13 Facts About Oakland Coliseum

Oakland Coliseum, currently branded as RingCentral Coliseum, is a stadium in Oakland, California.

Business and political leaders in Oakland Coliseum had long been in competition with neighboring San Francisco, as well as other cities in the West, and worked for Oakland Coliseum and its greater East Bay suburbs to be recognized nationally as a viable metropolitan area with its own identity and reputation, distinct and separate from that of San Francisco.

Oakland Raiders of the American Football League moved to Frank Youell Field, a makeshift stadium near downtown Oakland, in 1962, and the Coliseum was already being heralded in the local media as the Raiders' future permanent home.

Athletics dedicated the Oakland Coliseum's playing surface "Rickey Henderson Field" in honor of MLB Hall of Famer and former Athletic Rickey Henderson as part of Opening Day on April 3,2017.

The Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Authority gave its approval of the new naming-rights deal on May 31,2019 pending formal approval from Major League Baseball.

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Plans for the Oakland Coliseum location fell through in early 2006 when several of the owners of the land proposed for the new ballpark decided not to sell.

On September 3,2014, the city of Oakland claimed it had reached a tentative deal to build a new football stadium in Oakland, which would have resulted in the Coliseum being demolished.

In December 2018, the city of Oakland Coliseum sued the Raiders and all the other NFL teams for millions in unpaid debts and financial damages, which prompted Raiders management to declare that the team was leaving after the 2018 season.

Oakland Coliseum hosted the 1971 East–West Shrine Game on January 2,1971.

In 1989, the Athletics won their 4th Series since moving to Oakland Coliseum, sweeping the San Francisco Giants in the earthquake-interrupted "Battle of the Bay" Series.

Also part of the new lease, the Oakland Coliseum Authority agreed to pay $1million a year, with five percent annual increases, into a fund to maintain the stadium.

The Oakland Coliseum was more spacious than Fenway or Wrigley, and while its expansive foul territory put fans at a distance it allowed them more opportunities to see great catches by fielders.

In February 2013, the Oakland Raiders announced that they would cover 11,000 seats in the Mount Davis section with a tarp; this reduced capacity to 53,250, making the coliseum by far the smallest in the NFL in seating capacity for its final years in the league.