How to Improve the Rogers Centre Fan Experience. Uncategorized How to Improve the Rogers Centre Fan Experienceby Ian Hunter . Once inside, you truly feel like you’re inside the Disney bubble and it’s easy to forget it’s part of the real world. From start to finish, the entire Disney experience is pain- free. And since it’s such a pain- free environment, people subsequently have no trouble at all opening their wallets since everything is so incredibly convenient. As I was enjoying the grandiouseness of Walt Disney World, I couldn’t help but think that the Rogers Centre could take some notes on how to improve the fan experience at Toronto Blue Jays games. Personally, I lead a pretty sheltered big league ballpark experience, as Comerica Park is the only other stadium I’ve been to outside of the confines of the concrete convertible. The Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the blue jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black. Image courtesy of BlueJays.com If you've ever been to Walt Disney World, you can fully appreciate why it's been dubbed the 'happiest place on earth'. The following is an alphabetical list by title of some of the songs. I will keep updating every couple of weeks. Added 86 New or Revised MIDI. Get the latest News news with exclusive stories and pictures from Rolling Stone. Your Name* Your E-mail* City, State* >> Letters may be published in TIME Magazine and edited for purposes of clarity and space. But even with only 2 of 3. I’d venture to say Toronto isn’t one of the most sought after stadiums in baseball. As great as it would be to just start from scratch and build a new stadium from the ground up, I think we can all agree that won’t be happening any time soon. So in the meantime, here are a few ways the Blue Jays can improve upon their fan experience at the Rogers Centre. Better Food, Better Prices. At Magic Kingdom, there was a baseball themed restaurant that served gourmet hot dogs called “Casey’s Corner”. There was one hot dog in particular which caught my eye on the menu board which was the Barbeque Slaw Dog. Casey’s features several hot dog concoctions, but none perhaps more enticing than the aforementioned two- meat treat. It’s a hot dog topped with pulled pork, coleslaw, and covered in barbeque sauce. It’s even more delicious than it looks below. As I’m sure most of you know, pulled pork is my weakness so I could never not eat anything pulled pork on a menu, but it was fantastic. And I just kept thinking, the Blue Jays desperately need a signature food item like this. The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of. With the biggest names in online gaming and 15 years of history, you can be sure to earn big with our affiliate programme! Large wiki style database of song lyrics with real time suggestions, related music videos and links to DRM-free mp3's. I think the BBQ Chicken Nachos at Muddy York have unofficially become the signature item at the Rogers Centre, but if you’ve ever ordered them you’ll agree the portions are quite underwhelming for $1. And that’s one of the major problems I have with the food at the Rogers Centre; the value simply is not there. A boiled (not even grilled) hot dog with no specialty toppings on its own is a whopping $5 dollars. Jay Leno loves wheels, and his Big Dog Garage houses one of America's great collections of cars and motorcycles. Custom-built from the ground up, the garage is.No sides, no nothing – just hot dog and bun for $5 dollars. At $8. 5. 9 US, the Barbecue Slaw Dog at Disney World is by no means a bargain, but at least you’re getting good value for your money. The hot dog is huge, and you also have your choice of a side of french fries or apple slices. The hot dog was so big, I actually had to eat some of the coleslaw and pulled pork off the top of the hot dog with a fork first before I could really dig in to the hot dog itself. And they provide you with a myriad of toppings, from onions to shredded cheddar. Personally, I don’t have an issue with paying $5 dollars for a hot dog or $1. I feel like I’m getting my money’s worth. And that’s not the case at the Rogers Centre; most grown adults would need to order two or three of those items to have a sufficient meal. The only really reasonably priced fare at the Rogers Centre is the Tim Hortons coffee, which is surprisingly only $1. Compare that to $5 dollars for a bottle of water, and one can understand why fans constantly bellyache about food price. I wish there was something like AT & T Park’s Garlic Fries or Turner Field’s “The Hammer” that would entice people to seek out this signature food item, and then crave it every other subsequent visit to the ballpark. There needs to be something unique you can eat at the Rogers Centre that you can’t eat anywhere else, and that’s one area where I think the Blue Jays are severely lacking right now. Maybe now would be a good time to roll out those “Meats Don’t Clash Nachos”? Aramark is the main food distributor at the Rogers Centre, and sometimes I feel like priority number one for them is to pump out as much food as possible,not the quality of food and drink or providing value for your money. It seems as though it’s about the bottom dollar, and merely giving fans just enough to keep them quiet, but not truly satisfied. Better Beer Selection. I touched on this in a post from a few years ago, but with the bevy of microbreweries near the Rogers Centre, it only makes sense to serve it at the Rogers Centre. My suspicion is that the Blue Jays still have some agreement with Inbev (formerly Interbrew), who were former owners of the Toronto Blue Jays, to serve exclusive Interbrew products (Labatt, Budweiser, Keith’s, etc). Recently, I’ve noticed that the beer selection has branched out in the form of Guinness as well as Vex coolers (ugh), but I can’t see why they can’t just wheel some kegs of Steam Whistle or Mill Street down to 1 Blue Jays Way. At other ballparks around the Major Leagues, they showcase these microbrews and craft beers proudly. Because if I’m visiting the Rogers Centre for the very first time, don’t I want to sample some local fare rather than the mass- produced beer that’s available nearly everywhere? What exactly is so unique about Budweiser or Bud Light the Rogers Centre when local brews like Steam Whistle or Mill Street do a fantastic job of showcasing local craft beer? I realize the prices of beer at the Rogers Centre are quite deep, but there’s not much that can be done about that. If they’re going to charge us nearly $1. Crowd Control. The other thing I noticed at Disney is their staff is extremely visible. It seemed like no matter where you looked, you would find a cast member who was always more than willing to answer questions or point you in the right direction. As silly as it sounds, they even had people whose sole purpose it was to direct foot traffic. And often times during a Blue Jays game I’ve needed to pass through the sea of people and wondered how I’d make it through. The Rogers Centre could really benefit by simply having ushers on the concourse ensuring the flow of foot traffic is moving along. There are times I’ve encountered lines that wrap around every which way through the middle and obviously bog down the traffic through the middle. And not to be a party pooper, but I think that over- serving customers is an issue at the Rogers Centre (much like it is at any establishment that serves alcohol). On numerous occasions, I’ve been sitting next to people who obviously were inebriated beyond the point of no return, and yet went completely unnoticed. Yet there are other fans who have supposedly been tossed from games for simply heckling the opposing team. I think so long as they aren’t using foul language and not disturbing the folks around them, then they should be allowed to yell all they want. I realize the security staff only have so many bodies to cover so many sections and their doing the best job they can, but the fan to security ratio is simply way to high. They need more people on the floor to ensure the people who want to enjoy the game are there, and the ones who are simply there to cause trouble are weeded out. Where is the History? If you were to walk around the perimeter of the Rogers Centre for the very first time and not look at what the fans outside the dome were wearing, you might not even know you were at a Blue Jays game. Sure, there’s signage and lots of logos strewn around the Rogers Centre, but there’s very little if any historical pieces surrounding the ballpark. The same goes for the concourse. Aside from some player photos on the 3. Level, there’s not very many historical pieces on the walls of the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays may be a young franchise compared to others around the league, but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be some pieces of historical significance at the Rogers Centre. I often joke with folks on Twitter that there should be a bronze statue of Roberto Alomar’s iconic pose with his fingers in the air from Game 4 of the 1. But in retrospect, that actually might not be a bad idea. The same goes for some sort of Joe Carter monument. For a team that has won two World Series and five AL East division titles, it’s a shame that the Blue Jays don’t display their history more prominently around the Rogers Centre. There’s plenty of real estate behind the 1. Blue Jays wall of fame” back there? Free Wi- Fi. Considering that Rogers is one of the largest communications providers on the country, it’s quite surprising that the Rogers Centre doesn’t provide free Wi- Fi for its customers (or at least the option to use Wi- Fi). As I’m sure you’ve experienced, the reception inside the dome can be quite spotty sometimes, especially when the roof is closed. Which again is surprising considering Rogers Communications owns the building. Not that cell reception or Wi- Fi is paramount to watching a baseball game, but with the addition of the Tweeting Tuesdays, the Blue Jays Blackberry Insider and other various social media at your fingertips, it’s tough to go the entire game without checking your phone. Personally, I’m not really one to add something that draws fans eyes away from the the field. And not that cell reception is paramount to watching a baseball game, but folks are going to check their phones regardless during a Blue Jays game. If that’s the case, why not allow the fans free Wi- Fi which in turn will help publicize the Blue Jays across several social media sites? Only a select few teams in the Major Leagues currently offer free Wi- Fi to their fans, but since Rogers is plastered across the outside of the building, you would think Wi- Fi would be readily available. Other Things Many of you tweeted some great suggestions on how to improve the fan experience at the Rogers Centre, and I have to say there were lots of things I hadn’t even considered. Some were as simple as bringing back a baseball organ to putting in more water fountains. Steller's jay - Wikipedia. The Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the blue jay found in the rest of the continent, but with a black head and upper body. It is also known as the long- crested jay, mountain jay, and pine jay. It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains. While it does not have as prominent a crest the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) can be found west of the Rockies especially in south east British Columbia. The Steller's jay shows a great deal of regional variation throughout its range. The Steller's jay has a more slender bill and longer legs than the blue jay and has a much more pronounced crest. It is also somewhat larger. The head is blackish- brown with light blue streaks on the forehead. This dark coloring gives way from the shoulders and lower breast to silvery blue. The primaries and tail are a rich blue with darker barring. It occurs in coniferous forest over much of the western half of North America from Alaska in the north to northern Nicaragua. Some hybridization with the blue jay in Colorado has been reported. The Steller's jay lives in coniferous and mixed woodland, but not in completely dense forest, and requires open space. It typically lives in flocks of greater than 1. In autumn, flocks often visit oak woods when acorns are ripe. Habitat. They can be found in low to moderate elevations as high as the tree line, but rarely go that high. Steller's jays are common in residential and agricultural areas with nearby forests. Food is gathered from both the ground and from trees. The Steller's jay's diet consists of a wide range of seeds, nuts, berries and other fruit. Many types of invertebrates, small rodents, eggs and nestlings such as those of the marbled murrelet are also eaten. There are some accounts of them eating small reptiles, both snakes and lizards. They exploit human- provided food sources, frequently scavenging picnics and camp sites. Steller's jays will visit feeders and prefer black- oil sunflower seeds, white striped sunflower seeds, cracked corn, shelled raw peanuts and are especially attracted to whole raw peanuts. Suet is also consumed but mostly in the winter season. Breeding. Similar in construction to the blue jay's nest, it tends to be a bit larger (2. Between two and six eggs are laid during breeding season. The eggs are oval in shape with a somewhat glossy surface. The background colour of the egg shell tends to be pale variations of greenish- blue with brown- or olive- coloured speckles. The clutch is usually incubated entirely by the female for about 1. Though they are known to be loud, during nesting they are quiet in order to not attract attention. One common call is a harsh SHACK- Sheck- sheck- sheck- sheck- sheck series; another skreeka! Its alarm call is a harsh, nasal wah. Some calls are sex- specific: females produce a rattling sound, while males make a high- pitched gleep gleep. The Steller's jay also is a noted vocal mimic. It can mimic the vocalizations of many species of birds, other animals, and sounds of non- animal origin. It often will imitate the calls from birds of prey such as the red- tailed hawk, red- shouldered hawk, and osprey, causing other birds to seek cover and flee feeding areas. The Cyanocitta genus in turn belongs to the family Corvidae, which consists of the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers, for a total of over 1. The closest relatives of the Corvidae are the shrikes (Laniidae), and birds- of- paradise (Paradisaeidae). There are 1. 7 subspecies from Alaska to Nicaragua, 8 found north of Mexico. Seattle, University of Washington Press. Greene, E., W. Steller's jay - Cyanocitta stelleri. The Birds of North America No. Crows and Jays: A Guide to the Crows, Jays and Magpies of the World. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
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