mathnews@watdcsu.UUCP (mathNEWS) (10/21/85)
>>After watching the 7th game in Toronto I was very surprised to hear >>that therer were only about 35,000 at the game, it wasn't a sellout. >>I didn't realize that this ever happened. I guess I'm a bit disappointed. > >Did you get a look at the aerial view of that stadium? It seemed like >25% of the seats were *really bad*. Right field bleachers couldn't be >a fun place to watch a baseball game. Now you know why we want a domed stadium in Toronto. A final decision on design will be made on Thursday; all four competing corporations have plans for a stadium with a retractable dome and seating for 56 000 (baseball) or 58 000 (football). The planned site is near the CN tower and the Toronto Convention Centre, and plans are to have it built for first pitch, 1988. The only problem is that the politicians haven't decided how to split the cost of the stadium. This will probably also take until first pitch, 1988 to decide... Interesting note: some of the dome designs make it possible for the roof to be positioned in many ways so the sun can be reflected into visiting batters' eyes. Time to add a roof rule to the AL rulebook. One of the best ideas from the dome debate (and a common feature of all four designs) is that the scoreboard will always be shaded, so replays are visible from theoretically every seat in the stadium. It's too bad the stadium has to be shared with football and concerts. It would be nice to have the Jays play on real grass. dwarf -- "May your Coke always be Classic." mathNEWS--the math student newspaper at the University of Waterloo {allegra|clyde|linus|ihnp4|decvax}!watmath!watdcsu!mathnews UUCP mathnews%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet CSNET mathnews@watdcsu NETNORTH