What is the first baseball stadium with a retractable roof?

Answer 1

The former SkyDome (now the Rogers Centre).

Answer 2

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. It first opened in 1976, and because of labor disputes and technical difficulties, it was over a decade before the roof was fully installed and retracted for the first time, in 1988, one year before the SkyDome. In 1991, after a portion of the roof collapsed, they made the roof permanent.

The first baseball stadium with a retractable roof: Olympic Stadium, 1988.

Answer 3

Several restaurants have views of events, Windows restaurant looks onto the playing field.SkyDome, as it was then called, was the first major team sports arena in North America to sport a functional, fully retractable roof; Montreal's Olympic Stadium also had a retractable roof, but it was a total failure. The roof is composed of four panels and covers an area of 345,000 square feet. The two middle panels slide laterally to stack over the north semi-circular panel, and then the south semi-circular panel rotates around the stadium and nests inside the stack. It takes 20 minutes for the roof to open or close.

Chase Field in Arizona was only the second MLB stadium to have a retractable roof (after Toronto's SkyDome; others are now in Houston, Milwaukee, and Seattle). It was also the first ballpark to feature natural grass in a retractable roof stadium. Chase Field also has a swimming pool, located in right center field, which is rented to patrons, who wish to take a dip during a game. The ballpark also features a dirt strip between home plate and the pitcher's mound, one of only two current ballparks to do so (Comerica Park in Detroit is the other).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Centre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Field

Answer 4

Retractable roofs are costly. it is not properly worth it in drier climates with straight forward climate. the two of the la communities may be throwing money away making an investment in a retractable roof for their stadium. some stadiums additionally are not shaped in a manner that makes a retractable roof a manageable determination. in many places they could desire to be geared up if the team could arise with the money for it, yet no longer all and sundry desires one. that's slightly diverse having a retractable roof on a soccer stadium than a baseball stadium. soccer can play in rain. Baseball would not play in something heavier than a drizzle.

Answer 5

While not for baseball. The ancient Romans used canvas to cover the stadiums for gladiator fights, and mock battles. These were some of the first retractable roofs in the world.

Answer 6

Toronto Sky Dome was the first retractable roof

Answer 7

torontos sky dome. more northern cities should adopt the same idea. there is no way baseball should be played in snow or heavy rain. no more rain delays or games postponed , the roof closes in 20 minutes or so.

Answer 8

It was Skydome in Toronto. In actuallity, it was supposed to be Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The retacting mechanism jammed while testing it, and was never used.

Answer 9

the sky dome. home of the Blue Jays!