Who owns the Toronto Blue Jays? Who founded the Toronto Blue Jays?

The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto.

The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League East division.

The Blue Jays usually plays its home games at Rogers Centre, but due to border restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic had used TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida for April and May of the 2021 season, and Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York for the 2020 season as well as June and July 2021, returning home to Toronto as of July 30.

The name “Blue Jays” originates from the bird of the same name, and blue is also the traditional colour of Toronto’s collegiate and professional sports teams including the Maple Leafs (ice hockey) and the Argonauts (Canadian football).

The Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves are the only two MLB teams under corporate ownership; the Blue Jays are the only American League team to be under such ownership.

Who owns the Toronto Blue Jays?

The Toronto Blue Jays are owned by Rogers Communications, who bought the franchise for 137 million U.S. dollars in 2000.

Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media assets.

Who founded the Toronto Blue Jays?

The Toronto Blue Jays was originally owned by the Labatt Brewing Company, makers of the popular beer Labatt Blue. Colloquially nicknamed the “Jays”, the team’s official colours are royal blue, navy blue, red, and white.

An expansion franchise, the club was founded in Toronto in 1977.