Blue Jays return to Rogers Centre good for Toronto’s hospitality sector
It’s not just baseball fans that are excited to see the Toronto Blue Jays return to Rogers Centre – local businesses are happy too.
“More than 1,000 Canadian workers were involved in the ballpark renovations over the last six months, and we anticipate increased economic activity to businesses surrounding Rogers Centre from a wider and more diverse group of fans.” Fans attending Tuesday’s game will receive a Blue Jays light-up wristband giveaway on entry, which is programmed for the opening ceremonies, and a fridge-magnet schedule.
Weir explains that a fan from elsewhere in Canada or a nearby American city may stay in Toronto for several Blue Jays games and go to other tourist attractions when they’re not at Rogers Centre like the CN Tower, Hockey Hall of Fame, or Ripley’s Believe It or Not Aquarium. The Blue Jays sit third in the American League East behind the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto had the seventh best odds to win the World Series before MLB’s regular season began.Instawork, which provides flexible staffing solutions, commissioned a study in 24 MLB cities – including Toronto – and found a much steeper increase in local labour demand for flexible work in the closing months of the season in playoff markets.
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