Free transit, fan-zone ferris wheel: Toronto’s Rogers Stadium set to open
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Live Nation Canada is offering a first look at a new open-air music venue set to host some of the world’s biggest acts this summer.
Live Nation Canada is offering a first look at a new open-air music venue set to host some of the world’s biggest acts this summer.
A tour of the expansive 50,000-capacity Rogers Stadium at Downsview Park in North York showed blue plastic chairs lining the edge of the venue’s bowl, and a stripped-down stage ready to be retrofitted to an artist’s needs.
Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected for a string of 14 concerts running through September, starting Sunday with K-pop group Stray Kids.
A ferris wheel anchors the fan zone, where concertgoers can buy food and drinks from vendors, or visit two private eateries that require reservations in advance of a show. The fan zone will open a couple of hours before the start of a show to stagger the entry of attendees.
Live Nation President of Music Erik Hoffman says a stadium of this size is “a need” for the city and will inject $100 million into the local economy this summer.
Hoffman said the plan to build Rogers Stadium came about after British rock band Coldplay couldn’t find a Toronto venue to put on a show in the timeline it needed.
“The idea was born around trying to facilitate them,” Hoffman said.
Hoffman said that Toronto is one of the top cities in North America for concerts, though acts looking to play larger venues would often face scheduling conflicts with sports teams.
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