For the first time in 33 years, the home of the Toronto Blue Jays will undergo a massive $300-million renovation that will see the city’s stadium transformed into a world-class ballpark.

The baseball club’s top brass announced the privately-funded overhaul on Thursday, which they say focuses on modernizing the fan experience and building elite player facilities.

“It’s been a long-time coming,” Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro said at a presentation unveiling the changes.

“When fans come into the building next year, sit in these seats and the seats below, with the Canadian flag unfurled in the field behind us, it will be a dramatically different vision, a dramatically different vista and a different ball park,” Shapiro said.

The first phase of renovations will begin in the 2022-2023 offseason, starting with the 100 level and 200 level outfield.

Those seating areas will see the installation of what the Jays call new “social spaces” with patios, drink rails, bars and viewing platforms.

Bullpens, where the pitchers warm up, will be raised and surrounded by new seats so that fans can get even closer to their favourite players.

Seats at the 100 level will also be brought forward to new outfield walls, bringing fans within an arm’s reach of the field.

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