Picture a straight line from º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøto Kitchener, or Barrie, or Buffalo, N.Y., or Port Hope, Ont.
If each of the 12.5-centimetre “Loonie Dogs” eaten by fans in this record-breaking season were placed in that straight line, that’s how far they would stretch. In other words, Jays fans ate more than 100 kilometres of hot dogs this season.
More specifically, fans gobbled up 826,308 Loonie Dogs in 2025, a spokesperson for the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøBlue Jays told the Star. That number smashes last season’s record-breaking tally of 727,819.
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That means on average, Jays fans devoured 68,859 hot dogs per Loonie Dog Night, hitting it out of the park compared to last year’s average of 55,986 hot dogs per game, the team told the Star.Â
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Loonie Dogs Night is a tradition for Jays’ Tuesday home games since 2019, where hot dogs are sold for just a single dollar at Rogers Centre.
Jays fans sealed their new personal best at the team’s final Tuesday home game of the regular season, played against the Boston Red Sox. At the game, they ate 92,896 “Loonie Dogs,” about 4,000 fewer than the all-time single-game record of 96,633 wieners set on Aug. 26.Â
The fans’ win wasn’t matched by the team on the baseball diamond, with the Blue Jays falling to the Red Sox 4-1.Â
Maia Tustonic is breaking news reporter in the Star’s radio room. They can be reached at mtustonic@thestar.ca.
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Maia Tustonic is breaking news reporter in the Star's radio
room. They can be reached at mtustonic@thestar.ca.Â
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