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Oakland Coliseum Concierge

Ballpark Nerd Rank: 29

Opened: 1966 Capacity: 35,067

Seating Chart, Ticket Prices & Ballpark Nerd Recommendations

Field Infield sections 109-125
Plaza Infield sections 210-211 & 215-224
Value Deck sections 316-318

September 19, 2004: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania With Great American Ballpark and Jacobs Field behind us, Mike and I had one more city to visit on our September Central Division Ballpark tour. After visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, we set out … [Read More...]

Petco Park

September 1, 2006: San Diego, California “Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale’s vagina.” – Ron Burgundy Self-proclaimed as “America’s Finest City,” San Diego has grown from a Naval … [Read More...]

Turner Field

April 10, 2005: Atlanta, Georgia I am not sure if it was the decade of Atlanta Braves dominance over my New York Mets or the Mets 0-5 record, but I wasn’t very excited to visit Atlanta during the Sun Belt Ballpark Tour. All of these notions were … [Read More...]

AT&T Park

August 29, 2007: San Francisco, California My introduction to San Francisco was in the late 1980’s. ABC’s Full House on Friday nights, the 49ers combination of Montana to Rice on Sundays, and (if I was lucky) Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat, … [Read More...]

Kauffman Stadium

September 3, 2005: Kansas City, Missouri After spending two relaxing days in Minneapolis, Mike and I were prepared for the “exciting” 450-mile drive to Kansas City, home of the world’s second-largest collection of water fountains, Arthur Bryant’s … [Read More...]