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=== Attendance records === * [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]]'s [[WrestleMania X8]] attracted the largest paid crowd to SkyDome. The March 17, 2002, event gathered 68,237 fans. [[WrestleMania VI]] held the previous record of 67,678 on April 1, 1990. * [[Major League Baseball]]: The [[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1991 All-Star Game]] on July 9 attracted 52,383 spectators. * [[Billy Graham]] Mission Ontario Youth Rally: This meeting, on June 10, 1995, is conceivably the most attended event in the stadium's history. The attendance of 72,500 was boosted by performances by several [[Christian music]] groups, and by extensive seating on the field. There were as many as 30,000 people outside, watching the event on screens around the stadium.<ref name="Baptist Press">{{cite web |first=Herb|last=Hollinger|title=Graham recuperation won't derail Southern Baptist Convention date|publisher=Baptist Press|date=June 10, 1995|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/7999,16-Jun-1995.pdf|access-date=January 15, 2010}}</ref> * [[Toronto Blue Jays]]: A crowd of 52,268 attended game five of the [[1992 World Series]], which Toronto lost 7β2 to the [[Atlanta Braves]]. The smallest crowd for a Jays game occurred in April 2010, when 10,314 watched Toronto win 8β1 against the [[Kansas City Royals]].<ref name="TSN-lowAttendance">{{cite web |agency=Canadian Press|title=Jays pound Royals in front of smallest-ever crowd at Dome|publisher=TSN|date=April 19, 2010|url=http://tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=318689|access-date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> * [[Canadian Football League]]: 54,088 packed the SkyDome to watch the [[77th Grey Cup|1989 Grey Cup]] Game between the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] and the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]. * [[Toronto Argonauts]]: The 1991 Eastern Division Final played against the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] drew a crowd of 50,386. The smallest crowd for an Argonauts game occurred on July 13, 2001, when 11,041 people watched Toronto lose 30β16 against Winnipeg<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bombers-finally-win-in-skydome-1.288911|title=Bombers finally win in SkyDome|publisher=Cbc.ca|date=July 13, 2001|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> * [[National Football League]]: 55,799 fans filled the Rogers Centre to see the [[Buffalo Bills]] defeat the [[Dallas Cowboys]] 9β7 in an [[American Bowl]] exhibition game on August 12, 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=1995 Buffalo Bills|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1995nflbuf.html|access-date=April 23, 2011}}</ref> * [[Toronto Raptors]]: A March 24, 1996, game against the [[Chicago Bulls]] drew a crowd of 36,131. For this game, the basketball venue was reconfigured to accommodate more fans due to the popularity of the visiting team, which basketball superstar [[Michael Jordan]] played for during this time. The expansion Raptors handed the record-setting Bulls one of their ten defeats that season, winning 109β108. * [[Association football|Soccer]]: A July 31, 2004, soccer game between [[Celtic F.C.]] and [[AS Roma]] drew 50,158. * [[Mixed martial arts]]: [[UFC 129]] sold 55,000 tickets for the highest single-day event gate in the stadium's history and set new world records for the sport.<ref name="Yahoo! Sports UFC 129 Attendence">{{cite web |title=UFC 129 Sold Out, Shatters Records With 55,000 Tickets|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AlzGepvyxFdZZ51G4KDzm309Eo14?slug=mmaweekly-834de44e4a03e5c59c453c61d287d74a|publisher=[[Yahoo Sports]]|date=February 12, 2011|access-date=February 14, 2011}}</ref>
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