What is Rogers Centre?
[[File:Rogers Centre Blue Jays.jpg|thumb|Rogers Centre]] '''Rogers Centre''' is a [[sports]] [[stadium]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It is right next door to the [[CN Tower]]. It is the home field of the [[Major League Baseball]] team called the [[Toronto Blue Jays]]. Until 2015, it was also home to the [[Toronto Argonauts]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. When Rogers Centre opened in 1989, it was called the '''SkyDome'''. It hosted the [[WWE|WWF]]'s [[WrestleMania VI]] on April 1, 1990 and [[WrestleMania X8]] on March 17, 2002. WrestleMania X8 attracted the largest ever paid crowd to SkyDome with 68,237 fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_03_17.jsp|accessdate=2013-11-13|title=Wrestlemania X8 Sets Revenue, Attendance Records|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2007-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203045353/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_03_17.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was the first stadium to have a fully retractable [[motorized roof]]. It has a 348-room hotel attached to it with 70 rooms overlooking the field.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ewen|first=John|title=Power Ranking All 30 MLB Stadiums|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1131117-2012-mlb-season-power-ranking-the-30-stadiums|access-date=2023-12-10|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref> == Sources == *''Green Cathedrals'', by Philip J. Lowry {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat}} *[http://www.rogerscentre.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203052238/http://www.rogerscentre.com/ |date=2011-02-03 }} {{MLB Ballparks}} {{multistub|sport|Canada}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1989 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Toronto]] [[Category:Major League Baseball venues]] [[Category:Sports buildings in Canada]] [[Category:Toronto Blue Jays]] [[Category:WrestleMania host]]