Blue Jays revamp Rogers Centre for 2022 with new scoreboard, lights, and concessions
Followers of the Toronto Blue Jays will see their staff in a brand new gentle at Rogers Centre this season — actually.
Tons of of latest lights in addition to a model new 8,000 sq. foot videoboard, that includes two new decrease wings and aspect ribbons that wrap across the stadium, have been put in within the stadium in downtown Toronto in time for Friday’s residence opener towards the Texas Rangers.
The Blue Jays consider that the stadium’s new options will enhance the viewing expertise for spectators within the ballpark and watching on tv at residence.
“It makes factor pop, it makes issues look excessive definition, though they are not,” stated Paul Zuschlag, senior supervisor of facility upkeep, of the brand new lighting system. “It is arduous to clarify till you see it in individual.”
The sunshine arrays have 532 new LED fixtures, 48 of that are RGBW fixtures, which permits sport operations to challenge any color wherever inside the venue. Zuschlag stated that the brand new lights shall be particularly useful throughout live shows and particular occasions, like making a rainbow impact for Delight Week or bathing the stadium in pink and white for Canada Day.
Throughout Blue Jays video games the LED lights will not be any brighter than the outdated fixtures however are extra constant, with none vibrant or darkish spots on the sector.
“This method is typical, we have now it in 16 different ballparks at present with out the RGBW, we are the first in Main League Baseball to have RGBW,” stated Zuschlag. “It is the very same system they have been enjoying underneath in Houston and New York, Miami.”
Followers will even have their eyes drawn to the brand new scoreboard that looms over centre discipline and wraps across the higher deck of the ballpark. Mike Christiansen, the Blue Jays director of technical manufacturing, stated that it is “greater than excessive definition,” utilizing 1080p sign with higher colors and determination than the display screen it changed.
“There’s much more sq. footage and actual property for us to place up extra stats on the scoreboard in the course of the at bats, it permits us to place extra stuff lifeless centre, and it lets you see the photographs and font extra clearly as a result of the decision is so excessive,” stated Christiansen. “We will put as a lot on the scoreboard as we will, on a regular basis.”
The fan expertise shall be completely different on the concourse at Rogers Centre as effectively.
Rogers Centre is introducing the Hangry Canadian burger with bacon and cheese curds, however will even proceed to serve conventional ballpark fare like foot-long hotdogs. A brand new concession stand with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free choices known as Subject of Greens has been added to the stadium’s roster, as has a Mary Brown’s Fried Rooster.
Beer drinkers could have a bunch of latest choices at Blue Jays video games as effectively, with three new breweries within the stadium and a specialty collaboration with Mill Avenue Brewery known as Blue Wave added to menus.
“It is a rally cry in a can for our followers,” stated Christine Robertson, director of fan providers, of Blue Wave. “It is a hybrid of a conventional gentle lager and a juicy IPA.”
Fifty-four of Toronto’s 81 residence video games will characteristic a promotion of some kind. Highlights embrace bobbleheads of veteran centre-fielder George Springer, all-star shortstop Bo Bichette — with actual hair — and Hi there Kitty.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed April 6, 2022.
