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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
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0064872F
    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
    Goode, Jeff
    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
    Magwood, Charles
    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
    Magwood, Charles
    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
    Bull, Ron
    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
    Lennon, Frank
    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
    Griffin, Doug
    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 (...)
    Geo, Mario
    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
    Loek, Dick
    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
    Clark, Wendel, 1966-
    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
    Eggleton, Arthur C., 1943-
    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
    Davis, William G.
    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
    Cooper, David
    10/3/1986