Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
The Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel is located inside the Rogers Centre. Could see the hotel expanded with more rooms suites.
Toronto Rogers Centre Renovations | ?m | ?s | Toronto Blue Jays | Populous
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Tuscani01
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Mercenary
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have they already started?
asdda
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Northern Light
Superstar
Currently pulled permits for the Dome:
There are a few more tied to the project immediately above.
No other projects that require (City) permits, that I can discern.
Note that electrical permits go through the ESA, not the City.
There are a few more tied to the project immediately above.
No other projects that require (City) permits, that I can discern.
Note that electrical permits go through the ESA, not the City.
C-mac
Senior Member
Can you translate? What does this mean exactly? Fire pump upgrade and HVOC work???
That doesn't effect the fan experience. Or is there more to this?
Northern Light
Superstar
HVAC is Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning.
And no, I would not expect those changes to be material to the fan experience.
Any changes for fans will be in the subsequent, larger renos to be unveiled, likely in Q1 2022.
Translude15
Frank the Tank
Interested in seeing how the new scoreboard reno turns out. Looks like the new screen will be larger and some of the LED screens will be replaced. Perhaps a new fan area will be constructed in that space as well.
In terms of the $250MM reno plans, I'd say this pic is indicative that substantial components of the facility can be gutted and rebuilt, especially the outfield and hotel areas. As others have pointed out, the 100 level seating bowl will likely be the focus of the renovations with a new orientation, seating replacements (cupholders, please!), premium seating and areas underneath the bowl a la Scotiabank.
An Athletic article a few years back mentioned the possibility of reorienting the field to face NE towards the CN Tower which would allow for a new outfield plaza/entrance on the NE side of the stadium. Doing so would require reorienting the roof as well which was apparently investigated. That would likely be cost prohibitive IMO. New 100 level seating and fan spaces is still a major plus as both are long overdue. Our lower bowl seating is some of the worst in the Majors.
UrbanOzz
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i was under the impression that nobody really wants those suites under the seats because of the optics. have more stadiums/arenas put those in after Scotia? they seemed like a good idea but now the platinum section at the Raptors and leafs game always look half empty. I've been to a few games in those suites and i always lose track of time in them and the game has started. the upper boxes that you can watch the game from are far better in my opinion.
Translude15
Frank the Tank
With due respect, your interpretation of those suites/restaurants is far from the reality. The subterranean suites are the new norm in all modern sports & entertainment facilities. The gist of it is that corporations and key sponsors buy them up which increases gate revenues. In down years, key executives/clients pass them down the corporate and/or client hierarchy as the corporations are typically the ones purchasing the suites/tickets. One of the few true examples of trickle-down economics in action.
UrbanOzz
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good to know. i thought i read somewhere years ago about the flaw of them and what it looks like on TV and there was some upper executive somewhere (not sure if it was a league exec or a team exec) that had it out for them.
Richard White
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C-mac
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Translude15
Frank the Tank
animatronic
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Except the problem right now is that there are wayyyy too many suites on the 300 and 400 levels. Adding more luxury suites in the 100s would just make things worse.