‘Can we start a petition?' The Weeknd urges for the return of the SkyDome at Toronto show
During a sold-out Toronto show at the Rogers Centre, the Scarborough-born artist Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, paused to reflect on the venue's original name and floated an idea the crowd quickly got behind. Tesfaye played
two of four scheduled shows
at the stadium, Sunday and Monday, with the final two slated for next week.
'Can we start a petition?' he asked fans. 'Is there any way to call this place the SkyDome again?'
Opened in 1989, the SkyDome's name was chosen two years earlier through a public competition that received over 150,000 entries. In 2004, the stadium was bought by Rogers Communications Inc. for $25 million and it was officially
renamed the Rogers Centre
the next year.
'We gotta call Mr. Rogers or whatever, whoever owns this place, and we gotta call this b—-h the SkyDome again,' The Weeknd said.
Turns out, Tesfaye isn't the only person who feels this way as fans screamed in agreement.
Gesturing to the packed stadium, he added, 'That's 40,000 signatures right now.'
Tesfaye returns to the Rogers Centre on Aug. 7 and 8, concluding the Toronto leg of his 2025 stadium tour.
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