Oracle Park

Oracle Park
AT&T Park on July 24, 2016
Earlier names
Pacific Bell Park (2000–2003) SBC Park (2004–2006) AT&T Park (2006–2018)
Data
place	24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco , California 94107
Coordinates	37 ° 46 '42.1 "  N , 122 ° 23' 23.7"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 46 '42.1 "  N , 122 ° 23' 23.7"  W.
owner	China Basin Ballpark Corp.
operator	San Francisco Baseball Associates LP
start of building	December 11, 1997
opening	March 31, 2000
surface	Natural grass (Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass )
costs	357 million US dollars
architect	Populous
capacity	Baseball: 41,915 seats (since 2007) 41,606 seats (2006) 41,584 seats (2005) 41,503 seats (2003-2004) 41,059 seats (2001-2003) 40,930 seats (2000) NCAA football: 45,000 seats (2011) 7-a-side rugby: 42,000 seats
playing area	Left Field - 364 ft (111 m) Left-Center Field - 404 ft (123 m) Center Field - 399 ft (122 m) Right-Center Field - 421 ft (128 m) Right Field - 365 ft (111 m)
Societies)
San Francisco Giants ( MLB , since 2000) San Francisco Demons ( XFL , 2001) California Redwoods ( UFL , 2009) California Golden Bears ( NCAA - college football , 2011)
Events
Redbox Bowl (NCAA college football, 2002-2013) 2002 World Series games 2010 World Series games 2012 World Series games 2014 World Series games MLB All-Star Game 2017 7th Rugby World Cup 2018

The Oracle Park is a baseball - Stadium in the American US city of San Francisco , California . This is where the San Francisco Giants from Major League Baseball (MLB) are based. The ball park was built directly on the San Francisco Bay . Before March 1, 2006, the stadium was called SBC Park , Pacific Bell Park until late 2003, and AT&T Park until early 2019 . Before that, Candlestick Park , a multipurpose stadium from 1960 in the southeast of the city, was the home ground of the Giants from 1960 to 1999 . The San Francisco 49ers ( NFL , 1971-2013) also played their home games there. The new arena for the Golden State Warriors ( NBA ) basketball team , the Chase Center, will be built by 2019 only about a mile south of Oracle Park .

history

The facility was completed in 2000 and since 1962 it was the first stadium in the USA to be completely privately financed. The construction costs amounted to 357 million  US dollars (now 519,617,476 US dollars).

features

Oracle Park has a reputation for being one of the National League's most pitcher-friendly baseball parks, as the depth of the outfield limits home runs, according to ESPN .

In 2010, the park was the first MLB stadium to be awarded the LEED silver certificate for ecological construction.

In 2014, PeTA declared the park the most vegetarian-friendly stadium in the MLB. In 2011, 2006 and 2005 the AT&T Park also took first place on the list.

Rightfield and McCovey Cove

The most striking feature of the stadium is the wall at Rightfield, which is 7.3 m (24  ft ) high. The wall was built in honor of former Giants player Willie Mays , who wore the number 24. Due to its proximity to San Francisco Bay , the Rightfield Wall is only 94 meters from Home Plate. The wall is made of brick, with arches that open to the bay beyond. There are four pillars with fountains on the wall. Jets of water jump from the four pillars at the end of the national anthem, during a home run or a victory for the Giants.

Behind the stands in Rightfield is the China Basin, part of San Francisco Bay called McCovey Cove. It was named after the famous Giants first baseman Willie McCovey.

The cola bottle and the glove

The Coca-Cola Fan Lot is located behind the Leftfield grandstand. The baseball field has a 24-meter-long Coca-Cola bottle with playground slides that lights up every time the Giants home run. Directly to the right of the bottle is an oversized representation of a glove, the "Giant 1927 Old-Time Four-Fingered Baseball Glove". The glove is made of steel and glass fiber reinforced plastic .

Wireless internet

Starting in 2004, the Giants installed 122  wireless Internet connections that covered all areas and seats, and at that time created one of the largest public hotspots in the world.

Events

The MLB All-Star Game took place here on July 11, 2007, the most important baseball event in the USA after the World Series . On July 10th there was the home run derby and on July 11th the game between the All-Star teams of the National League and the American League .

Soccer games

The United States national soccer team played a friendly against Japan in 2006 at the Giants' stadium . In 2012, the MLS regular league game between the Houston Dynamo and the San Jose Earthquakes took place in the ballpark. There were also two games of the World Football Challenge and the International Champions Cup. In March 2012 there was a match between the teams from Mexico and Senegal that qualified for the Olympic football tournament .

• February 10, 2006: United States - Japan 3: 2 ( Friendly Match )  
• 16 July 2011: Club America - Manchester City 0: 2 ( World Football Challenge 2011 )
• 17th Mar 2012: San Jose Earthquakes - Houston Dynamo 0: 1 ( MLS 2012 )
• July 31, 2013: Juventus - Everton 5: 6 i. E., 1: 1 ( ICC 2013 )

7-a-side rugby

In 2018, the 7th Rugby World Cup took place in AT&T Park .

Concerts (selection)

The AT&T Park is also used as a concert arena. In 2012, the Vans Warped Tour stopped at the stadium on June 23 . Here occurred You Me at Six , Yellow Card , We the Kings , We Are the In Crowd , The Used , Twin Atlantic , transit , Tonight Alive , Title Fight , Taking Back Sunday , Streetlight Manifesto , Senses Fail , Kristopher Roe , Rise to Remain , Anthony Raneri , Polar Bear Club , Of Mice & Men , New Found Glory , Motionless in White , Memphis May Fire , Mayday Parade , Man Overboard , Make Do and Mend , A Loss for Words , I Am the Avalanche , The Ghost Inside , Four Year Strong , Every Time I Die , Born of Osiris , Blessthefall , Bayside , Anti-Flag , All Time Low and After the Burial . Since the Candlestick Park was closed in 2014, more and more concerts have been held in the park.

• 2000: Joe Satriani
• 2001: Dave Matthews Band , Angélique Kidjo , Macy Gray
• 2002: The Rolling Stones , Sheryl Crow
• 2003: Bruce Springsteen
• 2005: Dave Matthews Band, The Black Eyed Peas , Jem , Green Day , Jimmy Eat World , Flogging Molly , The Rolling Stones, Metallica , Everclear
• 2006: Delirious?
• 2007: Counting Crows
• 2008: LeAnn Rimes , Kenny Chesney , Luke Bryan , Brooks & Dunn , Gary Allan ,
• 2009: Strung Out , Miranda Lambert , Lady Antebellum , Kenny Chesney
• 2010: Paul McCartney
• 2011: Train , The Beach Boys
• 2012: Jefferson Starship , Roger Waters , Moonalice
• 2013: Pitbull , Demi Lovato , Adam Lambert , Michael Franti , Moonalice, Train, Imagine Dragons , Green Day, Blondie
• 2014: Gregg Allman , James Hetfield , Katy Perry , Neon Trees , Alabama Shakes , Billy Joel , Gavin DeGraw , Vintage Trouble , AC / DC
• 2015: Metallica, Cage the Elephant , James Hetfield, P! Nk , OneRepublic , The Killers
• 2016: Silversun Pickups , The Struts , Guns n 'Roses , Tower of Power , Santana , Steve Miller Band , Journey , The Doobie Brothers , Sting , Gwen Stefani
• 2017: Weezer , Kelly Clarkson , Aloe Blacc , James Taylor , Bonnie Raitt , James Hetfield, Lady Gaga , Ellie Goulding , The Chainsmokers , Lenny Kravitz , Raphael Saadiq , Rancid , Metallica, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds , G-Eazy , Dead & Company , Decades
• 2018: Kirk Hammett , Steve Miller Band, Ziggy Marley , Christina Aguilera , The Chainsmokers, Snow Patrol , Ed Sheeran , Anne-Marie , Eagles , The Doobie Brothers, Zac Brown Band , Journey, Foreigner , Def Leppard , Portugal. The Man , Bleachers , Beck

Audience numbers

season	cut	total	Place in comparison of the NL
2000	40,973	3,318,800	1.
2001	40,888	3,311,958	1.
2002	40.163	3,253,203	1.
2003	40,307	3,264,898	1.
2004	39,718	3,256,854	3.
2005	39,272	3,181,023	3.
2006	38,646	3,130,313	4th
2007	39,793	3,223,215	5.
2008	35,356	2,863,837	7th
2009	35,335	2,862,110	7th
2010	37,499	3,037,443	5.
2011	41,819	3,387,303	2.
2012	41,696	3,377,371	2.
2013	41,593	3,369,106	3.
2014	41,589	3,368,697	3.
2015	41,678	3,375,882	3.
2016	41,546	3,365,256	3.
2017	40,785	3,303,652	3.
2018	38,965	3,156,185	4th

Splash hits

Splash hits are home runs struck by Giants players in McCovey Cove (named after Willie McCovey , with the Giants from 1959 to 1980), part of San Francisco Bay. It is located directly behind the stands in the rightfield.

No.	Batter	date	opponent	Pitcher
1.	Barry Bonds	0May 1, 2000	New York Mets	Rich Rodriguez
2.	Barry Bonds	May 10, 2000	St. Louis Cardinals	Andy Benes
3.	Barry Bonds	May 10, 2000	St. Louis Cardinals	Heathcliff Slocumb
4th	Barry Bonds	May 24, 2000	Montreal Expos	Mike Thurman
5.	Barry Bonds	July 19, 2000	San Diego Padres	Brian Meadows
6th	Barry Bonds	Sep 20 2000	Cincinnati Reds	Steve Parris
7th	Barry Bonds	Apr 17, 2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	Terry Adams
8th.	Barry Bonds	Apr 18, 2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	Park Chan-ho
9.	Barry Bonds	May 24, 2001	Colorado Rockies	John Thomson
10.	Felipe Crespo	May 28, 2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	Bret Prince
11.	Barry Bonds	May 30, 2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	Robert Ellis
12.	Barry Bonds	June 12, 2001	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Pat Rapp
13.	Felipe Crespo	0July 8, 2001	Milwaukee Brewers	Curt Leskanic
14th	Barry Bonds	0Aug 4, 2001	Philadelphia Phillies	Nelson Figueroa
15th	Barry Bonds	Aug 14, 2001	Florida marlins	Ricky Bones
16.	Barry Bonds	Aug 31, 2001	Colorado Rockies	John Thomson
17th	Barry Bonds	29 Sep 2001	San Diego Padres	Chuck McElroy
18th	Barry Bonds	May 13, 2002	Atlanta Braves	Kevin Millwood
19th	Barry Bonds	May 18, 2002	Florida marlins	Brad Penny
20th	Barry Bonds	May 18, 2002	Florida marlins	Vic Darensbourg
21st	Barry Bonds	08 Sep 2002	Arizona Diamondbacks	Brian Anderson
22nd	Barry Bonds	28 Sep 2002	Houston Astros	Jeriome Robertson
23.	Barry Bonds	Oct 12, 2002	St. Louis Cardinals	Chuck Finley
24.	Barry Bonds	Apr 14, 2003	Houston Astros	Wade Miller
25th	Barry Bonds	Apr 30, 2003	Chicago Cubs	Matt Clement
26th	JT Snow	0June 5, 2003	Minnesota Twins	Kyle Lohse
27.	Barry Bonds	June 27, 2003	Oakland Athletics	Ted Lilly
28.	Jose Cruz, Jr.	0July 8, 2003	St. Louis Cardinals	Dan Haren
29	Barry Bonds	0Aug 8, 2003	Philadelphia Phillies	José Mesa
30th	Barry Bonds	Aug 19, 2003	Atlanta Braves	Ray King
31.	Barry Bonds	13 Sep 2003	Milwaukee Brewers	Doug Davis
32.	Barry Bonds	Apr 12, 2004	Milwaukee Brewers	Matt Kinney
33.	Barry Bonds	Apr 13, 2004	Milwaukee Brewers	Ben Ford
34.	Michael Tucker	May 30, 2004	Colorado Rockies	Joe Kennedy
35.	AJ Pierzynski	0July 6, 2004	Colorado Rockies	Denny Stark
36.	Barry Bonds	July 30, 2004	St. Louis Cardinals	Chris Carpenter
37.	Barry Bonds	0Aug 3, 2004	Cincinnati Reds	Cory Lidle
38.	Michael Tucker	0Aug 3, 2005	Colorado Rockies	Scott Dohmann
39.	Randy Winn	Sep 14 2005	San Diego Padres	Woody Williams
40.	Barry Bonds	Sep 18 2005	Los Angeles Dodgers	Kuo Hong-chih
41.	Barry Bonds	Aug 21, 2006	Arizona Diamondbacks	Liván Hernández
42.	Barry Bonds	Apr 18, 2007	St. Louis Cardinals	Ryan Franklin
43.	Ryan Klesko	May 21, 2007	Houston Astros	Trever Miller
44.	Ryan Klesko	June 29, 2007	Arizona Diamondbacks	Liván Hernández
45.	Barry Bonds	0Aug 8, 2007	Washington Nationals	Tim Redding
46.	Fred Lewis	Apr 26, 2008	Cincinnati Reds	Matt Belisle
47.	John Bowker	0July 2, 2008	Chicago Cubs	Ryan Dempster
48.	Andrés Torres	June 15, 2009	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	John Lackey
49.	Pablo Sandoval	July 30, 2009	Philadelphia Phillies	Rodrigo López
50.	Pablo Sandoval	29 Aug 2009	Colorado Rockies	Jason Marquis
51.	Aubrey Huff	0May 1, 2010	Colorado Rockies	Rafael Betancourt
52.	Aubrey Huff	0June 6, 2010	Baltimore Orioles	Jeremy Guthrie
53.	Andrés Torres	July 28, 2010	Florida marlins	Jorge Sosa
54.	Pablo Sandoval	Aug 12, 2010	Chicago Cubs	Randy Wells
55.	Pablo Sandoval	Sep 30 2010	Arizona Diamondbacks	Barry Enright
56.	Pablo Sandoval	04th July 2011	San Diego Padres	Ernesto Frieri
57.	Nate Schierholtz	0July 8, 2011	New York Mets	RA Dickey
58.	Pablo Sandoval	31 Aug 2011	Chicago Cubs	Rodrigo López
59.	Carlos Beltran	Sep 14 2011	San Diego Padres	Mat Latos
60.	Brandon Belt	27 Sep 2011	Colorado Rockies	Alex White
61.	Brandon Belt	June 14, 2012	Houston Astros	Wandy Rodríguez
62.	Brandon Belt	04th Sep 2012	Arizona Diamondbacks	Ian Kennedy
63.	Pablo Sandoval	May 12, 2013	Atlanta Braves	Kris Medlen
64.	Brandon Crawford	Apr 13, 2014	Colorado Rockies	Rex Brothers
65.	Tylor Colvin	May 12, 2014	Atlanta Braves	Gavin Floyd
66.	Brandon Crawford	May 14, 2014	Atlanta Braves	David Carpenter
67.	Travis Ishikawa	Sep 12 2014	Los Angeles Dodgers	Kevin Correia
68.	Brandon Belt	25 Sep 2014	San Diego Padres	Andrew Cashner
69.	Brandon Belt	0June 8, 2016	Boston Red Sox	David Price
70.	Denard Span	June 13, 2016	Milwaukee Brewers	Chase Anderson
71.	Denard Span	Aug 20, 2016	New York Mets	Bartolo Colón
72.	Brandon Belt	May 13, 2017	Cincinnati Reds	Lisalverto Bonilla
73.	Brandon Belt	June 10, 2017	Minnesota Twins	José Berríos
74.	Denard Span	07th July 2017	Miami Marlins	Dan Straily
75.	Denard Span	19th July 2017	Cleveland Indians	Carlos Carrasco
76.	Denard Span	Sep 11 2017	Los Angeles Dodgers	Kenta Maeda
77.	Pablo Sandoval	0Apr 4, 2018	Seattle Mariners	Félix Hernández
78.	Brandon Belt	15th May 2018	Cincinnati Reds	Tyler Mahle
79.	Stephen Vogt	09 Aug 2019	Philadelphia Phillies	Drew Smyly

More McCovey Cove home runs

These were scored by players of the opposing team, but do not count as splash hits.

No.	Batter	team	date	Pitcher of the Giants
1.	Todd Hundley	Los Angeles Dodgers	June 30, 2000	Robb Nen
2.	Luis Gonzalez	Arizona Diamondbacks	23 Sep 2000	Shawn Estes
3.	Mark Grace	Arizona Diamondbacks	May 28, 2001	Tim Worell
4th	Luis Gonzalez	Arizona Diamondbacks	May 30, 2002	Kirk Rueter
5.	Ryan Klesko	San Diego Padres	0Apr 9, 2003	Ryan Jensen
6th	Choi Hee-seop	Florida marlins	Apr 30, 2004	Kevin Correia
7th	Corey Patterson	Chicago Cubs	0Aug 7, 2004	Tyler Walker
8th.	Cliff Floyd	New York Mets	Aug 21, 2004	Brett Tomko
9.	Russell Branyan	Milwaukee Brewers	Apr 23, 2005	Brett Tomko
10.	Larry Walker	St. Louis Cardinals	0July 8, 2005	Jason Schmidt
11.	Carlos Delgado	Florida marlins	July 23, 2005	Brad Hennessey
12.	Cliff Floyd	New York Mets	Apr 25, 2006	Jamey Wright
13.	Carlos Delgado	New York Mets	Apr 26, 2006	Matt Morris
14th	Carlos Delgado	New York Mets	0May 9, 2007	Matt Morris
15th	Adam LaRoche	Pittsburgh Pirates	Aug 11, 2007	Tim Lincecum
16.	Lance Berkman	Houston Astros	May 16, 2007	Vinnie Chulk
17th	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers	July 19, 2008	Osiris Matos
18th	Brian Giles	San Diego Padres	Aug 24, 2008	Kevin Correia
19th	Miguel Montero	Arizona Diamondbacks	29 Sep 2009	Jonathan Sánchez
20th	David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	June 27, 2010	Tim Lincecum
21st	Adam LaRoche	Arizona Diamondbacks	27 Aug 2010	Tim Lincecum
22nd	Adam LaRoche	Arizona Diamondbacks	28 Aug 2010	Sergio Romo
23.	Rick Ankiel	Atlanta Braves	0Oct 8, 2010	Ramón Ramírez
24.	Dioner Navarro	Los Angeles Dodgers	July 20, 2011	Tim Lincecum
25th	Mitch Moreland	Texas Rangers	0June 9, 2012	Ryan bird song
26th	Domonic Brown	Philadelphia Phillies	0May 6, 2013	Madison Bumgarner
27.	Carlos González	Colorado Rockies	May 25, 2013	Barry Zito
28.	Garrett Jones	Pittsburgh Pirates	22 Aug 2013	Matt Cain
29	Carlos González	Colorado Rockies	Apr 11, 2014	Madison Bumgarner
30th	Yasmani Grandal	San Diego Padres	Apr 30, 2014	Tim Hudson
31.	Freddie Freeman	Atlanta Braves	May 12, 2014	Javier López
32.	Curtis Granderson	New York Mets	0June 8, 2014	Tim Lincecum
33.	Adam Dunn	Chicago White Sox	13 Aug 2014	Jake Peavy
34.	Corey Dickerson	Colorado Rockies	28 Aug 2014	Tim Hudson
35.	Ender Inciarte	Arizona Diamondbacks	0Sep 9 2014	Yusmeiro Petit
36.	Bryce Harper	Washington Nationals	0Oct 7, 2014	Hunter Strickland
37.	Cody ash	Philadelphia Phillies	July 11, 2015	Ryan bird song
38.	Ben Zobrist	Chicago Cubs	May 20, 2016	George account
39.	Joc Pederson	Los Angeles Dodgers	June 12, 2016	Hunter Strickland
40.	Curtis Granderson	New York Mets	19 Aug 2016	Johnny Cueto
41.	Chase Utley	Los Angeles Dodgers	Sep 12 2017	Johnny Cueto
42.	Matt Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	0July 8, 2018	Ray Black

Ryan Klesko is so far the only player who has hit a home run against the Giants as well as a splash hit in McCovey Cove as a Giants player .

gallery

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  The main entrance with a statue of Willie Mays with 24 palm trees for his jersey number 24

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  The wall at rightfield

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  Coca-Cola bottle and glove

and display information about the image

Panoramic view of AT&T Park in August 2006

Web links

Commons : AT&T Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com: Official website (English)
• ballparksofbaseball.com: AT&T Park (English)
• andrewclem.com: AT&T Park (English)
• setlist.fm: concert list of Pacific Bell Park , SBC Park and AT&T Park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ball parks. Populous, accessed August 30, 2014 . 
2. ↑ 2013 MLB Park Factors - Runs - Major League Baseball - ESPN. Retrieved October 31, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Sarah Buente: Making history at the AT & T Park, home to the San Francisco Giants. In: usgbc.org. US Green Building Council , November 5, 2014, accessed November 19, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Wifi | AT&T Park. Retrieved October 31, 2018 . 
5. ^ AT&T Park. In: andrewclem.com. Retrieved November 19, 2018 . 
6. ^ Franchise Attendance, Stadiums and More. In: baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference, accessed November 19, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Ballpark Information Splash Hits. In: mlb.com. Major League Baseball , accessed August 30, 2014 .