Exploring the History and Events at Toronto's Iconic Rogers Centre

Five-time Grammy award winner Rapper Kendrick Lamar will perform two sold-out shows on June 12th & 13th, 2025 in downtown Toronto at the Rogers Centre.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, March 10th, 2025

Rogers Centre (originally SkyDome) is a retractable roof stadium in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated at the base of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989 on the former Railway Lands, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). As well as being improved over the decades, during the MLB offseasons of 2022–24, the stadium was renovated by upgrading the sports facilities and hospitality whilst reducing the capacity for baseball games. While it is primarily a sports venue, the stadium also hosts other large events such as conventions, trade fairs, concerts, travelling carnivals, circuses and monster truck shows.

Previously, the stadium was also home to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) played an annual game at the stadium as part of the Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2013. The stadium served as the site of both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2015 Pan American Games (renamed the Pan-Am Dome or Pan-Am Ceremonies Venue due to sponsorship regulations)

The stadium was renamed "Rogers Centre" following the 2005 purchase of the stadium by Rogers Communications, the corporation that also owns the Toronto Blue Jays.[5][6] The venue is noted for being the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof, as well as for the 348-room hotel attached to it with 70 rooms overlooking the field.[7] It is the last North American major-league stadium built to accommodate both football and baseball

Soon after its opening, the stadium became a popular venue for large-scale rock concerts and is the largest indoor concert venue in Toronto.[114] Artists have included:

• Bruce Springsteen, U2 with two concerts in 2009, as well as their concert in 2011, all part of their 360° Tour.[115][116][117]

• Bon Jovi performed two sellout shows on July 20 and 21, 2010, at Rogers Centre as part of The Circle Tour.[118]

• Bruce Springsteen performed on August 24, 2012, during his Wrecking Ball World Tour in front of 39,000 attendees.

• The Rolling Stones played two sold-out concerts at the stadium: on December 4, 1989, during the Steel Wheels Tour and on September 26, 2005, during their highest-grossing tour A Bigger Bang Tour.

  

• Madonna performed three shows from 27 May, 1990 at the Skydome, the shows were part of the Blond Ambition World Tour, and were Canada's only dates.[119][a] Later, she performed two concerts at the stadium again during The Girlie Show World Tour for October 11 & 12, 1993.[122]

• Rogers Centre has been a venue for large electronic dance music events. During 2013, the stadium hosted two electronic dance music events, including two sold-out shows on Swedish House Mafia's One Last Tour, and Sensation.

• Guns N' Roses performed at Rogers Centre on July 16, 2016, during their Not in This Lifetime... Tour in front of 48,016 attendees with Billy Talent.[123]

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  Metallica also played a sold-out show at the stadium as part of their WorldWired Tour on July 16, 2017, with special guests Avenged Sevenfold and Volbeat.[124]

• Shawn Mendes headlined his first stadium show to a sold-out crowd on September 6, 2019, at Rogers Centre during his Shawn Mendes: The Tour.[125]

• Beyoncé opened her North American leg of the Renaissance World Tour at the Rogers Center on July 8 and 9 2023, for 56,577 people.[126]

• Taylor Swift, the American singer-songwriter performed at the Rogers Centre as part of The Eras Tour from November 14 to 16 and subsequently November 21 to 23rd, making her the first artist to schedule six shows on a single tour at Rogers Centre.[127]

  Wikipedia March 2025