Editing Rogers Centre (section)

=== Financial problems and fallout ===
The stadium became a thorn in the side of David Peterson's [[Ontario Liberal Party|Ontario Liberal]] government for repeated cost overruns. After the [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberals]] were defeated by the [[Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]] in the [[1990 Ontario general election|1990 Ontario election]], a review by the new [[Bob Rae]] government in October 1990 revealed Stadco's debt meant the Dome would have to be booked 600&nbsp;days a year to turn a profit, almost twice as many days as there are days in a calendar year. The stadium income was only $17&nbsp;million in its first year of operations, while debt service was $40&nbsp;million. It was determined the abrupt late inclusion by Stadco of a hotel and health club added an additional $112&nbsp;million to the cost of the building.

As the province slipped into [[Early 1990s recession|a recession]], Rae appointed [[University of Toronto]] professor [[Bruce Kidd]] and [[Canadian Auto Workers]] President [[Bob White (trade unionist)|Bob White]] to the Stadco board to help deal with the stadium's growing debt, but the original $165&nbsp;million debt had increased to $400&nbsp;million by 1993.<ref name=cbcwinlose /><ref name=deMause /> Stadco became a political liability, and in March 1994, the Ontario government paid off all outstanding Stadco debts from the government treasury and sold the stadium for $151&nbsp;million to a private consortium that included Labatt Breweries, the Blue Jays' owner.<ref name=deMause /><ref name=rogersbuy />

In November 1998, the stadium, which Labatt then owned as 49 percent of total, filed for bankruptcy protection,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/skydome-seeks-bankruptcy-protection-1.161002|title=SkyDome seeks bankruptcy protection|date=November 26, 1998|access-date=December 28, 2013|publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> triggered after disastrous Skybox renewal numbers. Most of the 161 Skybox tenants had signed on for 10-year leases; a marked decrease in interest in the stadium's teams and the construction of the [[Scotiabank Arena|Air Canada Centre]], which hosted the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and [[Toronto Raptors]], resulted in few renewals for Skybox leases. That same month, the Blue Jays re-signed for an additional ten years in the facility.<ref name=deMause />

In April 1999, Sportsco International LP bought the stadium out of bankruptcy protection for $80&nbsp;million.<ref name=rogersbuy>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/story/print/?id=106352 |title=Rogers buys SkyDome for $25 million |date=November 29, 2004 |access-date=December 28, 2013 |work=[[The Sports Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228090352/https://www.tsn.ca/story/print/?id=106352 |archive-date=December 28, 2013}}</ref>