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Originally Posted by fleury
Surprised nobody is talking about the Rogers Centre being the home for at least the next 10-15 years.
As much as I'd like to have another place, to build another one so quickly is just wasteful, so from an environmental perspective, I'm on board.
I think what we're going to see given today's talk about renovations will be several things - some previously discussed by Shapiro and some new. Complete guesses for some but here goes:
- Reorientation of the field - home plate where third is now to make the field non-symmetrical
- New seating for the full 100-levels facing the action, more comfortable, more spacing
- Box seating in the 100-levels
- Fanzone of some sort in the 100-levels
Wouldn't surprise me at all if they end up squeezing 20 years out of it. Should be really really interesting. |
I'd be very surprised a a field reorientation, given the money they are spending on a new video board that would at the very least have to be relocated if they did that.
I do believe they will totally revamp the 100 level seating, including more 'premium spaces'. All the seats in the 1st 20 rows between 3rd and 1st will probably be some sort of club seating/box seating.
Outside of the work on the 100 level, and expanding the clubhouses/training facilities (maybe using all the space the Argos used to use?), I can see them having a bit more of the 'gathering spaces' that are popular right now, and which they have done with the Westjet Flight Deck. They have shut down the restaurant above the Flight Deck, so something will probably happen there.
Natural grass wont be happening. The Jays have already said that between the cost, the advances in artificial turf, and that more teams (such as the Diamondbacks) are actually moving from natural grass, it's not in their plans. They just installed a new turf field last year:
https://sportsfieldmanagementonline....f-field/12869/