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Last-minute reprieve: An anxious SkyDome president Charles Magwood listens as politicians debate approving the stadium's opening gata.
Last-minute reprieve: An anxious SkyDome president Charles Magwood listens as politicians debate approving the stadium's opening gata.

Last-minute reprieve: An anxious SkyDome president Charles Magwood listens as politicians debate approving the stadium's opening gata.

Date5/29/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Here it is: SkyDome president Chuck Magwood celebrates last night at a downtown restaurant across from the site with a copy of the stadium's occupancy permit which was hard won from the city
Here it is: SkyDome president Chuck Magwood celebrates last night at a downtown restaurant across from the site with a copy of the stadium's occupancy permit which was hard won from the city
6/1/1989
Charles Magwood, a former real estate developer, relished the 'sex and sizzle' of building Toronto's $245 million SkyDome, as president of the Stadium Corp
Charles Magwood, a former real estate developer, relished the 'sex and sizzle' of building Toronto's $245 million SkyDome, as president of the Stadium Corp
6/19/1987
SkyDome inspection: SkyDome chairman Charles Magwood, right, and CN Real Estate president Doug Tipple, left, take works department official Nick Vardin on a tour of the site today
SkyDome inspection: SkyDome chairman Charles Magwood, right, and CN Real Estate president Doug Tipple, left, take works department official Nick Vardin on a tour of the site today
6/1/1989
New tasks for veteran politicians: Tom Wells, top picture, walks toward Picadilly Circus on his way to Ontario House on Charles II St
New tasks for veteran politicians: Tom Wells, top picture, walks toward Picadilly Circus on his way to Ontario House on Charles II St
7/24/1986
Cantor Paul Sheldon (right) listens carefully as Charles Weinberg sings to the accompaniment of Ron Tomarelli
Cantor Paul Sheldon (right) listens carefully as Charles Weinberg sings to the accompaniment of Ron Tomarelli
2/6/1971
Rapt attention: Communications minister Eric Kierans, seated next to lawyer Jack Geller, listens to debate on future of democracy held in Hart House yesterday
Rapt attention: Communications minister Eric Kierans, seated next to lawyer Jack Geller, listens to debate on future of democracy held in Hart House yesterday
11/12/1969
LeDain royal commission on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs listens to evidence during its opening session in Toronto last October. Members of commission (...)
LeDain royal commission on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs listens to evidence during its opening session in Toronto last October. Members of commission (...)
10/16/1969
The SkyDome site's west side was awarming with workers today after city council gave a two-day reprieve for completion
The SkyDome site's west side was awarming with workers today after city council gave a two-day reprieve for completion
3/30/1989
Strike call: Leaf captain Wendel Clark listens as the National Hockey League's first full-scale strike is announced to the public at the SkyDome yesterday
Strike call: Leaf captain Wendel Clark listens as the National Hockey League's first full-scale strike is announced to the public at the SkyDome yesterday
4/1/1992
Brenda Eggleton: Mayor's wife does politician's job at condominium opening
Brenda Eggleton: Mayor's wife does politician's job at condominium opening
10/14/1981
Proud moment: Bill Davis and Chuck Magwood, president of the Stadium Corporation, show off the seashell design picked in 1985
Proud moment: Bill Davis and Chuck Magwood, president of the Stadium Corporation, show off the seashell design picked in 1985
1/12/1985
Balls o' fun: Stadium Corp. president Chuck Magwood (left), with the building permit, and architect Rod Robbie celebrate on a wrecking ball poised to flatten buildings on the dome site
Balls o' fun: Stadium Corp. president Chuck Magwood (left), with the building permit, and architect Rod Robbie celebrate on a wrecking ball poised to flatten buildings on the dome site
10/3/1986