Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3

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I mean they just spent hundreds of millions of dollars to make SkyDome not be a football/soccer stadium. Of course they could spend millions more to convert it into only a soccer/football stadium if there was a reason to. They'll never make it NFL suitable, about 10,000 seats too few for that. And BMO seems to serve the purpose now for soccer and football, so I'm not really sure what the point of renovating SkyDome into that again would be.

I believe the plan was that the Jays would be into something new mid to late 2030's, not sure if that will still be Rogers' plan or not after they have seen how well the renovations have been received. They can stay there as long as it suits them and makes them the money. Off the top of my head, there are only 5 older MLB parks and one of them is in the early stages of planning to be replaced (KC). The Jays are really in the perfect location, it's going to be hard to come up with something as perfectly located as that. But short of another pandemic, I can't see them vacating for 2 or 3 seasons to demolish and rebuild on that site. But then again, who would have thought 2 other teams would play in AAA parks long term like the Rays and especially the A's, so who knows. I do believe Toronto needs a roof. Its not about snow, it's about rain. Doesn't have to be a closed environment like the dome is now, but at least sheltered, like Seattle.