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Free transit, fan-zone ferris wheel: Toronto’s Rogers Stadium set to open | Globalnews.ca

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Rogers Stadium at Downsview Park in North York has a capacity of 50,000 -capacity.

Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected for a string of 14 concerts running through September .

Rogers Stadium is now the second -largest venue in the city behind the Rogers Centre .

A ferris wheel anchors the fan zone, where concertgoers can buy food and drinks from vendors.

The new stadium is fully funded by Live Nation .

It doesn’t interfere with any plans to redevelop the 150 -hectare former Downsview Airport lands.

As a temporary venue, Live Nation is still working on what elements of the stadium will stick around for the fall and winter months .

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