Rogers Centre - Timeline

Timeline

• 1986 – October 3 – The SkyDome's ground is broken.
• 1987 – June 3 – The stadium is named "SkyDome".
• 1989 – June 3 – The SkyDome officially opens, hosting a live opening night gala.
• 1989 – June 5 – The SkyDome plays host to its first Blue Jays game.
• 1989 – June 5 – Fred McGriff hits the first home run ever at the SkyDome.
• 1989 – June 7 – John Cerutti records the first Blue Jays win at the SkyDome.
• 1989 – June 8 – Rod Stewart performs the first concert at the SkyDome.
• 1989 – July 12 – The stadium plays host to its first Argos game.
• 1989 – Jose Canseco hits a home run into the fifth deck of the SkyDome, off Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher Mike Flanagan. It is an estimated 480-foot shot, although it is estimated to be at least 500 feet.
• 1989 – The Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 43-40 in the 77th Grey Cup.
• 1990 – The MLB single season attendance record is broken with 58 sellouts and a season total crowd of 3,885,284.
• 1990 – Two workers fall to their death when working above the field, and a third worker is pulled to safety.
• 1991 – July 9 – It is the host of the MLB All-Star Game.
• 1992 – The Calgary Stampeders defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 80th Grey Cup.
• 1992 – The first World Series game outside the United States is played at SkyDome, as the Blue Jays host the Atlanta Braves in game three of the 1992 World Series.
• 1993 – October 23 – The Blue Jays win their second straight World Series championship when Toronto outfielder Joe Carter hits a walk-off home run against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams.
• 1995 – June 22 – During a game against the Milwaukee Brewers, two acoustic panels fall off the inner ceiling in the seventh inning, injuring seven fans. The game is not stopped.
• 1995 – July 9 – A worker dies when installing lights for a computer show. (falling 25 feet (7.6 m))
• 1998 – November – Several dignitaries, including Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, honor the visiting South African president Nelson Mandela.
• 1998 – November – The SkyDome files for a bankruptcy protection.
• 1998 – The SkyDome is purchased out of bankruptcy by Sportsco.
• 2001 – April 12 – A scheduled Blue Jays' game against the Kansas City Royals is cancelled due to the retractable roof jamming during a test run, damaging the roof and sending debris crashing to the field below.
• 2001 – August 3 – The retractable roof is ordered closed in the third inning of a Toronto Blue Jays' game against the Baltimore Orioles at the request of home plate umpire Tim Welke, as a swarm of thousands of insects called aphids descends on SkyDome.
• 2002 – March 17 – WrestleMania X8 sets the SkyDome attendance record of 68,237.
• 2005 – February 2 – Rogers Communications buys the stadium and renames it Rogers Centre.
• 2007 – November 25 – The Rogers Centre plays host to the 95th Grey Cup, the first in Toronto in 15 years. The Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-19 in the game.
• 2008 – August 14 – The Rogers Centre plays host to a pre-season National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers, the first of a five-year lease deal that sees the Bills playing occasional home games in Toronto.
• 2011 – April 30 – The Rogers Centre holds the first UFC event, UFC 129, the first to be held in a stadium, and it signifies UFC 129 as the biggest MMA event in North America at that time.
• 2011 – June 25 – The Rogers Centre successfully holds the first International Indian Film Academy Awards event in North America.