

[Mulder]

That is what I have always suspected to, AV. They used to be able to do the conversion so that you could play a baseball game one night and a football game the next or vice versa. It seems to be only since Rogers bought the stadium that this has now become impossible.

It's a load of crap. I stayed in the Skydome hotel in 2010. After they got the new turf I think.

Game was Friday night, by the next morning the dome was already converted back to baseball save about a quarter of the turf, stands were moved. I remember waking up at times during the night to see how it was progressing, and there not being alot of staff.

I used to wonder why there has never been a video of the Skydome converting the field from baseball to football or vise-versa. But I think it's pretty clear that alot of nothing gets done and it would expose that it is really quicker than 48 hours.

[shayman]

So it's not that it CAN'T be done. It that they WON'T get it done.

That's what I suspected.

A wise person once said "If you don't why something is the way it is, the answer is 'money.'"

A quick google search reveals lots of statements from the past about how conversion from football to baseball takes "8-10 hours" "10-12 hours" or "16 hours" or similar.

There has to be a time-lapse video out there somewhere, or statements from when the stadium was built about how quick it'd take.

Although I also remember they used to brag that opening and closing the roof only used $5 worth of electricity so they'd be happy to do it every time a tour group came through.

Hey, here's a good one. Google searches are fun. April 2010. "Only 10,610 fans showed up for Wednesday night's game against the White Sox." http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=318195