Rogers Centre is a multi-purpose retractable roof stadium in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated at the base of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario.
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11 Facts About Rogers Centre
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Stadium was renamed "Rogers Centre" following the 2005 purchase of the stadium by Rogers Communications, the corporation that owns the Toronto Blue Jays.
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In November 2005, Rogers Centre received a complete makeover to "open" the 100 Level concourse to the playing field and convert 43 luxury boxes to "party suites".
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Rogers Centre is one of five venues in Major League Baseball that use artificial turf and was the last venue to use "sliding pits" before switching to a full dirt infield for the 2016 baseball season.
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The plan became more definite when Rogers Centre renewed the Argonauts' lease through 2017, but ruled out any further extensions; in May 2015, it was announced the Argos would move to BMO Field for the 2016 season.
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Besides baseball, Rogers Centre was the original home of the National Basketball Association's Toronto Raptors, who played at the venue from November 1995 to February 1999, while the Air Canada Centre was being planned and built.
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Rogers Centre hosted Canadian football from opening in 1989 to 2015, as the Argonauts moved to BMO Field in 2016.
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Rogers Centre has hosted exhibition cricket, gaelic football, hurling, Australian rules football and tennis.
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Rogers Centre is the site of several major high school and collegiate sporting competitions, such as the Prentice Cup for baseball.
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Since 2008, the Rogers Centre is the host of the Greater Toronto high schools' Metro Bowl.
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Rogers Centre has been a venue for large electronic dance music events.
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