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Toronto Blue Jays Home Ballpark Gets Massive Renovation.... Because of Taylor Swift

Everywhere she goes, big news just follows....

Brady Farkas

Taylor Swift sings one of her songs during the Fearless Tour 2009 at Value City Arena, July 17, 2009.
Taylor Swift sings one of her songs during the Fearless Tour 2009 at Value City Arena, July 17, 2009. / Kyle Robertson / USA TODAY NETWORK
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Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays, has made some major ballpark improvements in advance of a slew of Taylor Swift concerts coming in November.

Per Pop Crave on social media:

The Rogers Centre has completed an $8 million upgrade to its 5G network ahead of Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ shows there.

The stadium can now deliver 3x more 5G network capacity — the equivalent of what would traditionally be covered by 33 towers in downtown Toronto.

While these improvements are being made so that Swift fans can have a more enjoyable concert experience (and a better livestream product as well), the move will benefit Blue Jays fans moving forward also.

This will make the cell service and WIFI service better for fans at Jays games. While people are happy about the ballpark improvements, some are upset that the Jays and their fans weren't enough motivation to have done this already.

The Swift shows are coming up in November and join a strong Rogers Centre concert lineup that features Billy Joel (March 2025) and Metallica (April 2025).

As for the Blue Jays, they are headed into a long offseason full of questions that need answering. Are they going to extend Vladimir Guerrero Jr. long-term? Will they trade Bo Bichette? Will they move on from any of their veteran pitchers like Kevin Gausman and Chris Bassitt?

Toronto finished last in the American League East this past season and missed the playoffs. They will start the home slate at the new and improved Rogers Centre next March 27.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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