This stadium is a big reason why I became an A's fan. The low payroll, blue collar A's and their dump of a stadium in the ghetto were a nice contrast to the fancy, high-payroll Giants in their downtown, bay side cathedral.
Not one mention of all those historical Day On The Green’s?!? Led Zeppelin, The Stones, AC/DC,Aerosmith, Van Halen, just about every band worth a damn in the 70’s & early 80’s played at the Coliseum! Even if you weren’t actually there you could hear the music for miles around! Sitting in the quiet Oakland hills while U2 played was priceless, literally!!
Those were fun times for concerts at Day on the Green. All the greatest bands passed through here not to mention Pink Floyd, Santana, Skynerd,frampton and on and on
Many memorable games have been played on that field. Best fans in pro sports. My Uncle Erle Reese first took me to see the Raiders play there in 1979. Attended many games since then. Love the Raiders. RIP Uncle.
Yet you have never been anywhere near Rome nor the Oakland Colisuem stop repeating what you see other morons say on the internet & try thinking for yourself
Look at all that land AROUND the complex. CRAZY! Fond memories of both those places. Disney on Ice, A's gamea and the best time, a DAY ON THE GREEN in the summer of 1982. Gamma, Santana, The Tubes, Toto & Journey as the headliner during their ESCAPE tour. Absolute magic!!!
The greed of sports makes these facilities 'obsolete'. How many buildings or houses are at least 50 years old? Now 20 year old stadiums and arenas are torn down. Atlanta, Arlington and arenas in Orlando and Charlotte.
Steven Hamburg How can you call it greed? Are owners wealthy? Yes. But they didn't get rich by being dumb. Professional sports is a business, and in business there's competition. They are simply trying to compete for the disposable income of Americans. Back in day going to a baseball or football game was common simply because there wasn't alot to do otherwise and TV sucked. Now there's high definition TV with a million camera angles, there's Netflix, etc. In the 70s it was going to a ball game or going bowling.
Here is a brand new team and a shiny new stadium for you. Even though the team is of no economic benefit to the city, the taxpayers will end up paying for it for the next 50 years. This corporate welfare scam, with the help of corrupt city officials, is all about redistributing wealth from the middle class to rich.
Having been to many concerts in Orlando at the old arena, the biggest problem was the bathrooms. They were only placed in the "corners" of the arena. I am sure they could have alleviated that problem without building a new arena. It was impossible to go to the bathroom. I went to many events in the many Atlanta stadiums (Phillips, GA Dome, Turner). It was a crime that they rebuilt them. There was nothing wrong.
One day in the mid ‘90s I drove up to the O and the gate was open. I walked in, saw nobody and went and sat in the stands at the 50 yard line. It was an awesome Bay Area fall day and I was the only one there. I sat there for almost an hour just relaxing. IMO, I think it’s the best football stadium in the NFL if you’re sitting near the field. Just my opinion. Reliant Stadium in Houston feels like a concrete box and the roof is always closed. I hate it. The O may be dilapidated now, but back in the ‘70s, on a nice No. Cal Sunday afternoon, watching the Raiders win, what could have been better?
The Raiders are gonna move to Las Vegas The Warriors moved to the downtown San Francisco And the A’s might move cities but they are planning to make a new Stadium
Dayum. I didn't know the Coliseum was the same age I am. My uncle lived a couple of miles from it and one time when my folks and I went up to visit him we got up on his roof to see the Fourth of July fireworks show. Unfortunately, as a lot of the other people have commented it pretty much is obsolete and it looks like it has fallen into disrepair. The most unfortunate thing about this piece is that it pretty much shows how a lot of stadiums get declared obsolete even 20 years into their usefulness. I look at what happened in Atlanta. The Georgia Dome and Turner Field were considered state of the art when they were built in the mid-90's and played a big role in Atlanta getting the 1996 Olympics. In fact, they still looked in great condition as late as a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, both stadiums are scheduled to be demolished in the near future. Here in Los Angeles we still have Dodger Stadium, which just finished its 55th year of operation as well as the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl, which some people might call antiques but are still going strong. And we also have Anaheim Stadium which turned 50 last year.
I was born in 1960. I remember when it was being built. As a child, my family went to see the Ice Follies there, but they had problems starting, so we went to the outdoor arena and watched a soccer game instead. Over the next 2 decades, I saw several shows there. I left California in 1994, and pretty much forgot about the Colleseum. Though I despise Oakland, I find it sad such a magnificent building is crumbling into ruin.
Same thing happened to Angel Stadium in Anaheim when the Rams moved in back in 1979. Took away the great views past center field. Luckily the views were restored by Disney after the Rams left.
Life in the 413 Also with Qualcomm stadium (now SDCCU Stadium) after the renovations in the 90's. Had a very nice view of the mountains and everything.
@Thomas Lane The Dodgers had the luxury of building a stadium only ever intended for baseball; LA already had the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl in the late 50s when O'Malley came calling. The Multipurpose stadium made sense financially when it's built on taxpayer dollars (only one stadium needed instead of two or more). Trying to get a baseball diamond and a football rectangle to fit in the same space didn't work!
@Thomas Lane It was never needed for anything else, save an occasional concert. LA did have both the Olympic Coliseum and the Rose Bowl, which are ancient, but both MASSIVE. It's also well-situated, in that there's easy freeway access, which even in the late 1950s, when the Dodgers moved out west from Brooklyn, was a fact of SoCal life. There's plenty of "buffer" so that fans can park without being preyed upon, which was in that era a bane of urban ballparks. Also, the Dodgers own their park; just imagine how run-down Chavez Ravine would be if the City of Los Angeles ran it!
I am Vikings fan and I feel for you...it sucks to invest your life into a team just to watch them leave. I really hate that Oakland is losing its team, what a great history they have there...sad
John, it's not a dump, it was remodeled in '95. Stop contributing to the propaganda. Do the fans need a billion dollar stadium to watch 8 games per year? No. I love my Raiders, but Oakland is a bankrupt, crime filled city with few redeeming qualities. I'm not surprised they can't hang on to an NFL franchise.
It is a sad chapter in our lives to lose such glorious history. Just driving in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, I remember all the cool businesses, restaurants, sports teams, and institutions that used to exist and are now gone. In many different ways, our society is actually getting worse. Money is largely the driving force, but money has no soul. In fact, it many times removes it.
Back in 1962 , when the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum Authority was established, the stadium and arena being approved, East Bay politics, while already somewhat liberal, were predominantly WHITE. The multi-use thing was seen as a cost-effective means of using an expensive facility; it wouldn't be until 1973 that a facility that had separate baseball and football stadiums was opened, in Kansas City. And yes, for its TIME, the Coliseum was indeed "State of the art". The Raiders, after making do for six seasons, sharing Kezar with the 49ers in 1960, using Candlestick at the Giants' sufferance in 1961, and then, wanting their East Bay identity, putting up Frank Youell Field on Chaney College land as a temporary football field that looked like it was built out of a "Tinker Toy" set. But it WORKED. As East Bay politics got increasingly more liberal and more minorities participated, their interest in keeping major league sports franchises, let alone their COMPETENCE, was less and less. It's little wonder that Al Davis took his Raiders down south in 1982; he got fed up with the already deteriorating stadium and continued broken promises to build a football-only stadium in Oakland. Sadly, he got jerked around in LA as well, and at least got the Authority to build "Mount Davis", which made football halfway passable, but absolutely destroyed the ambiance of the place for baseball! And meanwhile, in the Arena, though it was renovated in 1996, the Warriors were also making do with an outdated facility. They did like the "Shark Tank" in San Jose (now the SAP center), and there was a serious bid to keep them there, but the "GSW" (an appropriate acronym for an Oakland-based franchise as it also means "GunShot Wound") couldn't get out of their contract until 2019. Again, neither Oakland nor Alameda County could get it together to keep the Warriors. The next blow, of course, was, after all too many attempts to find a different home for the As, so that the old semi-circle structure could be demolished, and a "mirror image' of Mt. Davis be built, to turn the place into a decent football stadium, the Authority signed the As up for a ten-year hitch, so the message was clear: the Raiders, if they wanted a better facility, had to go elsewhere. They have, and they'll be the problem of Las Vegas (knowing the Davis family, that's a "marriage" that's doomed...). I can well imagine that when the As lease is up, there will still be NOTHING done to either re-do the Coliseum as a decent baseball-only park, hell, I expect to still see that ghastly apparition in the outfield in 2026! There can be many ways that the As can be kept in the Bay Area, including working out use of Oracle Park in SF for at least a season. But it won't happen, because the current political leadership is mired in liberal stupidity and race-based politics, which are a good deal of the reason the place is falling apart and is terribly mismanaged. And that will be sad, but...there is SACRAMENTO, which has a successful 20-year run thus far with its AAA-team, and the current ballpark, though seating only 10,500 (lawn 'seating' brings it up to 14,000), was designed with eventual expansion in mind. There's plenty of baseball-hungry fans in the greater Sacramento area that'd fill an A's stadium. And if Sac-town doesn't take its opportunity, there's plenty of other cities, like Portland, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, the Tidewater area, Louisville, and Indianapolis, which can readily support an MLB franchise. Yes, the sad demise of a once-proud facility is mute testimony to the folly of liberalism and race-baiting politics.
Most of these 1960's and 1970's multi-sport stadiums were pretty crappy buildings to watch a game in, but each one has some history made inside it. When we tear them down we unfortunately throw away our connection to that history. Places like Lambeau Field and the LA Coliseum have real history and heritage attached to them. I think it is worth something to have a home field with that kind of deep tradition and history connected to it. We lose that connection to the past with disposable stadiums.
Absolutely right. I walked around this stadium off the BART when I was over there & it was huge even as I walked over the road/rail line & I'd been to the new Wembley. I wish I'd been able to go inside to get some pictures but it wasn't possible. So many teams are building identikit stadiums which might look modern now but can't compare with great old stands like at Dens Park in Dundee or places like Hillsborough,Goodison Park or all the demolished rugby league grounds. If they ever knocked Edgeley Park down & built a flat pack I'd never forgive them.You can't transport what happened there to a new place.
So here's what's crazy: The Atlanta Falcons are on their 3rd stadium since this thing was built: Atlanta Fulton County Stadium (which was shown in this video, The Georgia Dome and now Mercedes Benz Stadium. They really got their money's worth out of this thing.
Vikings as well. Met Stadium 1961-1981, Metrodome 1982-2013, (Borrowed the Gophers TCF Bank Stadium while US Bank was being built for 2014 and 2015 seasons, which was amazing by the way) US Bank Stadium 2016- present
More like, the taxpayers in the cities who are on their third stadium since the Coliseum was built have been bent over and taken it up the ass. There is no reason the Raiders "need" a new stadium even now. Pro sports are a god damn racket.
At least the residents of Oakland have a brain and refused to give handouts to the richest people on the planet to build a stadium. The same people who have no problem charging you $14.00 for beer which tastes worse than your own urine. As for Vegas, their brains must be melting in the dessert sun. Like many other cities, Vegas will find out the hard way about the devastating results of corporate welfare.
DISCO-INFERNO-70 in NY the city receives $600 million in parking tickets and you know what? they lend it to the NY Mets back in the 2009 for the new stadium so these people will find a way to scoop it out our pockets n not their own.
Alex Tomasone yeah but fixing a leak with a Pepsi cup doesn't look professional for a team that says they have the money (while the stadium is probably being build with taxpayer money)
I couldn’t get over the low cost to build the Coliseum. I thought it was a beauty back in the 70s. I wish they could fix the leaks and upgrade the electrical there. It would be nice to have one multipurpose around to remind people what it was like back in the 60s and 70s.
grew up a Raider Fan caught hell for it but was always proud of it...why do you not fight to preserve the Raider Mystique.... Oakland County Coliseum was the place of legends....then you let it go and now Las Vegas!???......thanks A Lot! if So Davis was still here would not have happened
I'm glad the architect explained the problem with multipurpose stadiums. When I was a kid I thought it was super cool that a stadium could either swivel seats from foul lines around to sidelines or pull out seats to make a sideline. I liked the baseball diamond in the football field in places like Oakland, San Diego, and Cleveland before they could put down sod when baseball season was over. But then you think about the fans who aren't close to home plate or between first and third base or right near the football sideline. All the rest of the fans were so far away from either sport. I went to a game at the Atlanta Fulton County Stadium and sat past third base. Our necks were turned hard right the whole ballgame because our seats were pointed at the center of the stadium, which was in shallow center field. That's when I realized multipurpose stadiums were a cool idea and when you were watching at home, but not so much when you were at the game. I hope the A's get their own park someday.
Roger Centre is going away soon, too. That's more because the retractable dome concept was a failure, being more expensive in the long run to maintain.
@@jonathanpusar5931 True. Canada's falling dollar (vs. the US dollar) and the costs of Canadian mandated health care have already driven out FOUR AAA baseball teams and was part of the reason the Expos departed after the 2004 season (the other being that disaster called Olympic Stadium). It'd be a shame, because Toronto has the population and the economy to easily support the Blue Jays, but again, liberal politics has eroded the ability of that franchise to compete, and there's numerous baseball-hungry metros south of the border that can make them a better deal.
Yup. I will ALWAYS have fond memories of the place. It reflected it's community and it's people - hardworking, tough and in it for the long haul. The people that want prima donna palaces, I've never got. The Coliseum has had a wonderful history and served it's community well. The only real flaw in it, which isn't a design flaw is that it was built for a different era. Thus plumbing, electrical and wi-fi access is not modern. And you know what, I'm fine with that.
The formerly known as OAKLAND ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM especially benefited the Oakland A's in the 1970's with the style of baseball they played when they three=peated as world series champions. They were known for pitching and defense. Compared to shorter outfield walls like Yankee Stadium for lefties and Fenway Park for righties the coliseum had a deep outfield wall. Had a LOT of fly foul ball territory that were easy outs that otherwise were in the stands at Fenway Park and Yankee stadium. The Baltimore Oriels of the same era played similar ball they exploited the similarly large foul teritory at their former Memorial Stadium.
Could someone enlighten me: when Cal -Berkley was renovating their stadium, was there any talk about making the stadium attractive for the Raiders to play in? Was it feasible to build a new stadium adjacent to or on campus for both the Cal football team and the Raiders to play in?
It is possible to make old stadiums still relevant if they are maintained properly: Dodger Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, Fenway, Wrigley Field, Lambeau, etc. Up until the point Mt Davis went in, the Coliseum was still one of the better baseball stadiums around.
Can someone explain to me why they designed the center field stands/football stands so high and never use the seats? They're always covered with the tarp for baseball and football. why?
Mt Davis was built to house the LUXURY BOXES. They are, of course, useless for baseball (Who wants to sit in a luxury box in the outfield?) Mt Davis was a really dumb idea, but par for the course in a City run by incompetence.
Had the Coliseum been better maintained perhaps it wold not have become the armpit that it has. Dodger Stadium is several years older, and that is still considered to be a gem. Rather than junking the Coliseum why don't the two teams work on coming up with a proposal to renovate? That would cost much less. Lastly, personal opinion, why don't they start with getting rid of that upper deck where they can't sell the seats and have them covered with that tarp that screams to the world that they can't sell those seats. That would be a good place to start in my opinion.
Don Davis nobody remembers soccer playing at the Coliseum? 1967 Oakland clippers out of the National Professional Soccer League won a championship and the 1978 Oakland Stompers out of the North American Soccer League. The Oakland Stompers were at the Coliseum for just one season, but I remember them.
And so did the ABA's Oakland Oaks, who actually brought the Bay Area's first professional sports championship in the late 60's with Rick Barry jumping shop on the Warriors. Singer Pat Boone was one of the owners
I’m really hoping that Oakland can build a state of the art stadium with 80,000 seats to lure back the Raiders from Las Vegas because Vegas has the Vipers for XFL and might lose interest in the Raiders especially if Vipers wins a championship first year in the XFL. I really believe with the 49ers stadium issues with Levi’s and with the possibility of relocating to Utah and that the Raiders can potentially claim the whole bay for themselves. I really believe we can get the Raiders back in Oakland but a few things will have to take place first and foremost mark davis will have to sell the team to a San Francisco based individual so and that way we have someone that priorities the Bay Area next we’re going to need somewhere to play in the meantime while the new stadium is being built in Oakland im thinking maybe using the old current Coliseum while the new one is being built next door to it similar to how Atlanta built Mercedes Benz Stadium next to the Georgia Dome while playing at the dome.
Life time Braves fan....always love Atlanta stadium...between 1966 and 1975....before it become Atlanta Fulton county stadium....changes were made after Ted Turner purchased the club, and it was never the same place, like during the Aaron years...like the steel foul pole mess towers, all baby blue beautiful wooden seats, a lot of foul ground...miss it to this date, 02/21...thank you, BCM
The neighboring arena has the coolest exterior design. I have always thought so. I really worry if they are going to tear it down once the Warriors leave it.
Compared to some other arenas like MSG, our Northlands Coliseum here in Edmonton, or heck, even the frickin' Joe (Joe Louis Arena); the Oracle looks so modern.
Same situation as the stadium down south in San Diego. That's why both teams left their towns. The difference is San Diego offered the Chargers a new stadium next to the old one but the team wanted to be in the downtown area. The Raiders were offered NOTHING by Oakland.
I remember 10+ years ago when the final stages were in place to demolish old Busch Stadium and start the construction of our now new ballpark. While the new Busch Stadium is wonderful, it doesn't have that same "coliseum" feel that old Busch Stadium had. While not ideal for viewing the game, because so many seats sat so far away from the field, the stadium felt even larger than it actually was because it housed some 56,000+ fans. The new stadium is wonderful and offers a picturesque view of the downtown skyline, but doesn't have that "larger than life" feel of old Busch. I think that above all else is what I miss most about the old stadium.
Going with the ever decreasing attention span of Americans (millennials?) the sports "experience" is now one of constant activity somewhere in the stadium. The days of a person actually going to a baseball or football game to WATCH the game died out with the jumbotron. Most new stadiums seem to be using Buffalo Wild Wings as their business model
Every stadium at one point was "State-Of-The-Art". The problem with stadiums that have two tenants is that there's no time for renovations to occur. The only time they're not occupied is between Jan/Feb and late March.
There's plenty of room to build a baseball ballpark and a football stadium in that coliseum parking lot. Build some nice shops and bars and it will be packed with fans
as long as people continue to pay the ridiculous amount of money to attend just one game of the major sports, then the cycle will continue. Players get paid hundreds of millions for 5-10 yrs service, how does any owner pay for that?? Not out of pocket, it's YOU, the ticket buyer that lets it continue. Where/when does it end, I don't know. I can only say that I can't afford a Knicks game or $10 water.
Saw a few games. especially A's. But I also went to Day on the Green by Bill Grahm presents. "Monster of Rock" 5-6 bands for like 12 bucks back in the late 70s and early 80s. Great Memories. I wonder what they'll do to the Collusium and to the Oricle. Prime real estate near 880/80. It will be missed. I guess the Oricle Stadium next to it will also be going bye bye. :( great concerts, and 2 Warrior games I went to in the mid 70s)
The Athletics are planning to move to another stadium in Oakland in the 2020's. If they actually moved out of Oakland, they would probably move to San Jose which is still technically the SF Bay area.
I've got to say that "beautiful" is an understatement for PNC. First time I ever went to Pittsburgh I drove past the stadium on my way in from the airport. With the backdrop of the buildings across the river, it looked like an artist's conception of what the ballpark would actually look like
0:56 "50 Years ago, this place was an absolute gem" Proceeds to ignore, this huge parking lot surrounding the facility. Everything that's wrong with America's land use and urban sprawl is in this frame. No one walks to the stadium. No one lives near it. Built for 8 games a year. The rest of the time, the stadium and the parking lot sit there....a complete waste of space within the urban fabric.
No, it wasn't built for 8 games a year. The Oakland A's played there too, as the video stated, it was a multi-use stadium. They also had many concerts there, back when there were a lot of bands that could fill a place like that. The coliseum was built before BART, hence the massive parking lots, people had to drive to the events. That's how it was in most cities then, public transportation has come a long ways since then.
It has nothing to do with the tech and everything to do with maintenance. Lambeau Field is doing great in a significantly worse climate. It's 61 years old and up to date. It's all about putting the proper money into the stadium from the owners standpoint. The people own the Packers, so go figure.
Just went to the final event at RFK Stadium, DC United lost to NY Red Bulls, paint peeling, one men's room out of order, but tons of memories good and bad as United moves to soccer specific Audi Field in Buzzards Point next season.
I’ve only been here once, on my Honeymoon. It was perfectly fine them. It was spartan, dated and had that horrible outfield. At the time I felt as though it could be upgraded up to be modern once again. The best option of course to just build a new, baseball only field. The arena will be torn down and likely the stadium. This would make an excellent shopping mall, entertainment facility, office or factory to bring Jones to Oakland. The area has parking and highway infrastructure as well as public transport. I hope the area doesn’t just sit there toting away.
If you notice in the aerial shot the football gridiron goes parallel to the baseball diamond with the end zones by the foul lines. But if you look at this 1972 World Series video the gridiron lines go straight out from home plate to the outfield. th-cam.com/video/-qfa1mAmKMo/w-d-xo.html
im fairly certain any new A's stadium will built right next to the old. while it lacks the views and downtown feel of att, its easily the most accessible, affordable, and feasible option. since it does lack the view and proximity to downtown oakland, they better do a damn good job bc it will almost certainly be considered inferior to att park as soon aa it opens. I wish there more political will and competents to facilitate a stadium on lake merrit at the laney college/ Kaiser center site. that would be my 1st choice and only other location that is serves by transit.
I came to A's games in 65 and beyond. Campy, Rudi, Jackson, Odom, Hunter, Fingers, Bando, Green, North, to Henderson, Stewart, Welch..thanks for the great time!
This stadium is a big reason why I became an A's fan. The low payroll, blue collar A's and their dump of a stadium in the ghetto were a nice contrast to the fancy, high-payroll Giants in their downtown, bay side cathedral.
Lmao not to mentions the As mediocre players. Reply to me when the As go to the post season bud.
Giants have a beautiful stadium.
Mudbone gaming going to the post season this next month BUD!
Mudbone gaming bet you’re feeling pretty stupid right about now
Mudbone gaming L
Not one mention of all those historical Day On The Green’s?!?
Led Zeppelin, The Stones, AC/DC,Aerosmith, Van Halen, just about every band worth a damn in the 70’s & early 80’s played at the Coliseum!
Even if you weren’t actually there you could hear the music for miles around! Sitting in the quiet Oakland hills while U2 played was priceless, literally!!
Those were fun times for concerts at Day on the Green. All the greatest bands passed through here not to mention Pink Floyd, Santana, Skynerd,frampton and on and on
True. The greatest rock bands in the world played there in the 70’s. Great memories!
Lynyrd Skynyrd in ‘77
I was lucky to attend concerts there. I saw Earth Wind & Fire there in 1988, when they were still working their magic.
Don’t forget “Frampton Comes Alive “ was recorded there.
Many memorable games have been played on that field. Best fans in pro sports. My Uncle Erle Reese first took me to see the Raiders play there in 1979. Attended many games since then. Love the Raiders. RIP Uncle.
I'm 53 and remember it and saw many good games and concerts there... I will miss it. Thanks for the memories!
Oakland Coliseum is the only remaining stadium housing both an NFL and MLB team
not anymore
Let's not forget the Oakland Invaders of the USFL.
Sorry, not in 2020
Yet you have never been anywhere near Rome nor the Oakland Colisuem stop repeating what you see other morons say on the internet & try thinking for yourself
Booba Jooba I've been to Oakland many times and went to see bunch of Oakland and GS games the coliseum is really aging and it isn't well hidden either
Look at all that land AROUND the complex. CRAZY! Fond memories of both those places. Disney on Ice, A's gamea and the best time, a DAY ON THE GREEN in the summer of 1982. Gamma, Santana, The Tubes, Toto & Journey as the headliner during their ESCAPE tour. Absolute magic!!!
I am a Vikings fan...I really feel for the Raider fans, I hate that they are leaving...sad
Yeah, I like the raiders a bit too. SKOL Vikes
“Old thing was once new” W O W
Deadpan Dan no shit Sherlock
The greed of sports makes these facilities 'obsolete'. How many buildings or houses are at least 50 years old? Now 20 year old stadiums and arenas are torn down. Atlanta, Arlington and arenas in Orlando and Charlotte.
Steven Hamburg
How can you call it greed? Are owners wealthy? Yes. But they didn't get rich by being dumb. Professional sports is a business, and in business there's competition. They are simply trying to compete for the disposable income of Americans. Back in day going to a baseball or football game was common simply because there wasn't alot to do otherwise and TV sucked. Now there's high definition TV with a million camera angles, there's Netflix, etc. In the 70s it was going to a ball game or going bowling.
It's about how you maintain them Wrigley and Fenway are great because they take care of they shit
Here is a brand new team and a shiny new stadium for you. Even though the team is of no economic benefit to the city, the taxpayers will end up paying for it for the next 50 years. This corporate welfare scam, with the help of corrupt city officials, is all about redistributing wealth from the middle class to rich.
Having been to many concerts in Orlando at the old arena, the biggest problem was the bathrooms. They were only placed in the "corners" of the arena. I am sure they could have alleviated that problem without building a new arena. It was impossible to go to the bathroom. I went to many events in the many Atlanta stadiums (Phillips, GA Dome, Turner). It was a crime that they rebuilt them. There was nothing wrong.
Steven Hamburg it’s just business
Awesome report Wilson. Many thanks !
One day in the mid ‘90s I drove up to the O and the gate was open. I walked in, saw nobody and went and sat in the stands at the 50 yard line. It was an awesome Bay Area fall day and I was the only one there. I sat there for almost an hour just relaxing. IMO, I think it’s the best football stadium in the NFL if you’re sitting near the field. Just my opinion. Reliant Stadium in Houston feels like a concrete box and the roof is always closed. I hate it. The O may be dilapidated now, but back in the ‘70s, on a nice No. Cal Sunday afternoon, watching the Raiders win, what could have been better?
Oakland has already lost the Raiders, and most likely the A's as well.
They lost the warriors the lost the raiders next they're gonna lose their dignity
I thought the A’s were actually gonna get a new stadium. That would be sad if it falls through.
@TheHabsSuck4Ever I like your username
The Raiders are gonna move to Las Vegas
The Warriors moved to the downtown San Francisco
And the A’s might move cities but they are planning to make a new Stadium
Zac Barker the warriors didn’t move to “downtown SF” they moved to San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood
Dayum. I didn't know the Coliseum was the same age I am. My uncle lived a couple of miles from it and one time when my folks and I went up to visit him we got up on his roof to see the Fourth of July fireworks show. Unfortunately, as a lot of the other people have commented it pretty much is obsolete and it looks like it has fallen into disrepair.
The most unfortunate thing about this piece is that it pretty much shows how a lot of stadiums get declared obsolete even 20 years into their usefulness. I look at what happened in Atlanta. The Georgia Dome and Turner Field were considered state of the art when they were built in the mid-90's and played a big role in Atlanta getting the 1996 Olympics. In fact, they still looked in great condition as late as a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, both stadiums are scheduled to be demolished in the near future. Here in Los Angeles we still have Dodger Stadium, which just finished its 55th year of operation as well as the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl, which some people might call antiques but are still going strong. And we also have Anaheim Stadium which turned 50 last year.
I was born in 1960. I remember when it was being built. As a child, my family went to see the Ice Follies there, but they had problems starting, so we went to the outdoor arena and watched a soccer game instead. Over the next 2 decades, I saw several shows there.
I left California in 1994, and pretty much forgot about the Colleseum. Though I despise Oakland, I find it sad such a magnificent building is crumbling into ruin.
Al Davis took away one of the greatest stadium backdrops in sports. Before then, those hills made the Coliseum Dodger Stadium North.
Same thing happened to Angel Stadium in Anaheim when the Rams moved in back in 1979. Took away the great views past center field. Luckily the views were restored by Disney after the Rams left.
Life in the 413 Also with Qualcomm stadium (now SDCCU Stadium) after the renovations in the 90's. Had a very nice view of the mountains and everything.
John Laszek,100%on the button.
@Thomas Lane The Dodgers had the luxury of building a stadium only ever intended for baseball; LA already had the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl in the late 50s when O'Malley came calling. The Multipurpose stadium made sense financially when it's built on taxpayer dollars (only one stadium needed instead of two or more). Trying to get a baseball diamond and a football rectangle to fit in the same space didn't work!
@Thomas Lane It was never needed for anything else, save an occasional concert. LA did have both the Olympic Coliseum and the Rose Bowl, which are ancient, but both MASSIVE. It's also well-situated, in that there's easy freeway access, which even in the late 1950s, when the Dodgers moved out west from Brooklyn, was a fact of SoCal life. There's plenty of "buffer" so that fans can park without being preyed upon, which was in that era a bane of urban ballparks. Also, the Dodgers own their park; just imagine how run-down Chavez Ravine would be if the City of Los Angeles ran it!
Shameful that it only lasted 50 years. The Colosseum in Rome still standing after thousands of years.
Shameful? They're replacing arenas from the 70's. A decade AFTER the Coliseum was built. For the Coliseum to still be active is remarkable.
Oakie mausoleum.
So. True
In pieces, and helped to stand up with modern help......
spareplanet The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is still standing.
Wilson, I always love your stories
spent alot of days back in the 70's watching the raiders in section 310. it's a dump but it's our dump. sad, just sad
I am Vikings fan and I feel for you...it sucks to invest your life into a team just to watch them leave. I really hate that Oakland is losing its team, what a great history they have there...sad
@@lickitup323 I agree! The Raiders belong in a coastal city too. Since when are there "Raiders" in the desert!
John, it's not a dump, it was remodeled in '95. Stop contributing to the propaganda. Do the fans need a billion dollar stadium to watch 8 games per year? No. I love my Raiders, but Oakland is a bankrupt, crime filled city with few redeeming qualities. I'm not surprised they can't hang on to an NFL franchise.
@Arthur Lockhart Jr. the city of Oakland is a shit show. Cant blame them for leaving
I love the pic at 1:44, all those cars are valuable collector's cars now.
It is a sad chapter in our lives to lose such glorious history. Just driving in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, I remember all the cool businesses, restaurants, sports teams, and institutions that used to exist and are now gone. In many different ways, our society is actually getting worse. Money is largely the driving force, but money has no soul. In fact, it many times removes it.
I somewhat share that sentiment. Authenticity is replaced by a meaningless sterility.
"...our society is actually getting worse" Might nominate you for a Rhodes Scholarship...
This was the home to 4 professional sports teams. The California Golden Seals of the NHL played there from 1967 to 1976
So glad that someone else noticed that omission!
Back in 1962 , when the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum Authority was established, the stadium and arena being approved, East Bay politics, while already somewhat liberal, were predominantly WHITE. The multi-use thing was seen as a cost-effective means of using an expensive facility; it wouldn't be until 1973 that a facility that had separate baseball and football stadiums was opened, in Kansas City. And yes, for its TIME, the Coliseum was indeed "State of the art". The Raiders, after making do for six seasons, sharing Kezar with the 49ers in 1960, using Candlestick at the Giants' sufferance in 1961, and then, wanting their East Bay identity, putting up Frank Youell Field on Chaney College land as a temporary football field that looked like it was built out of a "Tinker Toy" set. But it WORKED.
As East Bay politics got increasingly more liberal and more minorities participated, their interest in keeping major league sports franchises, let alone their COMPETENCE, was less and less. It's little wonder that Al Davis took his Raiders down south in 1982; he got fed up with the already deteriorating stadium and continued broken promises to build a football-only stadium in Oakland. Sadly, he got jerked around in LA as well, and at least got the Authority to build "Mount Davis", which made football halfway passable, but absolutely destroyed the ambiance of the place for baseball! And meanwhile, in the Arena, though it was renovated in 1996, the Warriors were also making do with an outdated facility. They did like the "Shark Tank" in San Jose (now the SAP center), and there was a serious bid to keep them there, but the "GSW" (an appropriate acronym for an Oakland-based franchise as it also means "GunShot Wound") couldn't get out of their contract until 2019. Again, neither Oakland nor Alameda County could get it together to keep the Warriors. The next blow, of course, was, after all too many attempts to find a different home for the As, so that the old semi-circle structure could be demolished, and a "mirror image' of Mt. Davis be built, to turn the place into a decent football stadium, the Authority signed the As up for a ten-year hitch, so the message was clear: the Raiders, if they wanted a better facility, had to go elsewhere. They have, and they'll be the problem of Las Vegas (knowing the Davis family, that's a "marriage" that's doomed...).
I can well imagine that when the As lease is up, there will still be NOTHING done to either re-do the Coliseum as a decent baseball-only park, hell, I expect to still see that ghastly apparition in the outfield in 2026! There can be many ways that the As can be kept in the Bay Area, including working out use of Oracle Park in SF for at least a season. But it won't happen, because the current political leadership is mired in liberal stupidity and race-based politics, which are a good deal of the reason the place is falling apart and is terribly mismanaged. And that will be sad, but...there is SACRAMENTO, which has a successful 20-year run thus far with its AAA-team, and the current ballpark, though seating only 10,500 (lawn 'seating' brings it up to 14,000), was designed with eventual expansion in mind. There's plenty of baseball-hungry fans in the greater Sacramento area that'd fill an A's stadium. And if Sac-town doesn't take its opportunity, there's plenty of other cities, like Portland, Salt Lake City, Charlotte, the Tidewater area, Louisville, and Indianapolis, which can readily support an MLB franchise.
Yes, the sad demise of a once-proud facility is mute testimony to the folly of liberalism and race-baiting politics.
Absolutely true my friend. Absolutely true.
Crumbling, decrepit, bankrupt. But enough about the NFL...
Stephen Hogan lol funny
Most of these 1960's and 1970's multi-sport stadiums were pretty crappy buildings to watch a game in, but each one has some history made inside it. When we tear them down we unfortunately throw away our connection to that history. Places like Lambeau Field and the LA Coliseum have real history and heritage attached to them. I think it is worth something to have a home field with that kind of deep tradition and history connected to it. We lose that connection to the past with disposable stadiums.
Absolutely right. I walked around this stadium off the BART when I was over there & it was huge even as I walked over the road/rail line & I'd been to the new Wembley. I wish I'd been able to go inside to get some pictures but it wasn't possible. So many teams are building identikit stadiums which might look modern now but can't compare with great old stands like at Dens Park in Dundee or places like Hillsborough,Goodison Park or all the demolished rugby league grounds. If they ever knocked Edgeley Park down & built a flat pack I'd never forgive them.You can't transport what happened there to a new place.
I will never stop loving that place
mannn😞
I liked it. Good views of the action, and a short walk from the train.
I was an avid Oakland Raiders fan, but when they moved to Vegas, that did it for me.
So here's what's crazy: The Atlanta Falcons are on their 3rd stadium since this thing was built: Atlanta Fulton County Stadium (which was shown in this video, The Georgia Dome and now Mercedes Benz Stadium. They really got their money's worth out of this thing.
Vikings as well. Met Stadium 1961-1981, Metrodome 1982-2013, (Borrowed the Gophers TCF Bank Stadium while US Bank was being built for 2014 and 2015 seasons, which was amazing by the way) US Bank Stadium 2016- present
you have to look at the fact that they hosted an olympics in atlanta too...
Robert Thomas Also dont forget Turner Field and now Suntrust Park :-)
And the falcons haven't accomplished much in their history
More like, the taxpayers in the cities who are on their third stadium since the Coliseum was built have been bent over and taken it up the ass. There is no reason the Raiders "need" a new stadium even now. Pro sports are a god damn racket.
I attended the very first A’s game at the coliseum, can’t blame them for leaving Oakland !
There was a beautiful view beyond the outfield before "Mount Davis" was erected.
James Gowin And now it just sits there with tarps over it because they can’t sell enough tickets.
A piece of monstrosity
That should be torn down and the stadium restored and the A's stay for another 40 years.
Hey, has anyone mentioned that the Seals played at the complex too?
Build whatever you want, just don't ask taxpayers to pay for it.
good luck with that
DISCO-INFERNO-70 then you will no longer have a NFL team.
OFN69583 you'll understand in 2020 when the Raiders are in Las Vegas, 😂
At least the residents of Oakland have a brain and refused to give handouts to the richest people on the planet to build a stadium. The same people who have no problem charging you $14.00 for beer which tastes worse than your own urine.
As for Vegas, their brains must be melting in the dessert sun. Like many other cities, Vegas will find out the hard way about the devastating results of corporate welfare.
DISCO-INFERNO-70 in NY the city receives $600 million in parking tickets and you know what? they lend it to the NY Mets back in the 2009 for the new stadium so these people will find a way to scoop it out our pockets n not their own.
So they have the money for a stadium, but can't repair a simple leak?
The number of times they would need repairs would eventually cost more than a new stadium
Alex Tomasone yeah but fixing a leak with a Pepsi cup doesn't look professional for a team that says they have the money (while the stadium is probably being build with taxpayer money)
Janno_O the NFL would build it themselves but Oakland refused to lease or sell the land to them, they instead will sell it to the A's
You must be new here, Welcome to california!
@@philliefan94 you're a moron.
I couldn’t get over the low cost to build the Coliseum. I thought it was a beauty back in the 70s. I wish they could fix the leaks and upgrade the electrical there. It would be nice to have one multipurpose around to remind people what it was like back in the 60s and 70s.
The greatest teams-the greatest games.The BEST SPORTS VENUE AT ITS TIME
grew up a Raider Fan caught hell for it but was always proud of it...why do you not fight to preserve the Raider Mystique.... Oakland County Coliseum was the place of legends....then you let it go and now Las Vegas!???......thanks A Lot! if So Davis was still here would not have happened
“Former Hall of famer Ronnie Lott”
I grew up in Oakland. "Elegance" was never a word I applied to the Oakland Coliseum.
Gotta love the old parks shea stadium, Riverfront stadium, 3 rivers, Municipal, astrodome , Tiger stadium, Memorial stadium?
I'm glad the architect explained the problem with multipurpose stadiums. When I was a kid I thought it was super cool that a stadium could either swivel seats from foul lines around to sidelines or pull out seats to make a sideline. I liked the baseball diamond in the football field in places like Oakland, San Diego, and Cleveland before they could put down sod when baseball season was over. But then you think about the fans who aren't close to home plate or between first and third base or right near the football sideline. All the rest of the fans were so far away from either sport. I went to a game at the Atlanta Fulton County Stadium and sat past third base. Our necks were turned hard right the whole ballgame because our seats were pointed at the center of the stadium, which was in shallow center field. That's when I realized multipurpose stadiums were a cool idea and when you were watching at home, but not so much when you were at the game. I hope the A's get their own park someday.
You still have the former "Sky Dome" in Toronto that hosts the Blue Jays and Argonauts which was the last of these multi-purpose behemoths to be built
The Argonauts have now moved to BMO Field.
Roger Centre is going away soon, too. That's more because the retractable dome concept was a failure, being more expensive in the long run to maintain.
@@jonathanpusar5931 True. Canada's falling dollar (vs. the US dollar) and the costs of Canadian mandated health care have already driven out FOUR AAA baseball teams and was part of the reason the Expos departed after the 2004 season (the other being that disaster called Olympic Stadium). It'd be a shame, because Toronto has the population and the economy to easily support the Blue Jays, but again, liberal politics has eroded the ability of that franchise to compete, and there's numerous baseball-hungry metros south of the border that can make them a better deal.
God bless the Oakland Coliseum!
And now the a's are probably leaving, oakland doesn't deserve a team
Beautiful
Yup. I will ALWAYS have fond memories of the place. It reflected it's community and it's people - hardworking, tough and in it for the long haul. The people that want prima donna palaces, I've never got. The Coliseum has had a wonderful history and served it's community well. The only real flaw in it, which isn't a design flaw is that it was built for a different era. Thus plumbing, electrical and wi-fi access is not modern. And you know what, I'm fine with that.
Why the top part of the stadium is always closed to people?
My first concert at the Coliseum was Genesis in 1986.
4:18 broken seat. Obviously deferred maintenance.
The formerly known as OAKLAND ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM especially benefited the Oakland A's in the 1970's with the style of baseball they played when they three=peated as world series champions. They were known for pitching and defense. Compared to shorter outfield walls like Yankee Stadium for lefties and Fenway Park for righties the coliseum had a deep outfield wall. Had a LOT of fly foul ball territory that were easy outs that otherwise were in the stands at Fenway Park and Yankee stadium. The Baltimore Oriels of the same era played similar ball they exploited the similarly large foul teritory at their former Memorial Stadium.
Fenway is exciting where the game REALLY isn't over 'till it's over.
Hey man, behind the bullpen field level seats for a 1:30 get-a-way game with about 3 thousand fans. It was perfect !!!
Could someone enlighten me: when Cal -Berkley was renovating their stadium, was there any talk about making the stadium attractive for the Raiders to play in? Was it feasible to build a new stadium adjacent to or on campus for both the Cal football team and the Raiders to play in?
Then they wouldn't have been the OAKLAND Raiders.
Not really. Cal's stadium is surrounded by the college and residential neighborhoods. There's nowhere to go.
It's not just teams but famous concerts that happened here
Cool perspective!
It is possible to make old stadiums still relevant if they are maintained properly: Dodger Stadium, Arrowhead Stadium, Fenway, Wrigley Field, Lambeau, etc. Up until the point Mt Davis went in, the Coliseum was still one of the better baseball stadiums around.
Can someone explain to me why they designed the center field stands/football stands so high and never use the seats? They're always covered with the tarp for baseball and football. why?
Mt Davis was built to house the LUXURY BOXES. They are, of course, useless for baseball (Who wants to sit in a luxury box in the outfield?) Mt Davis was a really dumb idea, but par for the course in a City run by incompetence.
Had the Coliseum been better maintained perhaps it wold not have become the armpit that it has. Dodger Stadium is several years older, and that is still considered to be a gem. Rather than junking the Coliseum why don't the two teams work on coming up with a proposal to renovate? That would cost much less. Lastly, personal opinion, why don't they start with getting rid of that upper deck where they can't sell the seats and have them covered with that tarp that screams to the world that they can't sell those seats. That would be a good place to start in my opinion.
Sounds like a plan to me. Now if only we can stop letting morons make decisions for us.
I’ll be there the weekend. You should too.
Is it possible that the A's can construct a new baseball-only venue on the land adjacent to the Colosseum?
They mentioned complex being home to only 3 professional sports teams......
Oh how you forgot the fourth!
The Seals!
Don Davis nobody remembers soccer playing at the Coliseum? 1967 Oakland clippers out of the National Professional Soccer League won a championship and the 1978 Oakland Stompers out of the North American Soccer League. The Oakland Stompers were at the Coliseum for just one season, but I remember them.
The Invaders too, when their QB was Bobby Hebert.
There was also the Oakland Oaks of the ABA and the Oakland Invaders of the USFL.
Green Bay rebuilds the stadium around the historic Lambeau Field . The fans wouldn’t let them move it! It’s a fun stadium to be in.
Didn't the Seals hockey team also play at the Coliseum complex?
i thot the seals played in a place called the cow palace?
LLB999888777 that's sharks
And so did the ABA's Oakland Oaks, who actually brought the Bay Area's first professional sports championship in the late 60's with Rick Barry jumping shop on the Warriors. Singer Pat Boone was one of the owners
And again history repeats it self. The raiders are going to have the State of the Art stadium in Las Vegas.
Finally!
Vegas and the raiders go together like peanut butter and jelly
I’m really hoping that Oakland can build a state of the art stadium with 80,000 seats to lure back the Raiders from Las Vegas because Vegas has the Vipers for XFL and might lose interest in the Raiders especially if Vipers wins a championship first year in the XFL. I really believe with the 49ers stadium issues with Levi’s and with the possibility of relocating to Utah and that the Raiders can potentially claim the whole bay for themselves. I really believe we can get the Raiders back in Oakland but a few things will have to take place first and foremost mark davis will have to sell the team to a San Francisco based individual so and that way we have someone that priorities the Bay Area next we’re going to need somewhere to play in the meantime while the new stadium is being built in Oakland im thinking maybe using the old current Coliseum while the new one is being built next door to it similar to how Atlanta built Mercedes Benz Stadium next to the Georgia Dome while playing at the dome.
Life time Braves fan....always love Atlanta stadium...between 1966 and 1975....before it become Atlanta Fulton county stadium....changes were made after Ted Turner purchased the club, and it was never the same place, like during the Aaron years...like the steel foul pole mess towers, all baby blue beautiful wooden seats, a lot of foul ground...miss it to this date, 02/21...thank you, BCM
Now, as of February 23rd 2019, it looks like the Traiders will be playing in the Mausoleum for one more season possibly two.
The neighboring arena has the coolest exterior design. I have always thought so. I really worry if they are going to tear it down once the Warriors leave it.
Compared to some other arenas like MSG, our Northlands Coliseum here in Edmonton, or heck, even the frickin' Joe (Joe Louis Arena); the Oracle looks so modern.
New Name They will probably build some type of cookie cutter residential development
Coliseum arena was called "The Jewel Box" at one time.
What do you think is cool about it? I always thought it was really unique too.
its shocking to me how short the life span of these arenas are in regards to the materials used.
Coliseums: Distracting the masses since 70 AD.
I agree
Reggie & The A's had some great day's there
Same situation as the stadium down south in San Diego. That's why both teams left their towns. The difference is San Diego offered the Chargers a new stadium next to the old one but the team wanted to be in the downtown area. The Raiders were offered NOTHING by Oakland.
I remember 10+ years ago when the final stages were in place to demolish old Busch Stadium and start the construction of our now new ballpark. While the new Busch Stadium is wonderful, it doesn't have that same "coliseum" feel that old Busch Stadium had. While not ideal for viewing the game, because so many seats sat so far away from the field, the stadium felt even larger than it actually was because it housed some 56,000+ fans. The new stadium is wonderful and offers a picturesque view of the downtown skyline, but doesn't have that "larger than life" feel of old Busch. I think that above all else is what I miss most about the old stadium.
Yes, but that's what they said when Sportman's Park was demolished.
Going with the ever decreasing attention span of Americans (millennials?) the sports "experience" is now one of constant activity somewhere in the stadium. The days of a person actually going to a baseball or football game to WATCH the game died out with the jumbotron. Most new stadiums seem to be using Buffalo Wild Wings as their business model
Next year GSW will leave the oracle arena. Just sad.
Every stadium at one point was "State-Of-The-Art". The problem with stadiums that have two tenants is that there's no time for renovations to occur. The only time they're not occupied is between Jan/Feb and late March.
Not all of them! Have you ever seen Schaefer Stadium?
Washington DC's RFK Stadium still stands and is used today.
Too small for football, too weird for baseball.
There's plenty of room to build a baseball ballpark and a football stadium in that coliseum parking lot. Build some nice shops and bars and it will be packed with fans
1:34 The Blues Brothers try to convince a motorist to go to the concert.
Brad C looks like it
Hahahahaha good catch!! They're on a mission from God!!
They don't think there is a connection between the fact that it was built on the cheap and now it's crumbling before its time is up?
It makes more sense when football and soccer teams share their stadium like in Seattle
as long as people continue to pay the ridiculous amount of money to attend just one game of the major sports, then the cycle will continue. Players get paid hundreds of millions for 5-10 yrs service, how does any owner pay for that?? Not out of pocket, it's YOU, the ticket buyer that lets it continue. Where/when does it end, I don't know. I can only say that I can't afford a Knicks game or $10 water.
I remember when George Blanda & Reggie Jackson used to rule the beautiful Coliseum. Oh, those were the days
Saw a few games. especially A's. But I also went to Day on the Green by Bill Grahm presents. "Monster of Rock" 5-6 bands for like 12 bucks back in the late 70s and early 80s. Great Memories. I wonder what they'll do to the Collusium and to the Oricle. Prime real estate near 880/80. It will be missed. I guess the Oricle Stadium next to it will also be going bye bye. :( great concerts, and 2 Warrior games I went to in the mid 70s)
Wow it looks like Dodger stadium without Mount Davis.
2:07 Four actually-the NHL California Golden Seals played at the Oakland Arena from 1967-1976.
the A's need a better stadium for themselves. something not that big like Pittsburgh Pirates PNC stadium.
A's need to move. Does the bay area really need two baseball teams?
As a Pittsburgh native l I can tell you the Pirates do not deserve that beautiful ballpark. In my opinion, we’re not a baseball town anymore.
Marcos Lopez They wanted to be a West Coast team the whole time.
The Athletics are planning to move to another stadium in Oakland in the 2020's. If they actually moved out of Oakland, they would probably move to San Jose which is still technically the SF Bay area.
I've got to say that "beautiful" is an understatement for PNC.
First time I ever went to Pittsburgh I drove past the stadium on my way in from the airport. With the backdrop of the buildings across the river, it looked like an artist's conception of what the ballpark would actually look like
0:56 "50 Years ago, this place was an absolute gem"
Proceeds to ignore, this huge parking lot surrounding the facility.
Everything that's wrong with America's land use and urban sprawl is in this frame.
No one walks to the stadium. No one lives near it. Built for 8 games a year. The rest of the time, the stadium and the parking lot sit there....a complete waste of space within the urban fabric.
No, it wasn't built for 8 games a year. The Oakland A's played there too, as the video stated, it was a multi-use stadium. They also had many concerts there, back when there were a lot of bands that could fill a place like that. The coliseum was built before BART, hence the massive parking lots, people had to drive to the events. That's how it was in most cities then, public transportation has come a long ways since then.
Yep you are correct. Forgot about baseball. I'm too use to stadium that are football only.
Ideally you want to do what Verizon Center did in DC
Baseball, football, concerts, monster trucks, I've seen is all there....... that's a bit more then 8 games a year !!
It has nothing to do with the tech and everything to do with maintenance.
Lambeau Field is doing great in a significantly worse climate. It's 61 years old and up to date. It's all about putting the proper money into the stadium from the owners standpoint. The people own the Packers, so go figure.
See y’all in Vegas!
Nothing personal lol
The A's are gonna love their new stadium.
and people want to bitch about Tropicana Field???
Suzisweetie why?
it's the 2nd worst stadium in mlb.
Just went to the final event at RFK Stadium, DC United lost to NY Red Bulls, paint peeling, one men's room out of order, but tons of memories good and bad as United moves to soccer specific Audi Field in Buzzards Point next season.
'If you drive by slowly it almost looks like the Roman Coliseum" HaHaHaHa
More like if you drive by it quickly and don't look at it too long haha.
Wow! I was wondering what Eric Idle was up to these days.
I’ve only been here once, on my Honeymoon. It was perfectly fine them. It was spartan, dated and had that horrible outfield.
At the time I felt as though it could be upgraded up to be modern once again. The best option of course to just build a new, baseball only field.
The arena will be torn down and likely the stadium. This would make an excellent shopping mall, entertainment facility, office or factory to bring Jones to Oakland. The area has parking and highway infrastructure as well as public transport.
I hope the area doesn’t just sit there toting away.
If you notice in the aerial shot the football gridiron goes parallel to the baseball diamond with the end zones by the foul lines. But if you look at this 1972 World Series video the gridiron lines go straight out from home plate to the outfield.
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Saw my first A’s n Raiders game n 71
I’ll only ever know it as O.co coliseum
use this vacant stadium for your homeless damnit!!!
saw frampton there
“Former hall of famer”
I wonder if Ronnie Lott was disenshrined?
im fairly certain any new A's stadium will built right next to the old. while it lacks the views and downtown feel of att, its easily the most accessible, affordable, and feasible option. since it does lack the view and proximity to downtown oakland, they better do a damn good job bc it will almost certainly be considered inferior to att park as soon aa it opens. I wish there more political will and competents to facilitate a stadium on lake merrit at the laney college/ Kaiser center site. that would be my 1st choice and only other location that is serves by transit.
Well I’m glad I went there a year ago for the raiders home opener before they tear it down soon
I came to A's games in 65 and beyond. Campy, Rudi, Jackson, Odom, Hunter, Fingers, Bando, Green, North, to Henderson, Stewart, Welch..thanks for the great time!