First Retractable Roof Baseball Stadium

Chase field built 1998.

First retractable roof baseball stadium.

It was the first stadium with a fully retractable roof creating the best of both weather worlds for the cfl s argonauts. Construction of the skydome later renamed the rogers center in canada helped to usher in a new more modern era of stadium design. Immediately following pohlad s 1994 declaration of intent the twins began making plans to build a new retractable roof stadium on a site just north of the metrodome. The stadium was built in 1989 and serves as home for the toronto blue jays.

Some for instance open only over a small central section. The first retractable roof stadium built was the civic center in pittsburgh pennsylvania currently there are six retractable roof ballparks in major league baseball. Constructed in 1961 for the pittsburgh civic light opera the arena was home to minor league and ncaa d 1 basketball and ice hockey teams before becoming the home of the nhl s pittsburgh penguins in 1967 as well as hosting over a dozen regular season nba games in the 1960s and 1970s. My first indoor mlb stadium experience.

In june 1989 toronto unveiled the skydome to much pomp and circumstance. It first opened in 1976 and because. It is the first retractable roof ballparks built specifically for baseball but in reality it s a multi purpose stadium. The first retractable roof sports venue was the now demolished civic arena in pittsburgh pennsylvania united states.

The seats that my brother and i had were deep in left field and under the overhang. Extensive conceptual work went into the site and stadium. My first indoor baseball game was at miller park out in milwaukee in 2012. Actually the first retractable roof stadium was mellon arena which opened as the pittsburgh civic arena in 1961 and is informally known as the igloo.

Although it was not originally designed for sports the pittsburgh civic light opera was the primary tenant from 1961 until 1968 its been the home of the nhl s penguins since 1967. While the skydome was among the first baseball stadiums with a retractable roof finished in 1989 montreal s olympic stadium home of the expos was the first. Miller park is a retractable roof stadium so games can happen under a dome or be open to the sky. The rogers centre is located in beautiful downtown toronto ontario canada.