irishboy
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This is exciting and will make an impact. Great to see!! I just hope they allocate some of those funds to fixing up the exterior as well. It could use some sprucing up.
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UrbanOzz
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i feel like their last focus with regards to these funds they've allocated is the exterior. they're trying to spruce up the game day and viewing experience. they can easily spend their total budget on the inside (which makes sense and has the most impact). The grounds outside can use some work but there's tons of stadium exteriors that are miserable. The area around it is nice though (Front St, Bremner Blvd) as they all have tons to do.
C-mac
Senior Member
Also, don't forget and this is straight from Shapiro, they still plan on building a new stadium in 10-12 years or doing something much bigger in scale with this one, so doubt they're going to put much money into the exterior if that's the case.
Gino29
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Shapiro was pretty clear in the press conference that there will be no work on the exterior and all focus will be on 'game day' experiences for fans and enhancing the player experience with new weight room, family rooms, etc. He mentioned, of course, they looked at it and referenced a rendering they had internally even of blowing out the backside of the stadium to get more light in as well as exterior alterations but at the end of the day that is not feasible with the budget they have.
Reference the press conference, near the end, during the Q&A portion:
'It will be a dramatically different vision': Shapiro details renovation plans for Rogers Centre
Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro details renovation plans for Rogers Centre, which he says will create a
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syn
Senior Member
Shapiro also mentioned that the future could include an even larger scale renovation to the current building, and that exterior updates may be considered after this renovation is complete.
What we've seen so far is only Phase 1 - I still find it very hard to believe there's only going to be a decade of life left in this place after all that work is done.
While we question how it compares to other ballparks, Shapiro has mentioned more than once that the building is in great shape for its age. The infrastructure has plenty of life left in it.
What we've seen so far is only Phase 1 - I still find it very hard to believe there's only going to be a decade of life left in this place after all that work is done.
While we question how it compares to other ballparks, Shapiro has mentioned more than once that the building is in great shape for its age. The infrastructure has plenty of life left in it.
sixrings
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T.E.C.II
Active Member
So why does Shapiro keep implying the team might not be there long term?
JMSRead
Active Member
Shapiro said in the press conference that once these upgrades are done, the Blue Jays will probably have a team working full time on the long term solution (be that a new stadium or far more extensive reno).
sixrings
Senior Member
Keep pushing it down the road because there’s some fans who do want a open air stadium yet can’t seem to grasp the park is in the best location in the city and equally important it isn’t a priority in Rogers budget.
Shapiro taking lessons from my wife. Every year I want to put a pool in. Every year my wife finds a project to do and the pool gets pushed down the line. Don’t worry one day it’s coming. Sure it is. When I move to the retirement home.
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Kitsune
Senior Member
.. you can easily fit a new stadium south of the existing one by getting rid of the water pump (which is prolly end of life in the late 2030s?) and constructing it like Cincinatti's new ballpark was.
Richard White
Senior Member
We been down that rabbit hole many times on this thread it is simply not possible given the space restrictions. Short of violating the laws of physics or expropriating a condo building (or two) it will not work.
A new stadium would either need to be built on the exact same spot or elsewhere but it cannot be built south of the current stadium without high costs and other related issues.
Kitsune
Senior Member
.. then how did Cincinnati manage it hmm
Also - they could always go open air for the next stadium and just build the new one around the Rogers Centre.
Towered
Superstar
Any nosebleeds for 20 bucks still? That's the only reason I went to 2 games this summer (for the first time in 25 years)...
T.E.C.II
Active Member
Doesn't Roundhouse Park prevent something like this from happening?
TJ O'Pootertoot
Senior Member
It's not going to happen. As has been said many times here before, the Roundhouse and infrastructure back there means there is no way to do what Cincinnati did. If they could, they'd probably be doing it now instead of this renovation. The bind they're in is that they have a perfect location and no room to rebuild on site. It's a "good problem to have, 'in a way. But they've got challenges for where to go next.