Blue Jays may call Dunedin home to start season
If travel restrictions keep the MLB team from going to Toronto, the top choice appears to be playing regular-season games at the spring home.
If coronavirus travel restrictions prevent the Jays from returning home for the start of the major-league season in April, their most likely option appears to be playing at their spring training stadium in Dunedin.
In doing so, the Jays would have use of TD Ballpark stadium, which re-opened in spring 2020 after extensive upgrades, as well as their recently completed state-of-the-art player development center, which has major-league training, medical and conditioning facilities and equipment.
“We would welcome the opportunity if they were to open their season here,” parks and recreation director Vince Gizzi said Wednesday. “It would just be wonderful for our city, if they were restricted from going in and out of Canada, that they could play here. ... We’d be excited to see that happen, especially in our newly renovated stadium.”