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If you listen to interviews with Mark Shapiro, or even just Blue Jays media types talking on the matter - grass is not going to happen at the Rogers Centre. To be honest, I'm not sure real grass is even a big deal aesthetically at this point, as fake turf has really improved over the last 10...

Shapiro said on Sportsnet two days ago that either a new park or massive renovation is going to have to happen soon, but that work was put on hold at the start of Covid. Now that things may be approaching normalcy I would guess we'll start hearing new details fairly soon, although I wonder if...

As a huge Jays fan, who goes to plenty of games each summer, and has tons of amazing memories from being at the Dome ... I truly do not understand why anyone would be against Rogers building a new privately financed ballpark and tearing the Dome down. The Dome is fine, it's passable. And I...

Is this new info? The Globe and Mail article pretty clearly stated that the intent was a brand new stadium, built immediately south of the dome (or elsewhere in the city if that turns out to be too difficult).

Was hoping to see something done with those parking lots, and maybe some kind of land bridge connecting Ontario Place to The Ex. I feel like making the north end of the Ex to the south end of Ontario Place feel like one big cohesive area would do wonders.

Apologies if this has been asked an answered many times - but how long is that walk expected to be to the Go Station? Seems a shame they couldn't have found a way to integrate the Go with an LRT stop to really streamline the commute?

Bah. I know the Rail Deck was always pretty pie in the sky, but it would be so Toronto to dream on a giant downtown park and end up with condos and a parklette.

I personally would probably be OK with the idea of a roofless stadium, but I heard Mark Shapiro in an interview on Sportsnet a couple months ago and he sounded pretty adamant that he felt a new stadium would have to include a retractable roof. Maybe they end up changing their minds, but it...

In terms of renovating the Skydome, my understanding based on plenty interviews I've heard with Mark Shapiro over the years - is that one of Shapiro's jobs when he was brought in as team president was to do a big renovation of the dome, much like he did with Progressive Field in Cleveland...

Not trying to be snarky - but just curious if you are a baseball fan? Or if you have been to other MLB parks in the US? The Skydome does the job OK, but it's basically the last of the big, concrete cookie cutter stadiums that were build in the 60s, 70s and 80s (although definitely a high end...

I'm a big Alex B fan too, but I disagree with him on replacing the Skydome and on this E Sports stadium as well. Genuine question, no snark: what would be a better use of that area in many people's opinion? I've stayed in Hotel X and the view looking over toward BMO is quite depressing...

Personally, I find the new Queens Quay West to be clunky and confusing. To drive and even to walk. I've seen a couple cyclists come close to colliding with pedestrians, because they don't realize they're standing in a bike lane.

Bob can be ridiculous but I loved listened to him. I think he's a master broadcaster. Either way, I happened to listen to an episode of his podcast where he talked about this proposal, and apparently Paul Beeston (former Jays president) was involved. So I guess there was at least some...

If we were talking about an NFL stadium, hosting games 8 times a year I might agree. But I feel like bringing 20,000 people 81 times a year to an area is pretty significant - especially for nearby businesses. And that's in a down season. In 2015 - 17 I think the Jays averaged around 40,000 a...

Yeah I think if they wanted to build something roughly like Miller Park, they might as well just aim for a major dome renovation. That shot of the Miller Park interior doesn't look all that different from the Skydome, other than the windows (which would still be a great upgrade). The twitter...

Very good point on stadium orientation. I found a graphic online showing the orientation of each park (Rule 1.04 being the 'ideal' angle). As it is, it looks like Toronto is already one of the Westerly most facing parks. I'm not sure you could push that farther (though maybe there are ways)...

Yeah there are a few open air stadiums that I think have pretty much the same weather as us. Minnesota, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago off the top of my head. They do seem to make it work *but* those teams often have a ton of cancelled or postponed games early in the year. If you could build...

Wow, those views from the island would be something else as a baseball park backdrop. Could be the most amazing outfield view in MLB.

For what it's worth, journalists who are the most clued into baseball (guys like Davidi, Blair, Brunt) say the idea of the Jays playing elsewhere for a prolonged period of time is an absolute non starter. Probably not worth really considering that option as a possibility. So they'll be playing...

Yes, this exactly. I don't want to sound condescending, but it seems as though the people upset by this are not people who pay close attention to sports? Among sports fans, Rogers Centre is *not* regarded as historic or iconic in any way - in fact, I think that idea would be considered kind of...