Attendance also rose, highlighted by a U.S. - Canada matchup that drew over 40, 000 to the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

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But, as Stewart claims, the climate-controlled Rogers Centre fits Toronto weather perfectly.

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The company eventually bought Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays, whose former home stadium, the Toronto SkyDome was renamed the Rogers Centre in 2005.

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The Marlins opened a new stadium last year and drew 2.2 million fans, 200, , 000 more than the Blue Jays, who play in the antiquated Rogers Centre.

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Mr Piano, who comes from a long line of Italian masterbuilders, collaborated with Richard Rogers on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and is now working on a commission at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, as well as on a skyscraper near the Sydney Opera House.

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There will also be an exhibition dedicated to architect Richard Rogers, creator of such internationally landmarks as the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Millennium Dome.

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In the letter which has been leaked to BBC Wales, Lord Rogers, designer of the Millennium Dome and Paris's Pompidou Centre, says he believes his company is getting the blame for the consequences of the increased costs.

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The government's vision of more terraced housing, apartments and loft conversions is lifted straight from a recent report on urban renewal by Lord Rogers of Riverside, the architect of the Millennium Dome and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

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In a series of papers for the Mercatus Centre at George Mason University in Washington, DC, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel and Arnold Kling argue that the American government will eventually default, if only because politicians will never agree on a serious deficit-cutting programme.

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