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A renewed lease for the Toronto Argonauts to play at Rogers Centre will effectively serve as notice to vacate, clearing the way for grass to be installed for baseball no later than 2018.
The Toronto Blue Jays have determined it is possible to grow and maintain a grass playing surface inside the facility by digging up the floor, adding a drainage system and topping it with about 30 centimetres of dirt.
Argonauts chief executive Chris Rudge understands the Blue Jays intend to play on grass.
“They can’t do it with the Argos there, and more to the point, the Argos can’t play there if they have grass,” he said.
It would be especially complicated to maintain natural turf in the indoor stadium, despite its retractable roof, with football cleats chewing it up. So, with the CFL schedule intersecting baseball seasons by up to four months, there will be no room for the Argos at the inn.
The Toronto Blue Jays have determined it is possible to grow and maintain a grass playing surface inside the facility by digging up the floor, adding a drainage system and topping it with about 30 centimetres of dirt.
Argonauts chief executive Chris Rudge understands the Blue Jays intend to play on grass.
“They can’t do it with the Argos there, and more to the point, the Argos can’t play there if they have grass,” he said.
It would be especially complicated to maintain natural turf in the indoor stadium, despite its retractable roof, with football cleats chewing it up. So, with the CFL schedule intersecting baseball seasons by up to four months, there will be no room for the Argos at the inn.
If nothing else, it most likely means that the Bills won't be moving to Toronto... Not that they ever were going to, anyway.
Also wondering of the numbers for renewing the series ever came out...? I haven't seen them as of yet.
-Bill
Originally Posted by pmoon6 
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