How to revitalize the Rogers Centre
Re How do you fix the Rogers Centre? April 11 If the Blue Jays are to be an organization, like the L.A. Dodgers, that doesn’t mount statues to honour past greats, then perhaps they might at least consider erecting a monument to memorialize the achievement of past great teams.
The Jays should cast commemorative plaques for the two teams that won the World Series back-to-back in 1992 and 1993, and place them on separate pillars outside of the Rogers Centre. An arch could be formed by two mammoth bronze bats rising diagonally from the top of each pillar, and just above where they crossed on their barrels the circular Blue Jays team logo would be cradled in.
With “World Series Champions” across the pillars, the structure might come to be called the “Archway of Champions.”
With the 25th anniversary of the 1992 season approaching, something tangible should be created to pay tribute to the best-ever teams in Blue Jays history. Future championship teams would be proud to pass through the archway, and have their plaque added. Robert McBride, Thornhill I enjoyed the piece by Brendan Kennedy about the need for an image makeover for the original SkyDome.
The article mentions how new baseball stadiums are now emulating Camden Yards in Baltimore. But Camden Yards was not the innovator because its design was based on the Coca Cola Field in Buffalo, which was built four years before Camden Yards.
Coca Cola Field can easily be expanded to accommodate more than 40,000 fans. It is the home of our Blue Jays Triple A affiliate baseball team.
This team and the people of Buffalo are deserving of a regular season baseball series played by the Toronto Blue Jays at this fabulous stadium.
Every game would be a sell out. Heino Molls, Toronto Maybe we could do a public/private partnership. You know, Rogers hands the Skydome back to the city, taxpayers cover the $300 million in upgrades and then give it back to them for a tenth of the cost. That’s the way it’s done isn’t it? Richard Kadziewicz, Scarborough