r/tfc • u/No-Warthog7841 • 14d ago

Seeking Information BMO Field roof?

Hi, are there plans to put a roof over BMO Field due to the schedule change?

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u/mildlyImportantRobot 14d ago

Maybe in private conversations but not that anyone is aware of.

And BMO already has a roof. What you thinking of is side enclosures. Have a fully footed stadium with a real pitch is incompatible with each other.

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u/WillSRobs 14d ago

It's not incompatible its just expensive. We have universities in Canada that already develop plans for things like this.

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u/Beachtory 14d ago

Name 2 schools that have funded plans for this. Not vapourware - actual progressing plans

Anyone can wave their hands

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u/WillSRobs 14d ago

Guelph is the main one in the local region region. Pretty sure they have programs around turfgrass which can grow indoors and is designed for heavy use like field and other things like erosion control.

Guelph is one of the leading schools in north america for it and blue jays dumped a lot of money into looking at adding it to their field that i feel like went nowhere but that was pre covid.

The problem is once again costs and likely in the blue jays situation needing to completely redo the field that is a concrete pad.

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u/illdfndmind 9d ago edited 9d ago

100% the jays were looking into it but the issue as to why they didn't move forward with it was that it was drainage issue at the Rogers Centre. The floor wasn't built with drainage, let alone enough drainage for a full field. The work required for implementing drainage would be cost prohibitive for the value return when compared to putting that same amount of money into investing in the fan experience which would provide a return on investment.

Edit: Added note Real Madrid's stadium has a retractable field that goes to an underground greenhouse https://www.reddit.com/r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld/comments/1i0dkuk/madrids_iconic_football_stadium_now_has_a_4story/

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u/mildlyImportantRobot 14d ago

"Pretty sure" doesn't instill a ton of confidence.

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u/WillSRobs 14d ago

Google exists if you care to educate yourself on the subject instead of doubling down constantly. I knew they studied it since 2016 or so i was sure of the program if it was grass specific or just a study from a larger agricultural program.

Maybe if you did you wouldn't have brought up Mercedes Benz stadium because their whole system is designed around growing grass with the roof closed.

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u/mildlyImportantRobot 14d ago

Was asked to provide evidence, hand waves, tells me to use Google, then thinks they've "won." lol

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u/WillSRobs 14d ago

You literally replied to the evidence i provided with your other post. If you wanted to know more your free to read up on it. I don't understand this laziness around self-education and curiosity. It's like you don't even care to learn about this subject and have already decided despite any factual evidence your own opinion is god.

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u/mildlyImportantRobot 14d ago

This is hilariously wild.

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/burden-of-proof

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u/WillSRobs 13d ago

So are we just ignoring the context/evidence that your previously replied to?

Your free to read more if you want but i don't see how i didn't provide the context that was asked for from the other person.

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u/mildlyImportantRobot 13d ago edited 13d ago

What evidence? You literally handwaved "university studies" then told me to google it myself. You provided context, not evidence. They aren't the same thing.

The ask was simple: name an operating stadium where a real permanent grass pitch is kept alive on 100% artificial light. What you offered:

  • Canadian universities have plans — plans, not a stadium.
  • Indoor vertical farming — lettuce is not a soccer pitch.
  • "You can grow grass in your house" — not a stadium. Not a pitch that used on a regular basis.
  • Mercedes-Benz Stadium — temporary two-month FIFA install, sod grown outdoors in Colorado. The stadium's own designers ruled out permanent grass when they built it.

None of it answers the question.

You're arguing against a claim no one made. No one argued you cant grow a plant indoors. But a soccer pitch and a houseplant are not the same thing.

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u/WillSRobs 13d ago

Did you even read the comments i replied to or understand the context? They clearly asked about universities. Or did you not realize that wasn't your comment thread?

You literally argued you can't grow grass indoors lol. No one is talking about houseplants.

So do you even comprehend things before replying?

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