Talk:Rogers Centre

Is it "the Rogers Centre" or just "Rogers Centre"

I really do not care either way, but this article needs to be consistent as to whether or not there is the word "the" in front of Rogers Centre. I personally call it "the Rogers Centre" because that's how Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth called it.

23haveblue (talk) 21:30, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

There is a comment beside the name to please NOT change the name back to Skydome, as this was the former name. Clearly enough people have attempted this change to make it worth putting the comment in place. These attempts reflect public sensibility within Toronto. The name Skydome was selected for the public stadium, built with public funds, after huge public consultancy. The attempt to change it to Roger's Centre arose out of a backroom corporate deal that sold off this public asset for pennies on the dollar. It does not seem in the spirit of Wikipedia to allow corporations to change the names of things simply by buying them. Wikipedia did not buckle to the attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico, but properly documented the attempt and linked "Gulf of America" to that article. I would suggest "Roger's Centre" should link to an article on the buyout and rebranding, and that the actual article describing the actual stadium retain the original, publicly chosen, publicly understood, and publicly preferred, name of the facility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.162.160.180 (talk) 00:49, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

People who own things get to name them. The Rogers Centre is owned by Rogers, so they get to choose whatever they like to call it. Gulf of Mexico isn't owned by the United States so you're compared apples to oranges. Just like countries get to name their states/counties, companies get to name what they own. Canterbury Tail talk 01:28, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Oh, and the company is called Rogers Communications. The stadium is named after the company, not the individual. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:11, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Blue Jays Tenants

There have been a couple of edits that removed 2020 from the tenants timeframes for the Blue Jay lately. I would say that even if the Blue Jays don't play any games with the public here, they are still tenants this year. They're still occupants of the building and they are involved in training there, whether they actually play games or not. Rogers Centre is still where they're based and nothing has changes on that front. The only possibly thing missing is actually playing a formal game. Canterbury Tail talk 10:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

I have added a note. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 13:50, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

I was going to say the same thing, so thanks! A team can still be a "tenant" without playing games there, such as for a major renovation or being temporarily displaced like the New Orleans Saints after Hurricane Katrina. "Tenant" doesn't always necessarily mean "plays all home games there", even though many seem to use the two terms interchangeably. There's a difference between a temporary move and a permanent one that a team later changes course on, like the Oakland Raiders at the Oakland Coliseum or the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium where a team formally left their respective facility (as in legally terminated their tenancy) and then returned later. The Blue Jays aren't formally leaving Rogers Centre; they're being forced to play elsewhere for extenuating circumstances. All of their offices and other infrastructure will remain at Rogers Centre and they are still very much legal tenants of the building even if they play all their home games elsewhere in 2020. --JonRidinger (talk) 20:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification and have added further notes. The Blue Jays still has the Rogers Centre as its primary stadium despite playing in Sahlen Field in Buffalo this year due to cross-border travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnny Au _{(talk/contributions)} 01:43, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Crimes

I have to seriously question why the Yannis Carayannopoulos incident is listed on the timeline. Not only is it historically insignificant (Toronto has had multiple streakers before him) but making the incident noteworthy on timeline? Why was it ever included in first place? I am thinking to remove it just wanted to see if anyone else had feedback as to why it was important? Kav2001c (talk) 22:51, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Removed today after a month to see if anyone had any reason to keep it Kav2001c (talk) 10:40, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Multi-purpose stadium

Regarding this edit: I agree that with the completion of the 2023–2024 offseason renovations, Rogers Centre is no longer a venue specifically designed to host multiple sports, and no longer reflects a design philosophy that stresses multifunctionality over specificity (as per multi-purpose stadium). As described in "Blue Jays showcase lower-bowl renovations at Rogers Centre ahead of 2024 home-opener", The latest renovation is part of the transition from a multi-purpose stadium to a ballpark-first venue.... Thus I think the edit is appropriate. isaacl (talk) 00:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. Just because it is a former multi-purpose stadium does not mean that we should state that it is a multi-purpose stadium. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 12:18, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Gallery

I was looking through the article and thought there are lots of images throughout the web page, and maybe a gallery should be created. Is there any consensus, please ? Cltjames (talk) 02:11, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

No consensus, article needed a bit of tidying; done ✅️ Cltjames (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Capacity

The broadcast just said that attendance tonight was over 42,000. Two games ago it was officially 41,813. Should the listed capacity in this article still say 39,150? Clearly it holds more than that, as there are a lot of standing room areas. ~2026-31460-63 (talk) 01:28, 27 May 2026 (UTC)