The city landlord has not maintained and sustained the Coliseum. The concrete bowl has not been painted. While new concrete is white, old concrete ages into an old dirty nasty grayish pink. While rain run off the concrete walls become very nasty one wonders whether its mold growing on the concrete. Nor does it appear the sixty years of dust have ever been cleaned...
My father lived a ten minute drive from The Oakland Coliseum. I visited every summer and got to see Canseco, McGwire, Stewart, Eck, Hendu, Welch, Ricky and many more. I sat in the original bleachers and they were great! Mount Davis was an awful downgrade. But the Coliseum had lack of upkeep that allowed the facilities to fall part. Words can't describe my sadness.
Those were really the days. The A's were winning and Mount David didn't exist. I was a huge A's far from around 1987-1989. After that, I started to lose interest. I still remember seeing the A's when Billy Martin was the manager back around 1982. I was 10 years old.
In hindsight, they should have added Mount Davis on the other side of the stadium. That way, instead of blocking the scenic view of the Oakland Hills, it would've given more fans that experience
The Coliseum was a great place to go to, especially if anyone remembers Malibu just in the south parking lot area. Being a kid it was fun in the 80's and early 90's: Go to an A's game on a Saturday or Sunday Afternoon. Then head on over to watch Mullin, Weber hoop it up at the Oakland Arena, and then walk on over adjacent to the parking lot, ah yes, that big castle entry way...........walking inside, arcade games galore, and beyond that, go kart racing and batting cages. Those were the times!
I vividly remember always sitting in the old wooden bleachers before mount Davis. I love the Coliseum warts and all! Lots of great memories there! Lots of great history!
My dad had Raider season tickets even before the Coliseum. The good part was that our seats were on the 50 yard line. The bad part was that the seats were the wooden benches in center field. The seats were cramped and uncomfortable. It was cool that we got to walk near the sideline getting to and from the bleachers.
Funny how a seat next to the dugout in Fenway is like a seven lane interstate highway thru a big city. A seat next to the dugout in Oakland is like a dirt road in Wyoming. A foul ball near an Oakland dugout is 30 rows back in Fenway.
Imagine if all of the following multipurpose stadiums still existed thst were torn down between the 90s and the 2000s were still being used, but stopped receiving regular maintenance. That’s pretty much the Oakland coliseum.
Al Davis was a football coach that managed to become the de facto owner of a team. The Raiders were his life and his one big asset. He wasn't wealthy in that he could no more sell the Raiders than he could sell his head - and the team is only worth money if you can sell it. The foundation of Mt Davis was built on this. By the late 1970's Davis foresaw the coming of free agency to the NFL and knew he needed money to compete for the best players or his team would go from elite to an also ran. To get it he needed luxury boxes. Teams split ticket revenue for general admission 50/50 with the visiting team, but kept all the luxury box revenue. He went to the City of Oakland and Alameda County for some improvements to the Coliseum as far as luxury boxes, and they told him to get wrecked. He moved his team to Los Angeles after a huge legal fight amid promises to improve the Los Angeles Coliseum along with adding luxury boxes. Years went by, free agency got closer, and the idiots who ran the LA Coliseum didn't live up to their promises either, and Al Davis started looking for a new home again. Oakland wanted the Raiders back. The Los Angeles Raiders played a preseason game in Oakland (against the Houston Oilers) to a packed house that was howling before the game was even started. When I left the game I just knew they were going to come back - the energy at that game went beyond "playoff game". Oakland promised the Raiders improvements to the Coliseum, to include some very nice luxury boxes, and those boxes were what Mt Davis was really there for. The fourth deck seating was on top of the luxurious (for the mid 1990's) clubhouse and boxes. Oakland also guaranteed the Raiders sellouts as part of the package, and therefore took over the process of selling the tickets. The Oakland Football Marketing Association was formed, and they sucked at their job. They didn't sell the tickets (I once left ten unreturned voicemails), and had to pay the Raiders with minimal ticket sales to offset the losses. Years later they blamed the Raiders for "leaving the city and county 100s of millions in debt", but the reality was that it was their own horrific incompetence that earned them the debt. In three weeks, Oakland will have lost their MLB team; to go along with their NBA, NHL, and NFL (twice) teams they have already lost. They always claimed their schools needed funding and that was their priority, but their schools haven't improved and are among the worst in the entire country. And given the crime and decay, and homelessness there it is honestly the least of their worries. They seem focused on lowering the crime rate by discouraging reporting and not responding when people do report while the place is becoming a third world hell hole. They will probably blame the A's for that after they leave too. As for the Coliseum, they will come up with more grandiose plans for absurdly expensive projects. The typical to includes of "affordable housing" and "retail space". They can't build the housing without paying billions. I guess they didn't notice that malls are dying out all over the country and retail businesses are leaving Oakland in droves due the widespread theft and organized looting. Nothing will come of it beyond a lot of talk.
Mark Davis isn’t the owner of the coliseum. He wasn’t even the owner of the raiders back then. The coliseum is owned by the city of Oakland. They built mount davis for Al Davis in order to get him to move the team back to Oakland in 1994.
The first picture looked beautiful! I see many similarities to Dodger Stadium like you said. Gotta feel bad for A’s fans. Vegas is going from no teams to almost every sport in a matter of years
@@mikevanriel7573who cares sanfran is a 12 minute drive from Oakland, everyone will just become a giants fan the same way raiders fans became niners fans
@@ShshHdj-mi5lmno they won’t, you obviously have no idea of the rivalry that existed between the two. You’ll have more A’s fans become Dodger fans before they’d become Giants fans
It was a very beautiful baseball park. My wife and I went to numerous A’s games all the way from Santa Cruz. Fabulous views. After the Raiders moved back it was already ruined. It felt like 3 Rivers Stadium West.
Couple things to add. Nice video though. First of all, when the Raiders came back the Coliseum it didn't have luxury boxes. That was a big reason Al NOT Mark wanted a new stadium in LA. Luxury boxes or "suites" were making a lot of revenue and he didn't have any. That was one of the reasons Mt Davis was added as well as additional seating. So if you remove that now, you remove the suites also. Davis never specifically asked or demanded any of the renovations in the 90s. He made it known what he wanted and the politicians in Oakland-Alameda did the rest and as I understand, taxpayers were so furious at the horrendous deal they approved, all those people were fired or left their jobs shortly after. I believe it cost $500 million for the renovations, that was something else you missed. That couldve funded a brand new stadium in 1995. INCREDIBLY stupid decision compounded by the fact they got maybe 10 years of solid use out of it, if that. Also in 1995 when the Raiders first came, they had an odd field configuration that was really bad and never used again after Mt Davis was completed, didn't mention that either. During that 1995 season they also had an issue against the Colts where there were no speakers for the game somehow... All kinds of wonky stuff to unpack.
100% agree - with the large parking lots at the coliseum, they could have built a football-only stadium beside the coliseum, for the same money. Incredibly short-sighted. They could have played at the coliseum until the new stadium was ready.
I went to A’s games as a kid before Mt Davis was put in. It was beautiful. If Mt Davis was never put in and the stadium was maintained it would still be a nice place. It’s sad that it’s been mismanaged so bad.
The Oakland Coliseum debacle with Mt. Davis, is eerily similar to what the Rams did to Anaheim stadium; putting up that massive enclosure, that blocked the beautiful view past center field. When the Angels pulled alot of it down, after the Rams skipped to St. Louis, the reconfiguration was better, but the view beyond center field remained obstructed. NFL team owners killed a number of stadiums, by destroying the ambiance, over greed.
As a Giants fan I wish the A’s would stay in Oakland. Wish they would sell and the new ownership just builds at Howard terminal, then again the recent work put into wrigelys foundation and structural support I feel the owners would maybe tear down Mt. Davis and renovate the structural supports of the coliseum. Having modern outfield seating and restaurants and scoreboards to replace mount Davis would be nice. They can rebuild bullpen in the outfield as well. Dodger stadium added seats overtime to take away less foul territory also. It has just required proper ownership. Mr Inheritance of the GAP is so sleezy, won’t even show his face to ether the Oakland or Vegas people. Won’t talk to MLB network. Would rather embarrass his self, a two cites and pay for lawyers than own a sports team. He’s gross.
What kills me is they still do the same tired,boring stuff between innings,like dot racing,find the ball under the batting helmet,and their version of the Brewers’ hot dog/sausage run,with caricatures of Fingers,Henderson,and somebody else in a race around the stadium.
Part of the problem is that by the end of the 90s, the coliseum was already seriously showing it's age. It was a blue-collar facility, but that was okay because Oakland was still fairly blue-collar. After the tech bubble and all the silicon valley money that poured into the bay area, the population and fans changed. They no longer were okay with a rough but scrappy ballpark. They wanted it to be clean and family friendly. SF saw this coming and it's why they abandoned Candlestick, which if you're old enough, you know was also a blue collar park. At the Coliseum in the early 2000s, fights, drunkenness', people puffing blunts, etc were huge problems (my father worked there at the time). They fired their inept security and started using OPD. It became pretty safe again, but the problem of it looking like a dumpster was never addressed and the family dollar started leaving for SF. Even my dad, who worked there both in the early '80s and 2000s, won't go there because it's just such a dump. I don't even mean the infrastructure, either, it's just grimy and nasty. They just got lazy and half-assed about cleaning the place. The last time I was there was around 2019 and it was shocking how rundown and dirty it was. Still, the As managed some decent and even amazing seasons, so the fans put up with it. As soon as the A's stopped winning, and winning big, the fans left in droves. This is like if you're dating a hot chick and you put up with her terrible personality, always being late, always complaining, expensive tastes, but hey, she's hot. Then one day she tells you she only wants to have sex once a month. There's nothing to fall back on. You were putting up with the negatives for that one big positive. The A's one big positive was winning. Soon as that stopped, the fans started wondering why they were paying $20 for a beer to sit in a filthy, stinking ball park in the worst part of town. Even today, they're still charging $50 for halfway decent seats and I wonder who would ever pay that much for such a terrible experience and losing team. But the ballpark is, if anything, just a reflection of Oakland city leadership's ineptness and wanting their palms to be greased before any decision. This is why all this "there's still a chance" talk will never amount to anything unless LV reverses and the A's have no other choices. "What the f*** happened to you Oakland? Your ass used to be beautiful."
Let’s not forget the high crime in Oakland … it’s not just a stadium lacking upgrades but the politicians who run Oakland from establishing a place to spend money after a game…. Like for example Las Vegas… There is nothing to do in Oakland aside from watching a game. No night life no tourism… nothing. Viva Las Vegas A’s!
When he says it wasn't upgraded the man is speaking facts. It had trough urinals. I hadn't seen one since middle school. And no one used that one back then!!
This endless "stadium-building" is a big scam. And, lets face it, almost all of these owners are GD old men who don't need the money, and don't have a long future even if their long-term vision was accurate. Also, it feeds their stupid egos.
This has to be the last Oakland Coliseum video right? I live in the bay and love the stadium but this is overkill lol. I wanna learn about some other stadiums!
As an aside, the Oakland Coliseum Arena did undergo a renovation. They raised the roof and added box seats in between the loge and balcony levels. I think this happened around the late 1990s or early 2000s. Unfortunately, it doesn't get used much anymore. The Warriors left a couple of years ago, and there are very few concerts or other events there nowadays. Most of the big shows now go to San Francisco or San Jose. It's a shame because the Arena is still a nice venue. I saw Paul McCartney there in May of 2022. Alas, that might end up being the last event I ever attended at the Coliseum (either the stadium or the arena).
If Fisher doesn't land a new stadium he won't sell the team. He will look for other relocation cities that will build a new stadium... And there are some cities available willing to step up to major league status...
I just drove back from Oakland after watching the last Friday night game at the Oakland Coliseum. I talked to a lot of the vendors/employees and a lot of them don't know what they are going to do as many of them still don't have new jobs after this Thursday. I will miss the Coliseum and this closes the book on the old Battle for the Bay as Candlestick Park, Coliseum, and the Athletics are gone 😢💔
Funny how era's have architectural quirks or iconic give a-ways. During the period the Coliseum was built, bare concrete was in vogue as a deliberate design. Hundreds of public buildings built in this time frame had walls, floors almost the whole infrastructure finished in bare, and sometimes unfinished, concrete.
Iv'e ALWAYS considered the Coliseum a great place to see a game. Especially a baseball game. I have many memories that will live on in my mind of a packed stadium full of enthusiastic fans. It hasn't always been a dump. Not by a long shot.
Sadly it’s a dump. Every time I leave my seat to get food, I end up waiting on line for at least 3 innings. Awful food and the service (usually staffed by felons who look like they want to stab you) is terrible
All the outfield improvements were made after Walter Haas took ownership of the A's. Al Davis was the owner of the Raiders, and all didn't really even want those 400-level seats. Davis wanted suites and about 60,000 seats. The reason they weren't selling out for Raiders games was the cost of PSL, and there no guarantee that the PSL would be lifetime. Also, there was a maintenance fee of $75 on each PSL seat that would increase 10% each year for the first 15 years of the life of that PSL. PSL to the renovated Oakland Coliseum ran between $100 - $15,000 with most seats in the PSL at $3,500. Then the tickets ran between $75 - $200 and the maintenance fee. This was 1996, and no loyal Oakland Raider fan thought ticket prices to see their team would run an average of $150 to $175. This is why they never sold out in their first 6 years in the renovated Oakland Coliseum
I was at the game last Friday,and the stadium speakers must be so old,you can hardly hear the public address announcer.The fans in the section I was in were more interested in starting a wave(how antiquated is THAT??)than standing for the 7th inning stretch.I must say,their fans are loyal,loud,and colorful.I feel for them,losing their team like this.
Sad to see the A's leave because of the history, but the city of Oakland isn't making any money with the A's playing there, nor were they making much money as a city with the Raiders over the years. Sport's Team owners want city's to foot most of the bill for stadiums, but cities should not have to do that. Instead, Oakland can, and likely will build housing and an entertainment center on the Coliseum and Oracle arena sites and make more money than they ever could with the Raiders and A's staying there.
I feel like mount davis would of been better if they didn't have the upper deck seating above the suites. Where the suites end is more in like with the upper deck seats that were already in place which would look more evened out.
I guess at the time when it was designed making it football compatible they thought a left to right or right to left design made sense, however that decision caused the foul territory on both sides to be ridiculously large. I have only seen the football field layed out on the Coliseum home plate to center field once and that was during that preseason game in 88' against the Oilers and it actually looked pretty good. Those huge foul areas could be narrowed down and they could have built a decent sized block of luxury suites at center field. The city of Oakland and the county have plenty of blame to shoulder also.
I am delving into the history of the first years of the Coliseum, now that the A's are now no more this year and forever. I realized the history of Souza Pyrotechnics providing fireworks entertainment most of the early 1970s in the Oakland Coliseum. They stopped the fireworks in 1975 because it was too deafening. But what was the first game ever in the Coliseum that ever used fireworks? Was it before 1970 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969), or at 1970? One big clue on why Oakland had done fireworks at the Coliseum in the early years - an educated guess - was definitely Comiskey Park's Exploding Scoreboard for the Sox. Fireworks for the Sox started in 1960 at its home games, and my guess is that since the Sox was part of the American League, and the A's too, my guess is that Charles Finley wanted to be the next Bill Veeck, and I think Finley said something like, "If you want Oakland fans to be entertained, treat the Coliseum like a circus or maybe a pinball game, and add fireworks to the mix during home games." Just guessing.
I went to a Yankees-As home game double header on July 10, 1979 - I was only 8, but fortunately, no fireworks. If the fireworks did go off (especially if the A's hit a homer), I would have panicked and darted out of the stadium, fearing there would be more fireworks going off again. I was afraid of fireworks at that age because of the loud noise they produced. The exception was that some rogue fan set off a smoke bomb somehow in the 1st or 2nd game. Close call.
Mt Davis is just too big. It doesn't look right dwarfing the rest of the park. It's like the Cubs new giant scoreboards dwarf the original center field board. Just doesn't look right.
Target Field opened in 2012 and this is the 3rd time they have upgraded the screen size in left field. They’ve added a 100 foot interactive tower, a brand new Minnie & Paul sign. They had tees, players didn’t like the batters eye, so they tried new ones. Still didn’t like them. So out they go… I hope our ballpark lasts 100+ years. Twins brass obviously cares about it, so there’s hope.
@@SylveonMujigaeOfficial I knew that. The Casilla 163 walk off was 09 and the last year at HHH. So idk why I was thinking 2012. Weird brain fart for me. Anyways, I was mostly trying to point out how a stadium should have been maintained compared to leaving it to die.
You didn't mention the city and county own the stadium. It is to be called the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. The A's tried to buy the stadium and were turned down.
The A's are the last MLB team to still be playing in a multi-purpose stadium. I'm honestly surprised the team not only hasn't gotten a new stadium in the last decade, but that the team hasn't left Oakland yet.
Wouldn't it have made more sense to just enclose the outfield and make it totally round? It seems they would have gotten close to, if not the same seating capacity if they had done that rather than Mt. Davis.
I may be wrong but if I remember right Al Davis benefited from the blackouts because if game was blacked out he would keep the tv revenue ( it was only locally blackout) but had to share revenue if televised locally. You also didn’t mention all the PSL that fans got suckered into buying, those were a big factor into the blackout because you couldn’t buy individual games tickets only season tickets which you also had to pay a PSL . Later on they started selling tickets without the PSL and it pissed off a lot of fans because they were paying a premium to keep their seat while others skated . It caused an even bigger issues with parking because people came into parking lot just to tailgate and make problems while never going into the game , it changed later when you had to show tickets to enter lot. The county doesn’t want a team there because it can generate more tax revenue if it has condos, town homes and retail there in the site. Only issue now is brick and mortar retail is disappearing so all they can really put on the site is housing but it will still generate more taxes for the county and city. The politicians really screwed the pooch and basically ran the teams out of town, but I really can’t give them all the blame because the NFL, MLB and NBA have billions to help teams with accommodations it shouldn’t be on the taxpayers.
Al Davis negotiated the deal that led to the renovation that created Mount Davis. The city agreed to this as part of the deal that lured the Raiders back to Oakland from LA. Mark Davis was just some guy with a weird haircut that happened to be the owner's son at that point.
First of ALL, I'm An Oakland A's Fan. I had a Time, When They Won Three World Championships in a Row. Remember THAT, And Watch this Video, WE Had it and We Lost it. You Have Politicians in OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA That Are JUST LOSERS.
It’s a shame that the City of Oakland and Alameda County officials did not renovate, let alone properly maintain, the Coliseum. We took in a game at Dodger Stadium a few years ago. What a gem! Of course, Dodger owners spent hundreds of millions of dollars in renovations. Dodger Stadium retained the 1960’s vibe, but has all the modern amenities and it’s clean! Too bad Oakland officials totally neglected the Coliseum.
What a sad end to Oakland coliseum. Years ago, this was such a nice place. Now, they're gonna move to las Vegas and leave behind a rotting stadium with constant problems.
The A's would make more $ if they gave away the tickets for free, for most games. Fans would have more $ for food and beer. They would keep their fanbase somewhat happy.
Can someone please help me with this, as I’m not from the area, nor have I ever seen a game at the Coliseum. But when it comes to Mt Davis, I thought I heard that was something that was forced on Al by the city of Oakland before they could return back from LA. He didn’t necessarily have a choice as it’s owned by the city and not the Raiders and As. Maybe someone who lives in the area can help me out with this, and if I’m wrong about it I apologize.
Al Davis made an agreement with the city of Oakland in 1995 to bring the Raiders back if the city increased the seating capacity of the Coliseum. Alameda County and the city of Oakland shared the cost, so I doubt Al Davis had much say in how the upgrade would be done.
Yeah your kinda right, the video is just plane wrong and obviously not researched at all. Raiders fan who was alive and 15 at the time it all went down. The city and county jointly own the stadium and it runs by a board of representatives from each. The city made an agreement to Al to increase seating and sky box capacity in the stadium for him to move the team back to Oakland, they also promised to build the Raiders a new football only stadium by 2011. Al had nothing to do with planning or building Mt. Davis and its rumored he considered it an eyesore as well. Mark sure as hell had nothing to with it and from what I read was working in the teams equipment room at the time it happened since Al didn't let his son have anything to do with anything remotely involved with a leadership position within the organization. So yes the City and County are ultimately responsible for Mt Davis.
Lol growing up in the eighties I would cry when Dallas would lose but they use to black out Cowboys games a lot in the mid to late 80s until Jerry bought them and Kroger would buy tickets to stop the blackout! I stopped watching in 2016 I can't watch a team that can't win the big games call me fairweather but I've given plenty of tears over the years and now I'm done until Jerry stops being the GM.
Wow you are so wrong about so much in this video, Mark Davis was neither the owner of the Raiders or the stadium when Mt. Davis was built, his Dad Al Davis whom Mt Davis is named after owned the Raiders at the time and he did not build it either, since he did not own the stadium. The stadium authority which is a board made up of representatives of both the city and county built Mt. Davis in order to get him to move back to Oakland and take out a lease with the city and county to play in the stadium. There is no one to blame for Mt. Davis other than the local county and city government.
Oakland Coliseum might be home for oakland roots sc (USL Championship) and san francisco unicorn (major league cricket) in the future now. just to let you know. ok.
I still say the A's should ask the city and state for funds to not only destroy the stadium, but rebuild it with modern features thereby keeping the team in Oakland. The ballpark will remain in its own footprint but if they also tore down the warrior's former arena, the team could build an entertainment district around the new ballpark. Granted it's not gonna be as popular as Basketball or Football, but just a thought
@@ronclark9724 ...or just tear down the two oakland professional venues, build a new oakland coliseum with modern features and apartments similar to so-fi and the team should be set for at least 20 or so years
During the postseason the coliseum is absolutely unreal and electric. It absolutely sucks terrible ownership ruined an organization that holds 9 World Series titles, 2nd most in the AL next to the Yankees. Only an incompetent owner can do such a thing to make people not care.
It’s shocking that the stadium wasn’t bad at all before they added the massive center field upper deck
The city landlord has not maintained and sustained the Coliseum. The concrete bowl has not been painted. While new concrete is white, old concrete ages into an old dirty nasty grayish pink. While rain run off the concrete walls become very nasty one wonders whether its mold growing on the concrete. Nor does it appear the sixty years of dust have ever been cleaned...
The owners of the coliseum refuse to update the place
Just like Spanos didn't improve the now demolished Qualcomm stadium. Just very upsetting
they added that 28 years ago! the A;s had to start the season playing in Las Vegas in 1996 because of the greedy Davis family!
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My father lived a ten minute drive from The Oakland Coliseum. I visited every summer and got to see Canseco, McGwire, Stewart, Eck, Hendu, Welch, Ricky and many more.
I sat in the original bleachers and they were great!
Mount Davis was an awful downgrade. But the Coliseum had lack of upkeep that allowed the facilities to fall part.
Words can't describe my sadness.
I recall the A's playing at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City.... Don't feel like the Lone Ranger...
Agee’s! The original bleacher seats were a great. There were always a die hard group of fans in the bleachers.
What a feeling! to see drug-using STEROID USING DOPE HEADS! You must be proud!
Those were really the days. The A's were winning and Mount David didn't exist. I was a huge A's far from around 1987-1989. After that, I started to lose interest.
I still remember seeing the A's when Billy Martin was the manager back around 1982. I was 10 years old.
I believe they were called bleacher creatures.
I remember seeing Mount Davis being constructed and thinking, "I don't like the look of this."
I’m no architect but the natural scenery or skyline is better than looking at a bunch of drunks
You could see the Oakland hills in the background back in the day
Hey it's expensive to be a local drunk!!!!
In hindsight, they should have added Mount Davis on the other side of the stadium. That way, instead of blocking the scenic view of the Oakland Hills, it would've given more fans that experience
The Coliseum was a great place to go to, especially if anyone remembers Malibu just in the south parking lot area. Being a kid it was fun in the 80's and early 90's: Go to an A's game on a Saturday or Sunday Afternoon. Then head on over to watch Mullin, Weber hoop it up at the Oakland Arena, and then walk on over adjacent to the parking lot, ah yes, that big castle entry way...........walking inside, arcade games galore, and beyond that, go kart racing and batting cages. Those were the times!
The Coliseum was an absolute cathedral in its day, likely the most beautiful of all the multipurpose stadiums.
It absolutely looks like a “coliseum”. I love this stadium and would tear down mt Davis and reincorporate it’s original look ….
I vividly remember always sitting in the old wooden bleachers before mount Davis. I love the Coliseum warts and all! Lots of great memories there! Lots of great history!
I couldn't agree with you more!!! Your comment is similar to mine. 👍
My dad had Raider season tickets even before the Coliseum. The good part was that our seats were on the 50 yard line. The bad part was that the seats were the wooden benches in center field. The seats were cramped and uncomfortable. It was cool that we got to walk near the sideline getting to and from the bleachers.
Funny how a seat next to the dugout in Fenway is like a seven lane interstate highway thru a big city. A seat next to the dugout in Oakland is like a dirt road in Wyoming. A foul ball near an Oakland dugout is 30 rows back in Fenway.
Imagine if all of the following multipurpose stadiums still existed thst were torn down between the 90s and the 2000s were still being used, but stopped receiving regular maintenance. That’s pretty much the Oakland coliseum.
Al Davis was a football coach that managed to become the de facto owner of a team. The Raiders were his life and his one big asset. He wasn't wealthy in that he could no more sell the Raiders than he could sell his head - and the team is only worth money if you can sell it.
The foundation of Mt Davis was built on this. By the late 1970's Davis foresaw the coming of free agency to the NFL and knew he needed money to compete for the best players or his team would go from elite to an also ran. To get it he needed luxury boxes.
Teams split ticket revenue for general admission 50/50 with the visiting team, but kept all the luxury box revenue.
He went to the City of Oakland and Alameda County for some improvements to the Coliseum as far as luxury boxes, and they told him to get wrecked.
He moved his team to Los Angeles after a huge legal fight amid promises to improve the Los Angeles Coliseum along with adding luxury boxes.
Years went by, free agency got closer, and the idiots who ran the LA Coliseum didn't live up to their promises either, and Al Davis started looking for a new home again.
Oakland wanted the Raiders back. The Los Angeles Raiders played a preseason game in Oakland (against the Houston Oilers) to a packed house that was howling before the game was even started. When I left the game I just knew they were going to come back - the energy at that game went beyond "playoff game".
Oakland promised the Raiders improvements to the Coliseum, to include some very nice luxury boxes, and those boxes were what Mt Davis was really there for. The fourth deck seating was on top of the luxurious (for the mid 1990's) clubhouse and boxes.
Oakland also guaranteed the Raiders sellouts as part of the package, and therefore took over the process of selling the tickets. The Oakland Football Marketing Association was formed, and they sucked at their job. They didn't sell the tickets (I once left ten unreturned voicemails), and had to pay the Raiders with minimal ticket sales to offset the losses. Years later they blamed the Raiders for "leaving the city and county 100s of millions in debt", but the reality was that it was their own horrific incompetence that earned them the debt.
In three weeks, Oakland will have lost their MLB team; to go along with their NBA, NHL, and NFL (twice) teams they have already lost. They always claimed their schools needed funding and that was their priority, but their schools haven't improved and are among the worst in the entire country. And given the crime and decay, and homelessness there it is honestly the least of their worries. They seem focused on lowering the crime rate by discouraging reporting and not responding when people do report while the place is becoming a third world hell hole. They will probably blame the A's for that after they leave too.
As for the Coliseum, they will come up with more grandiose plans for absurdly expensive projects. The typical to includes of "affordable housing" and "retail space". They can't build the housing without paying billions. I guess they didn't notice that malls are dying out all over the country and retail businesses are leaving Oakland in droves due the widespread theft and organized looting. Nothing will come of it beyond a lot of talk.
Mark Davis isn’t the owner of the coliseum. He wasn’t even the owner of the raiders back then. The coliseum is owned by the city of Oakland. They built mount davis for Al Davis in order to get him to move the team back to Oakland in 1994.
The first picture looked beautiful! I see many similarities to Dodger Stadium like you said. Gotta feel bad for A’s fans. Vegas is going from no teams to almost every sport in a matter of years
The light stantions
And opposite for the city of Oakland.
that shit aint happening
@@mikevanriel7573who cares sanfran is a 12 minute drive from Oakland, everyone will just become a giants fan the same way raiders fans became niners fans
@@ShshHdj-mi5lmno they won’t, you obviously have no idea of the rivalry that existed between the two. You’ll have more A’s fans become Dodger fans before they’d become Giants fans
It was a very beautiful baseball park. My wife and I went to numerous A’s games all the way from Santa Cruz. Fabulous views. After the Raiders moved back it was already ruined. It felt like 3 Rivers Stadium West.
Couple things to add. Nice video though. First of all, when the Raiders came back the Coliseum it didn't have luxury boxes. That was a big reason Al NOT Mark wanted a new stadium in LA. Luxury boxes or "suites" were making a lot of revenue and he didn't have any. That was one of the reasons Mt Davis was added as well as additional seating. So if you remove that now, you remove the suites also. Davis never specifically asked or demanded any of the renovations in the 90s. He made it known what he wanted and the politicians in Oakland-Alameda did the rest and as I understand, taxpayers were so furious at the horrendous deal they approved, all those people were fired or left their jobs shortly after. I believe it cost $500 million for the renovations, that was something else you missed. That couldve funded a brand new stadium in 1995. INCREDIBLY stupid decision compounded by the fact they got maybe 10 years of solid use out of it, if that. Also in 1995 when the Raiders first came, they had an odd field configuration that was really bad and never used again after Mt Davis was completed, didn't mention that either. During that 1995 season they also had an issue against the Colts where there were no speakers for the game somehow... All kinds of wonky stuff to unpack.
100% agree - with the large parking lots at the coliseum, they could have built a football-only stadium beside the coliseum, for the same money. Incredibly short-sighted. They could have played at the coliseum until the new stadium was ready.
New seats, new paint, new signs, replacing old/dirty misc. things, a giant screen up on Mt Davis and we’d have been good man.
I went to A’s games as a kid before Mt Davis was put in. It was beautiful. If Mt Davis was never put in and the stadium was maintained it would still be a nice place. It’s sad that it’s been mismanaged so bad.
Compare the Coliseum to Dodger Stadium that has been maintained. The difference is like night and day...
@@ronclark9724Dodger stadium is nice live going there
The Oakland Coliseum debacle with Mt. Davis, is eerily similar to what the Rams did to Anaheim stadium; putting up that massive enclosure, that blocked the beautiful view past center field. When the Angels pulled alot of it down, after the Rams skipped to St. Louis, the reconfiguration was better, but the view beyond center field remained obstructed. NFL team owners killed a number of stadiums, by destroying the ambiance, over greed.
As a Giants fan I wish the A’s would stay in Oakland. Wish they would sell and the new ownership just builds at Howard terminal, then again the recent work put into wrigelys foundation and structural support I feel the owners would maybe tear down Mt. Davis and renovate the structural supports of the coliseum. Having modern outfield seating and restaurants and scoreboards to replace mount Davis would be nice. They can rebuild bullpen in the outfield as well. Dodger stadium added seats overtime to take away less foul territory also. It has just required proper ownership. Mr Inheritance of the GAP is so sleezy, won’t even show his face to ether the Oakland or Vegas people. Won’t talk to MLB network. Would rather embarrass his self, a two cites and pay for lawyers than own a sports team. He’s gross.
What kills me is they still do the same tired,boring stuff between innings,like dot racing,find the ball under the batting helmet,and their version of the Brewers’ hot dog/sausage run,with caricatures of Fingers,Henderson,and somebody else in a race around the stadium.
Back in the 70's , late 80's and early 90's the A's were dominant and it was one of the nicer AL parks. Al Davis ruined it.
The slow painful death of watching this video.
Part of the problem is that by the end of the 90s, the coliseum was already seriously showing it's age. It was a blue-collar facility, but that was okay because Oakland was still fairly blue-collar. After the tech bubble and all the silicon valley money that poured into the bay area, the population and fans changed. They no longer were okay with a rough but scrappy ballpark. They wanted it to be clean and family friendly. SF saw this coming and it's why they abandoned Candlestick, which if you're old enough, you know was also a blue collar park. At the Coliseum in the early 2000s, fights, drunkenness', people puffing blunts, etc were huge problems (my father worked there at the time). They fired their inept security and started using OPD. It became pretty safe again, but the problem of it looking like a dumpster was never addressed and the family dollar started leaving for SF. Even my dad, who worked there both in the early '80s and 2000s, won't go there because it's just such a dump. I don't even mean the infrastructure, either, it's just grimy and nasty. They just got lazy and half-assed about cleaning the place. The last time I was there was around 2019 and it was shocking how rundown and dirty it was. Still, the As managed some decent and even amazing seasons, so the fans put up with it.
As soon as the A's stopped winning, and winning big, the fans left in droves. This is like if you're dating a hot chick and you put up with her terrible personality, always being late, always complaining, expensive tastes, but hey, she's hot. Then one day she tells you she only wants to have sex once a month. There's nothing to fall back on. You were putting up with the negatives for that one big positive. The A's one big positive was winning. Soon as that stopped, the fans started wondering why they were paying $20 for a beer to sit in a filthy, stinking ball park in the worst part of town.
Even today, they're still charging $50 for halfway decent seats and I wonder who would ever pay that much for such a terrible experience and losing team. But the ballpark is, if anything, just a reflection of Oakland city leadership's ineptness and wanting their palms to be greased before any decision. This is why all this "there's still a chance" talk will never amount to anything unless LV reverses and the A's have no other choices.
"What the f*** happened to you Oakland? Your ass used to be beautiful."
Ordel Robbie couldn’t have said it better unless he was f cking with Jackie Brown!
Democrat politicians is what happened, they run everything into the ground.
Sounds like more you’re describing Angel stadium the way it is now 😂
Original image at 0:04 was actually a nice looking stadium 🏟️
The coliseum was beautiful before Mt. Davis was added. I would prefer it over 75% of MLB ballparks
Wow that stadium looked beautiful before MT Davis
Without MT Davis, I think the A's would've stayed
Let’s not forget the high crime in Oakland … it’s not just a stadium lacking upgrades but the politicians who run Oakland from establishing a place to spend money after a game…. Like for example Las Vegas…
There is nothing to do in Oakland aside from watching a game. No night life no tourism… nothing.
Viva Las Vegas A’s!
Coliseum will become a soccer stadium for the USL Oakland Roots
When he says it wasn't upgraded the man is speaking facts. It had trough urinals. I hadn't seen one since middle school. And no one used that one back then!!
the bottom line here is GREED
This endless "stadium-building" is a big scam. And, lets face it, almost all of these owners are GD old men who don't need the money, and don't have a long future even if their long-term vision was accurate. Also, it feeds their stupid egos.
Al Davis had that added on... Not Mark Davis...
Even before Mount Davis, the stadium had huge foul territory, so that was never good.
This has to be the last Oakland Coliseum video right? I live in the bay and love the stadium but this is overkill lol. I wanna learn about some other stadiums!
I didn’t even know they added the upper deck later on. It looks beautiful with the hillside in the background
I was an A's fan from the 80's until last year. When Mt. Davis was built it was the end of an era, it was a great park before the change.
As an aside, the Oakland Coliseum Arena did undergo a renovation. They raised the roof and added box seats in between the loge and balcony levels. I think this happened around the late 1990s or early 2000s. Unfortunately, it doesn't get used much anymore. The Warriors left a couple of years ago, and there are very few concerts or other events there nowadays. Most of the big shows now go to San Francisco or San Jose. It's a shame because the Arena is still a nice venue. I saw Paul McCartney there in May of 2022. Alas, that might end up being the last event I ever attended at the Coliseum (either the stadium or the arena).
Was such a a beautiful stadium. My first stadium I ever went to
Best case scenario, Vegas says F that to all the free money Fisher wants, the team stays in Oakland and that weasel sells the team.
Our the A’s move back home to Philadelphia. They never should have left
Rickey don't like them options because Rickey was the greatest ever.
@@volodymyrzablotsky5372 that was probably even before your time so stop it.
If Fisher doesn't land a new stadium he won't sell the team. He will look for other relocation cities that will build a new stadium... And there are some cities available willing to step up to major league status...
I enjoy games even today there. It still a good place to watch a game.
You and tens of fans enjoy the games.
I fucking love Mount Davis. Come to watch the game on the field. Not what’s outside the park. GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
I just drove back from Oakland after watching the last Friday night game at the Oakland Coliseum. I talked to a lot of the vendors/employees and a lot of them don't know what they are going to do as many of them still don't have new jobs after this Thursday. I will miss the Coliseum and this closes the book on the old Battle for the Bay as Candlestick Park, Coliseum, and the Athletics are gone 😢💔
My understanding is they’re gonna use the stadium for soccer.Lynch has/owns a team,and they’ll probably have concerts and whatnot.
When the raiders left for Vegas they should’ve just taken off the eye sore that was mount Davis
2:04 Mark Davis? What was he like 17 at the time of the upgrades?
Rumor has it there is a Mt Davis located there.
The slow painful depression of a ginger
Funny how era's have architectural quirks or iconic give a-ways.
During the period the Coliseum was built, bare concrete was in vogue as a deliberate design. Hundreds of public buildings built in this time frame had walls, floors almost the whole infrastructure finished in bare, and sometimes unfinished, concrete.
*Al Davis the owner, not Marc
Al Davis constructed Mount Davis, not Mark. Mark just inherited the team
Iv'e ALWAYS considered the Coliseum a great place to see a game. Especially a baseball game. I have many memories that will live on in my mind of a packed stadium full of enthusiastic fans. It hasn't always been a dump. Not by a long shot.
Sadly it’s a dump. Every time I leave my seat to get food, I end up waiting on line for at least 3 innings. Awful food and the service (usually staffed by felons who look like they want to stab you) is terrible
Only pure center field upper deck?
Thoughts on Coors field center field seats? I think I consider those upper deck
All the outfield improvements were made after Walter Haas took ownership of the A's.
Al Davis was the owner of the Raiders, and all didn't really even want those 400-level seats. Davis wanted suites and about 60,000 seats. The reason they weren't selling out for Raiders games was the cost of PSL, and there no guarantee that the PSL would be lifetime. Also, there was a maintenance fee of $75 on each PSL seat that would increase 10% each year for the first 15 years of the life of that PSL. PSL to the renovated Oakland Coliseum ran between $100 - $15,000 with most seats in the PSL at $3,500. Then the tickets ran between $75 - $200 and the maintenance fee. This was 1996, and no loyal Oakland Raider fan thought ticket prices to see their team would run an average of $150 to $175. This is why they never sold out in their first 6 years in the renovated Oakland Coliseum
I was at the game last Friday,and the stadium speakers must be so old,you can hardly hear the public address announcer.The fans in the section I was in were more interested in starting a wave(how antiquated is THAT??)than standing for the 7th inning stretch.I must say,their fans are loyal,loud,and colorful.I feel for them,losing their team like this.
Sad to see the A's leave because of the history, but the city of Oakland isn't making any money with the A's playing there, nor were they making much money as a city with the Raiders over the years. Sport's Team owners want city's to foot most of the bill for stadiums, but cities should not have to do that. Instead, Oakland can, and likely will build housing and an entertainment center on the Coliseum and Oracle arena sites and make more money than they ever could with the Raiders and A's staying there.
I feel like mount davis would of been better if they didn't have the upper deck seating above the suites. Where the suites end is more in like with the upper deck seats that were already in place which would look more evened out.
I had no idea that the monstrosity in center field only added fewer than 10,000 seats. I guess it did add luxury boxes too but, damn, what a waste.
I guess at the time when it was designed making it football compatible they thought a left to right or right to left design made sense, however that decision caused the foul territory on both sides to be ridiculously large. I have only seen the football field layed out on the Coliseum home plate to center field once and that was during that preseason game in 88' against the Oilers and it actually looked pretty good. Those huge foul areas could be narrowed down and they could have built a decent sized block of luxury suites at center field. The city of Oakland and the county have plenty of blame to shoulder also.
It looked so good without mt. Davis
It was a horrible stadium in a apocalyptic crime infested city. Such a toilet and nobody went to the games
They weren't selling out the regular stadium stadium for Raider games let alone mount Davis.🤣
I am delving into the history of the first years of the Coliseum, now that the A's are now no more this year and forever.
I realized the history of Souza Pyrotechnics providing fireworks entertainment most of the early 1970s in the Oakland Coliseum. They stopped the fireworks in 1975 because it was too deafening.
But what was the first game ever in the Coliseum that ever used fireworks? Was it before 1970 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969), or at 1970?
One big clue on why Oakland had done fireworks at the Coliseum in the early years - an educated guess - was definitely Comiskey Park's Exploding Scoreboard for the Sox. Fireworks for the Sox started in 1960 at its home games, and my guess is that since the Sox was part of the American League, and the A's too, my guess is that Charles Finley wanted to be the next Bill Veeck, and I think Finley said something like, "If you want Oakland fans to be entertained, treat the Coliseum like a circus or maybe a pinball game, and add fireworks to the mix during home games." Just guessing.
I went to a Yankees-As home game double header on July 10, 1979 - I was only 8, but fortunately, no fireworks. If the fireworks did go off (especially if the A's hit a homer), I would have panicked and darted out of the stadium, fearing there would be more fireworks going off again. I was afraid of fireworks at that age because of the loud noise they produced. The exception was that some rogue fan set off a smoke bomb somehow in the 1st or 2nd game. Close call.
Yet another attack on the coliseum!
I saw a video recently that the Oakland colosseum is actually profitable now, where they were not with the Warriors.
They could easily take down Mt. Davis and renovate the stadium. Sure there’s excess foul territory, but it’s a unique feature.
Interesting, I always believed it did look a bit like Dodger Stadium back in the 80s
Al Davis ruin that ballpark
Mt Davis is just too big. It doesn't look right dwarfing the rest of the park. It's like the Cubs new giant scoreboards dwarf the original center field board. Just doesn't look right.
As a baseball ⚾️ stadium enthusiast…. I missed up never got to see the A’S play in Oakland…..
Target Field opened in 2012 and this is the 3rd time they have upgraded the screen size in left field. They’ve added a 100 foot interactive tower, a brand new Minnie & Paul sign. They had tees, players didn’t like the batters eye, so they tried new ones. Still didn’t like them. So out they go… I hope our ballpark lasts 100+ years. Twins brass obviously cares about it, so there’s hope.
Target Field opened in 2010, not 2012.
@@SylveonMujigaeOfficial I knew that. The Casilla 163 walk off was 09 and the last year at HHH. So idk why I was thinking 2012. Weird brain fart for me.
Anyways, I was mostly trying to point out how a stadium should have been maintained compared to leaving it to die.
You didn't mention the city and county own the stadium. It is to be called the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. The A's tried to buy the stadium and were turned down.
The A's are the last MLB team to still be playing in a multi-purpose stadium. I'm honestly surprised the team not only hasn't gotten a new stadium in the last decade, but that the team hasn't left Oakland yet.
70’s we had great baseball and very inexpensive tickets, half price night and a meal was under $10…
Wouldn't it have made more sense to just enclose the outfield and make it totally round? It seems they would have gotten close to, if not the same seating capacity if they had done that rather than Mt. Davis.
I may be wrong but if I remember right Al Davis benefited from the blackouts because if game was blacked out he would keep the tv revenue ( it was only locally blackout) but had to share revenue if televised locally. You also didn’t mention all the PSL that fans got suckered into buying, those were a big factor into the blackout because you couldn’t buy individual games tickets only season tickets which you also had to pay a PSL . Later on they started selling tickets without the PSL and it pissed off a lot of fans because they were paying a premium to keep their seat while others skated . It caused an even bigger issues with parking because people came into parking lot just to tailgate and make problems while never going into the game , it changed later when you had to show tickets to enter lot. The county doesn’t want a team there because it can generate more tax revenue if it has condos, town homes and retail there in the site. Only issue now is brick and mortar retail is disappearing so all they can really put on the site is housing but it will still generate more taxes for the county and city. The politicians really screwed the pooch and basically ran the teams out of town, but I really can’t give them all the blame because the NFL, MLB and NBA have billions to help teams with accommodations it shouldn’t be on the taxpayers.
At the time it was built, the NFL seasons were 14 games, 7 home games. Even less justification for an only football stadium.
Al Davis negotiated the deal that led to the renovation that created Mount Davis. The city agreed to this as part of the deal that lured the Raiders back to Oakland from LA.
Mark Davis was just some guy with a weird haircut that happened to be the owner's son at that point.
The Raiders ruined that place
Nah raider fans and Darth Raider did
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It’s a shame that the City of Oakland and Alameda County officials did not renovate, let alone properly maintain, the Coliseum. We took in a game at Dodger Stadium a few years ago. What a gem! Of course, Dodger owners spent hundreds of millions of dollars in renovations. Dodger Stadium retained the 1960’s vibe, but has all the modern amenities and it’s clean! Too bad Oakland officials totally neglected the Coliseum.
I just went, people say it is worse than it is, and i love the stadium. I also live the diehard as fans
They'll keep Oracle because concerts and other indoor events are still profitable for it...
What a sad end to Oakland coliseum. Years ago, this was such a nice place. Now, they're gonna move to las Vegas and leave behind a rotting stadium with constant problems.
It’s just on life support at this point.
Quoting The Urinating Tree: "The Oakland Alameda County Collesium will be spending its final days in hospice care."
This stadium needs a retractable roof
The A's would make more $ if they gave away the tickets for free, for most games. Fans would have more $ for food and beer. They would keep their fanbase somewhat happy.
Can someone please help me with this, as I’m not from the area, nor have I ever seen a game at the Coliseum. But when it comes to Mt Davis, I thought I heard that was something that was forced on Al by the city of Oakland before they could return back from LA. He didn’t necessarily have a choice as it’s owned by the city and not the Raiders and As. Maybe someone who lives in the area can help me out with this, and if I’m wrong about it I apologize.
Al Davis made an agreement with the city of Oakland in 1995 to bring the Raiders back if the city increased the seating capacity of the Coliseum. Alameda County and the city of Oakland shared the cost, so I doubt Al Davis had much say in how the upgrade would be done.
@Rod Johnson. Ok. Thank you for this information sir.
Yeah your kinda right, the video is just plane wrong and obviously not researched at all. Raiders fan who was alive and 15 at the time it all went down. The city and county jointly own the stadium and it runs by a board of representatives from each. The city made an agreement to Al to increase seating and sky box capacity in the stadium for him to move the team back to Oakland, they also promised to build the Raiders a new football only stadium by 2011. Al had nothing to do with planning or building Mt. Davis and its rumored he considered it an eyesore as well. Mark sure as hell had nothing to with it and from what I read was working in the teams equipment room at the time it happened since Al didn't let his son have anything to do with anything remotely involved with a leadership position within the organization. So yes the City and County are ultimately responsible for Mt Davis.
Lol growing up in the eighties I would cry when Dallas would lose but they use to black out Cowboys games a lot in the mid to late 80s until Jerry bought them and Kroger would buy tickets to stop the blackout! I stopped watching in 2016 I can't watch a team that can't win the big games call me fairweather but I've given plenty of tears over the years and now I'm done until Jerry stops being the GM.
I was there the year after the Tom Brady Snowbowl. Mt. Davis was packed! Toilet's never worked and always flooded but hey, it had...charm!😂
Wow you are so wrong about so much in this video, Mark Davis was neither the owner of the Raiders or the stadium when Mt. Davis was built, his Dad Al Davis whom Mt Davis is named after owned the Raiders at the time and he did not build it either, since he did not own the stadium. The stadium authority which is a board made up of representatives of both the city and county built Mt. Davis in order to get him to move back to Oakland and take out a lease with the city and county to play in the stadium. There is no one to blame for Mt. Davis other than the local county and city government.
Jesus why do you talk like that I couldn't finish the video because your voice grates
Did the outfield 'stairways to nowhere' ever have a purpose?? Even in the old pictures, they seemed to be pointless
I went to a game at the Colesium in 2013. It felt I was transformed into. 1978.
Al Davis owned the raiders in the 90’s. Calling him by his doofus sons name is blasphemy.
Mark Davis highlights the I in idiocy and incompetence.
Not really. Al turned into a buffoon, too, to say the least.
@@LouieKaboom he just got old, Marc can’t use that excuse just yet 💁🏻
@@LouieKaboom Al in the white jumpsuit and the disco booties will always be classic. Marc cutting his hair with a butter knife not so much.
His son abandoned the city and bay area. That's blasphemy. I'm well aware of what AL did when he was alive.
God the irony of the blackout rule/Mount Davis
Oakland Coliseum might be home for oakland roots sc (USL Championship) and san francisco unicorn (major league cricket) in the future now. just to let you know. ok.
I still say the A's should ask the city and state for funds to not only destroy the stadium, but rebuild it with modern features thereby keeping the team in Oakland. The ballpark will remain in its own footprint but if they also tore down the warrior's former arena, the team could build an entertainment district around the new ballpark. Granted it's not gonna be as popular as Basketball or Football, but just a thought
Appears there is plenty of real estate to build low income housing there...
@@ronclark9724 ...or just tear down the two oakland professional venues, build a new oakland coliseum with modern features and apartments similar to so-fi and the team should be set for at least 20 or so years
🤔⚾️ hey D.G what do you think is gonna happen tomorrow when they vote. Will Oakland win or Las Vegas?
During the postseason the coliseum is absolutely unreal and electric. It absolutely sucks terrible ownership ruined an organization that holds 9 World Series titles, 2nd most in the AL next to the Yankees. Only an incompetent owner can do such a thing to make people not care.