Living In Airports: May 2008

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Rogers Centre

View from the outfield...

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Why did they choose the name Rogers Centre after all? Why not Rogers SkyDome? I suppose people just would have kept calling it the SkyDome in that case. (Although many still call it that anyway.) Whenever I meet Ted Rogers, I'll ask him what the line of thinking was there.

After 20 years (seriously... it was 1989) of watching games at SkyDome on TV, tonight is my first time here. It's huge. And it's mostly empty. Maybe 15,000 fans tops. That's less than one-third capacity. That makes for a sub-par atmosphere though, the opposite of a Goldeyes game, where there's half the fans but twice the atmosphere.

Nevertheless, I'm happy to be here and to visit the stadium with scalped tickets and with the roof closed. Even if they won't let us sit in 100 level seats with our 500 level tickets.
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YYZ: Rogers Centre Section 535

That's a lot of urinals.

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YYZ: Rogers Centre

Here's Keith taking a picture of me inside the Skydo-- er-- the Rogers Centre. (More on that topic later.)
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Downtown TO

What a skyline.

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YYZ: the Hilton

So it's close to 1 AM. I came down to the hotel restaurant/bar at about 6:30 PM for a quick drink and dinner. I was halfway through my sandwich and then Leslie showed up. So I stayed with Leslie for a drink. Then she ordered a bite to eat, so I hung around for that. Then Andy showed up. So we hung around for a drink. No problem. Then Daniel came by. He needed a shower, but we convinced him to stick around for a drink. Then he ordered dinner. Then his boss Jim showed up. So we stayed a little longer. But we got the bill and were ready to pack it in for the night. Just as we were about to leave, who should show up but Stieg. That's never a recipe for a short night. So a few more drinks. To top it off, here comes Glen.

So basically, we're shutting this place down.

Early morning tomorrow.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

YTZ: On the ferry

At Toronto City Centre Airport, one takes the ferry between the island (where the airport actually is) and the mainland, where the city actually is.

It sounds inconvenient, but it really isn't. It only takes a few minutes. Plus, it affords the traveller some nice views of Toronto's impressive skyline. Like this one.

As usual, Porter's service was impeccable.
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