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Oracle Park

Oracle Park (then known as AT&T Park) in 2008
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Former names	Pacific Bong Park (2000–2003) SBC Park (2004–2005) AT&T Park (2006–2018)
Address	24 Willie Mays Plaza
Location	San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°46′43″N 122°23′21″W  /  37.77861°N 122.38917°Due west  / 37.77861; -122.38917 Coordinates: 37°46′43″North 122°23′21″W  /  37.77861°N 122.38917°W  / 37.77861; -122.38917
Public transit	2d and King 4th and Rex Gilt Gate Ferry: Larkspur San Francisco Bay Ferry: Alameda, Oakland, Vallejo
Owner	Port of San Francisco
Operator	San Francisco Baseball Associates LP
Capacity	Baseball: 41,915 (2007–nowadays) 41,606 (2006) 41,584 (2005) 41,503 (2003–2004)[one] 41,059 (2001–2003) 40,930 (2000) 1,500 standing-room capacity NCAA Football: 45,000 (2011)[2] Rugby sevens: 42,000
Record attendance	44,046 (2010 NLDS Game 2)
Field size	Left field line – 339 feet (103 m) Left field – 354 anxiety (108 thousand) Left-center field – 399 feet (122 m) Center field – 391 feet (119 g) Correct-center field – 415 feet (126 m) Correct field – 365 feet (111 m) Right field line – 309 anxiety (94 1000) Backstop – 48 feet (15 m) Fence meridian Left Field – viii feet (2 m) Eye Field – 7 feet (two thou) Expressionless Centre Field – x feet (3 one thousand) Right-Center Field – twenty feet (6 thousand) Right Field – 24 feet (vii m)
Surface	Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass
Construction
Broke ground	Dec 11, 1997; 24 years ago  (December eleven, 1997)
Opened	April xi, 2000; 22 years ago  (Apr 11, 2000)
Renovated	October 2019—June 2020
Construction cost	US$357 million (United states of america$562 meg in 2021 dollars[3])
Architect	HOK Sport[iv]
Project manager	Alliance Building Partners[5]
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti[half-dozen]
Services engineer	M-E Engineers, Inc.[seven]
Full general contractor	Hunt/Kajima[8]
Tenants
San Francisco Giants (MLB) (2000–present) San Francisco Demons (XFL) (2001) Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (NCAA) (2002–2013) California Redwoods (UFL) (2009) California Golden Bears (NCAA) (2011)

Oracle Park is a Major League Baseball stadium in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Since 2000, it has been the dwelling of the San Francisco Giants. Previously named Pacific Bell Park, SBC Park, and AT&T Park, the stadium's electric current proper noun was purchased by the Oracle Corporation in 2019.^[nine]

The stadium stands along the San Francisco Bay; the department of the bay beyond Oracle Park's right field wall is unofficially known equally McCovey Cove, in honor of former Giants role player Willie McCovey.

Oracle Park has as well hosted professional person and collegiate American football games. The stadium was the home of the annual college postseason bowl game now known equally the Redbox Bowl from its inaugural playing in 2002 until 2013, and besides served equally the temporary domicile for the University of California'due south football team in 2011. Professionally, it was the home of the San Francisco Demons of the XFL and the California Redwoods of the United Football game League.

Public transit access to the stadium is provided within San Francisco by Muni Metro or Muni Double-decker, from the Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley via Caltrain, and from parts of the Bay Area across the water via diverse ferries of San Francisco Bay. The Muni 2nd and King Station is straight outside the ballpark, the quaternary & King Caltrain station is 1.v blocks from the stadium, and the Oracle Park Ferry Final is outside the east border of the ballpark beyond the eye field bleachers.

History [edit]

Design and construction [edit]

Originally designed to be a 42,000-seat stadium, there were slight modifications before the terminal pattern was complete. When the ballpark was brought to the ballot box in the autumn of 1996 for voter approving, the stadium was xv° clockwise from its current position. Also the centre-field scoreboard was atop the right-field wall and the Giants Pavilion Edifice were two separate buildings.^[x] Groundbreaking on the ballpark began on December 11, 1997, in the industrial waterfront expanse of San Francisco known every bit Communist china Basin in the up-and-coming neighborhoods of Due south Embankment and Mission Bay. The stadium toll $357 million to build and supplanted the Giants' onetime home, Candlestick Park, a multi-employ stadium in southeastern San Francisco that was also home to the NFL'southward San Francisco 49ers until 2014, when they relocated to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. A team of engineers from UC Davis was consulted in the pattern process of the park, resulting in wind levels that are approximately half those at Candlestick. Fans had shivered through 40 seasons at "The 'Stick" and looked forward to warmer temperatures at the new ballpark.^[11] But because Oracle Park, like its predecessor, is built correct on San Francisco Bay, common cold summertime fog and winter jackets in July are yet non unusual at Giants games, despite the higher average temperature.

When it opened on March 31, 2000, the ballpark was the start MLB ballpark built without public funds since the completion of Dodger Stadium in 1962.^[12] Nevertheless, the Giants did receive a $x million tax abatement from the city and $eighty one thousand thousand for upgrades to the local infrastructure (including a connection to the Muni Metro).^[xiii] The Giants have a 66-year charter on the 12.5-acre (51,000 grand²) ballpark site, paying $i.2 one thousand thousand in rent annually to the San Francisco Port Commission.^[12] The park opened with a seating capacity of xl,800, but this has increased over time every bit seats have been added. In April 2010, the stadium became the get-go MLB ballpark to receive LEED Silver Certification for Existing Buildings, Operations and Maintenance.^[xiv]

Post-obit the 2019 flavor, the system began the procedure of relocating the bullpens from the starting time- and third base foul lines to behind the outfield walls in middle and right-centerfield. The motivation was 2-fold: to accost player safety issues that had arisen over the years past having the bullpen mounds in the field of play, and to slightly alter the dimensions of the park to perhaps increment, if ever-and so-slightly, the potential for dwelling runs in certain areas of the outfield,^[15] most notably in correct-heart field, affectionately known as Triples Alley (a blueprint feature meant equally an homage to the centerfield depth of the Giants sometime home in New York, The Polo Grounds). Prior to these modifications, multiple players both home and away had experienced various levels of injury sustained past tripping over the bullpen mounds while chasing foul balls. Most notably, former Giants outfield prospect Mac Williamson sustained a concussion during such a play that significantly altered his season.^[16]

Naming rights [edit]

On April 3, 1996, Pacific Bell, a telephone company serving California based in San Francisco, purchased the naming rights for the planned ballpark for $50 million for 24 years. The stadium was named Pacific Bell Park, or Pac Bell Park for curt.^[17]

Just days before the sponsorship was announced, SBC Communications had announced their intention to acquire Pacific Bell's parent company, Pacific Telesis, a deal which closed in April 1997. SBC eventually stopped using the Pacific Bell proper noun for marketing, and reached an agreement with the Giants to change the stadium's name to SBC Park on Jan 1, 2004.^[17]

After SBC bought AT&T Corporation on November 18, 2005, the name of the merged visitor became AT&T Inc. Every bit a result, in 2006 the stadium was given its third name in six years: AT&T Park.^[17]

A Giants' night game on September 25, 2018 vs. the San Diego Padres from a lower level view at Oracle Park

On Jan 9, 2019, it was reported that AT&T had given the Giants the option of ending the naming deal a twelvemonth early on, if the team could quickly find a new partner.^[18] The Giants and Oracle Corporation came to a rapid agreement, with the old AT&T Park signs being replaced with temporary Oracle Park banners on January 10.^[19]

2020 renovations [edit]

The Giants renovated the center field department of Oracle Park between October 2019 and June 2020.^{[20] [21]} The bullpens were moved from foul territory into center field, so the Giants decided to make their garden smaller to fit the bullpens backside the heart-field wall. With this renovation, the dimensions of the park accept slightly shrunk. Left-center was trimmed down from 404 feet to 399 feet, right-center (known as Triples Alley) was trimmed down from 421 feet to 415 feet (to represent the San Francisco area lawmaking), and dead-center was trimmed down the 399 anxiety to 391 feet, making it the second shortest dead-middle field distance in MLB, behind only Fenway Park in Boston.^[22] With this renovation, approximately 650 bleacher seats had to be removed, so the two terraces could exist congenital for fans to spotter the relief pitchers warm-up from up close.^[23] The center field wall shortened from 8 feet to vii feet, merely subsequently the Giants first exhibition of the 2020 flavour, the dead-middle field part of the wall (roofing the garden) was raised from seven feet to ten anxiety to improve visibility to the hitter.^[24]

Despite having the unique moniker of the least home-run friendly field over several seasons prior to the renovations, it's believed that these renovations were made to increase home run output from the Giants. The MLB has seen a surge in abode run production in recent years, and the Giants consistently ranked well towards the bottom in this category in big part because of Oracle Park's extreme reward to pitchers. This hurt the run production of Giants players and also discouraged ability hitters from wanting to play for the Giants. From 2017 to 2019, one of the common criticisms of the Giants was their lack of offensive output and unwillingness to adjust to a dwelling run-heavy crime. However, the Giants significantly improved in 2020, the get-go year the dimensions were moved in. Things would tendency upward with a massive bounciness-dorsum season in 2021; several Giants such as Brandon Belt and Mike Yastrzemski fueled the offense with more than home runs, especially to a shortened triple's alley (which was infamous for turning what would be a long HR in several ballparks into deep 420-foot+ flyouts, killing several promising San Francisco scoring opportunities in the by). Oracle Park even so ranks towards the bottom of the home run category, only this designation is not as consistent anymore.

Features [edit]

The 24-foot (seven.three m) high wall in right field

The stadium contains 68 luxury suites, 5,200 club seats on the social club level, and an additional 1,500 society seats at the field level behind home plate.

On the facing of the upper deck along the left-field line are the retired numbers of Bill Terry, Mel Ott, Carl Hubbell, Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda, Jackie Robinson, Willie McCovey, and Gaylord Perry, besides as the retired uniforms, denoted "NY", of Christy Mathewson and John McGraw who played or managed in the pre-number era. These two pre-number–era retired uniforms are among only six such retired uniforms in all of the Major Leagues.

Oracle Park has a reputation of being a pitcher's park and the most bullpen-friendly ballpark in the National League, because the depth of the outfield limits home runs, according to ESPN.^[25] ESPN's MLB Park Factors lists Oracle Park as having the fewest home runs per game 6 out of the by seven years, the one exception coming in 2013, when it was the third lowest.

Right field and McCovey Cove [edit]

The most prominent characteristic of the ballpark is the correct-field wall, which is 24 feet (7.3 m) high in honor of one-time Giants Willie Mays, who wore number 24. Because of the proximity to the San Francisco Bay, the right-field foul pole is only 309 feet (94.2 thou) from domicile plate, the shortest in the NL [only AL Fenway Park's is shorter, at 302 anxiety (92.0 m)]. The wall is made of brick, with fenced-off archways opening to the Cove beyond, in a higher place which are several rows of arcade seating. The debate angles quickly away from home plate; correct-center field extended out to 421 anxiety (128.iii m) from home plate (changed with the 2020 renovations to 415 feet). Atop the fence are four fountain pillars. Jets of water burst from the four pillars at the end of the National Anthem, as well every bit when the Giants hit a home run or win a game.

The correct field area was designed to resemble the Polo Grounds. This deep corner of the ballpark has been dubbed "Decease Valley" and "Triples Aisle." Like its Polo Grounds counterpart, it is very difficult to hit a home run to this area, and a batted ball that finds its style into this corner frequently results in a triple. Information technology is 415 feet (126.49 k).^[26] Triples Alley is also infamous for bad bounces, most notably when Ichiro Suzuki striking the first-ever within-the-park home run in an All-Star Game by lining the ball off one of the archways and sideways by the outfielders. Nate Schierholtz performed the same feat in the 2009 season equally a compression hitter. Aubrey Huff did it once more in the 2010 flavour, equally did Conor Gillaspie in 2011. Ángel Pagán ended a game in May 2013 with a two-run walk-off (extra-inning, come up-from-behind) inside-the-park domicile run, the commencement of its kind at the then-named AT&T Park.

Beyond right field is China Basin, a section of San Francisco Bay, which is dubbed McCovey Cove later on famed Giants kickoff baseman and left-handed slugger Willie McCovey, and into which a number of home runs have been hit on the fly. As of September 17, 2021, 91 "splash hits" accept been knocked into the Cove by Giants players since the park opened; 35 of those were hit by Barry Bonds, who remains the only player to record two splash hits in the same game. The most contempo splash hitting occurred on September 17, 2021, past LaMonte Wade Jr.. These hits are tallied on an electronic counter on the right field wall. Opponents accept striking the water on the fly 53 times; Todd Hundley of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the kickoff visitor to do and then on June 30, 2000. Curtis Granderson, Luis Gonzalez, Cliff Floyd, and Max Muncy are the just visiting players to practice so twice. Carlos Delgado and Adam LaRoche have performed the feat thrice. Joc Pederson is the most recent visiting player to record a splash striking, doing so on June 3, 2021. On June 27, 2010, David Ortiz became the outset American League player to hit a splash hit. Since then, the only other AL players who accept are Mitch Moreland, Adam Dunn, Rougned Odor, and Shin-Soo Choo.

Behind the scoreboard in center field is a pier where ferries allow fans off at the park. On game days, fans have to the water of McCovey Cove in boats ofttimes with angling nets in the promise of collecting a home run ball. Simply across the wall, backside the Male monarch Street ballpark, is a public waterfront promenade. Across the cove from the ballpark is McCovey Point and China Basin Park, featuring monuments to past Giants legends.

List of Abode Squad Splash Hits[27]

# Player Date Opponent Pitcher 1 Barry Bonds May 1, 2000 New York Mets Rich Rodriguez two Barry Bonds May 10, 2000 St. Louis Cardinals Andy Benes 3 Barry Bonds May 10, 2000 St. Louis Cardinals Heathcliff Slocumb 4 Barry Bonds May 24, 2000 Montreal Expos Mike Thurman 5 Barry Bonds July 19, 2000 San Diego Padres Brian Meadows 6 Barry Bonds September 20, 2000 Cincinnati Reds Steve Parris 7 Barry Bonds April 17, 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers Terry Adams 8 Barry Bonds Apr 18, 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers Chan Ho Park ix Barry Bonds May 24, 2001 Colorado Rockies John Thomson x Felipe Crespo May 28, 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks Bret Prinz 11 Barry Bonds May 30, 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks Robert Ellis 12 Barry Bonds June 12, 2001 Anaheim Angels Pat Rapp 13 Felipe Crespo July 8, 2001 Milwaukee Brewers Curtis Leskanic xiv Barry Bonds August iv, 2001 Philadelphia Phillies Nelson Figueroa 15 Barry Bonds August 14, 2001 Florida Marlins Ricky Bones 16 Barry Bonds Baronial 31, 2001 Colorado Rockies John Thomson 17 Barry Bonds September 29, 2001 San Diego Padres Chuck McElroy 18 Barry Bonds May xiii, 2002 Atlanta Braves Kevin Millwood 19 Barry Bonds May 18, 2002 Florida Marlins Brad Penny twenty Barry Bonds May 18, 2002 Florida Marlins Vic Darensbourg 21 Barry Bonds September 8, 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks Brian Anderson 22 Barry Bonds September 28, 2002 Houston Astros Jeriome Robertson 23 Barry Bonds October 12, 2002 St. Louis Cardinals Chuck Finley 24 Barry Bonds April 14, 2003 Houston Astros Wade Miller 25 Barry Bonds April xxx, 2003 Chicago Cubs Matt Clement 26 J. T. Snow June 5, 2003 Minnesota Twins Kyle Lohse 27 Barry Bonds June 27, 2003 Oakland Athletics Ted Lilly 28 Jose Cruz Jr. July 8, 2003 St. Louis Cardinals Dan Haren 29 Barry Bonds Baronial eight, 2003 Philadelphia Phillies Jose Mesa xxx Barry Bonds August nineteen, 2003 Atlanta Braves Ray King 31 Barry Bonds September thirteen, 2003 Milwaukee Brewers Doug Davis 32 Barry Bonds April 12, 2004 Milwaukee Brewers Matt Kinney 33 Barry Bonds April thirteen, 2004 Milwaukee Brewers Ben Ford 34 Michael Tucker May 30, 2004 Colorado Rockies Joe Kennedy 35 A. J. Pierzynski July half dozen, 2004 Colorado Rockies Denny Stark 36 Barry Bonds July xxx, 2004 St. Louis Cardinals Chris Carpenter 37 Barry Bonds Baronial 3, 2004 Cincinnati Reds Cory Lidle 38 Michael Tucker April nine, 2005 Colorado Rockies Scott Dohmann 39 Randy Winn September 14, 2005 San Diego Padres Woody Williams forty Barry Bonds September 18, 2005 Los Angeles Dodgers Hong-Chih Kuo 41 Barry Bonds August 21, 2006 Arizona Diamondbacks Livan Hernandez 42 Barry Bonds Apr xviii, 2007 St. Louis Cardinals Ryan Franklin 43 Ryan Klesko May 21, 2007 Houston Astros Trever Miller 44 Ryan Klesko June 29, 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks Livan Hernandez 45 Barry Bonds August 8, 2007 Washington Nationals Tim Redding 46 Fred Lewis Apr 26, 2008 Cincinnati Reds Matt Belisle 47 John Bowker July 2, 2008 Chicago Cubs Ryan Dempster 48 Andres Torres June fifteen, 2009 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim John Lackey 49 Pablo Sandoval July 30, 2009 Philadelphia Phillies Rodrigo Lopez 50 Pablo Sandoval August 29, 2009 Colorado Rockies Jason Marquis 51 Aubrey Huff May 1, 2010 Colorado Rockies Rafael Betancourt 52 Aubrey Huff June 16, 2010 Baltimore Orioles Jeremy Guthrie 53 Andres Torres July 28, 2010 Florida Marlins Jorge Sosa 54 Pablo Sandoval August 12, 2010 Chicago Cubs Randy Wells 55 Pablo Sandoval September xxx, 2010 Arizona Diamondbacks Barry Enright 56 Pablo Sandoval July four, 2011 San Diego Padres Ernesto Frieri 57 Nate Schierholtz July 8, 2011 New York Mets R. A. Dickey 58 Pablo Sandoval August 31, 2011 Chicago Cubs Rodrigo Lopez 59 Carlos Beltran September fourteen, 2011 San Diego Padres Mat Latos lx Brandon Chugalug September 27, 2011 Colorado Rockies Alex White 61 Brandon Belt June 14, 2012 Houston Astros Wandy Rodriguez 62 Brandon Belt September 4, 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks Ian Kennedy 63 Pablo Sandoval May 12, 2013 Atlanta Braves Kris Medlen 64 Brandon Crawford April 13, 2014 Colorado Rockies Male monarch Brothers 65 Tyler Colvin May 12, 2014 Atlanta Braves Gavin Floyd 66 Brandon Crawford May 14, 2014 Atlanta Braves David Carpenter 67 Travis Ishikawa September 12, 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers Kevin Correia 68 Brandon Belt September 25, 2014 San Diego Padres Andrew Cashner 69 Brandon Belt June 8, 2016 Boston Red Sox David Price 70 Denard Bridge June thirteen, 2016 Milwaukee Brewers Chase Anderson 71 Denard Span August 20, 2016 New York Mets Bartolo Colón 72 Brandon Belt May thirteen, 2017 Cincinnati Reds Lisalverto Bonilla 73 Brandon Belt June x, 2017 Minnesota Twins Jose Berrios 74 Denard Span July vii, 2017 Miami Marlins Dan Straily 75 Denard Span July nineteen, 2017 Cleveland Indians Carlos Carrasco 76 Denard Bridge September 11, 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers Kenta Maeda 77 Pablo Sandoval April four, 2018 Seattle Mariners Félix Hernández 78 Brandon Belt May xv, 2018 Cincinnati Reds Tyler Mahle 79 Stephen Vogt August 9, 2019 Philadelphia Phillies Drew Smyly 80 Scooter Gennett August eleven, 2019 Philadelphia Phillies Ranger Suárez 81 Brandon Chugalug August 29, 2019 San Diego Padres Chris Paddack 82 Mike Yastrzemski July 29, 2020 San Diego Padres Matt Strahm 83 Mike Yastrzemski September 25, 2020 San Diego Padres Chris Paddack 84 Mike Yastrzemski April 24, 2021 Miami Marlins Yimi García 85 Brandon Crawford April 27, 2021 Colorado Rockies Daniel Bard 86 Steven Duggar June xv, 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Alex Young 87 Mike Yastrzemski June 15, 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Humberto Castellanos 88 Brandon Belt June xix, 2021 Philadelphia Phillies Aaron Nola 89 LaMonte Wade Jr. July 31, 2021 Houston Astros Zack Greinke 90 Alex Dickerson Baronial 11, 2021 Arizona Diamondbacks Tyler Clippard 91 LaMonte Wade Jr. September 17, 2021 Atlanta Braves Ian Anderson

Rusty, the Coke canteen, and the glove [edit]

When the park opened in 2000, taking residence on the right field wall was Rusty the Mechanical Man, a two-dimensional, robotic baseball player that stood 14 feet (4.three m) tall and weighed 5½ tons. The Santa Clarita-based firm Technifex engineered, fabricated and programmed Rusty to appear after major plays during games as a fully blithe giant 1920s-era tin toy. After technical problems arose with Rusty, it was removed from the wall, though the enclosure that housed him remained for years. In 2008, the enclosure was removed to make way for luxury boxes.

Behind the left field bleachers is "The Coca-Cola Fan Lot". The ballpark features an 80-foot (24 m) long Coca-Cola bottle with playground slides that light upwards with every Giants habitation run, and a miniature version of the stadium. Bubbles originally accompanied the bottle, simply never worked as intended and were removed. Directly to the bottle'due south right from home plate is some other oversized representation of a ballpark stalwart, the "Giant 1927 Onetime-Time 4-Fingered Baseball Glove" — this particular one is made of steel and fiberglass, which is behind the 501 ft (152.7 thou) sign. Behind and farther to the left is "The Piffling Giants Park", a miniature baseball diamond. —ref>"AT&T Ballpark Attractions". Major League Baseball Avant-garde Media. Retrieved December iv, 2013. </ref>

To the right of the glove sculpture is a large plaza surface area for functions and parties to be held during games. It is also the site of "Orlando'south", the concessions stand of Giants great Orlando Cepeda. Right-center field features a retired San Francisco cable car numbered 44 (retired cable motorcar #iv, formerly #504) in honor of Giants great Willie McCovey. Originally, the cable automobile had a label that stated "No Dodgers Fans Allowed", as well as one terminate of the motorcar numbered 24 in award of Willie Mays and the other terminate numbered 44 in honor of Willie McCovey.^[28] The foghorn — a feature introduced at Candlestick Park past the current Giants ownership grouping – was transferred to Oracle and hung underneath the scoreboard. It blows when a Giants player hits a home run or at the conclusion of a Giants win.

@Café [edit]

Lou Seal has served as mascot of the San Francisco Giants since 1996.

Located behind the centerfield bleachers, the ballpark features the @Café,^[29] a social media café, which opened in the 2013 flavour. The cafe serves Peet's Coffee and features large screens that show off fans' social media posts from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, which are curated by the Giants organization.

The buffet replaced a squad-themed Build-A-Carry Workshop shop, where fans could build their ain stuffed Giants' mascot, Lou Seal, or create other Giants-themed blimp animals.

Scoreboards [edit]

In addition to the automatic scoreboards, which at present^{[ when? ]} include a new Hard disk videoboard by Mitsubishi, the park has a manually-operated scoreboard on the right field wall, which displays all the scores of Major League Baseball games beingness played elsewhere. The manual scoreboards are operated by iii employees, whose piece of work on game days starts at least two hours before the first pitch. A members-simply bar, Gotham Social club, is located behind the transmission scoreboard, consummate with a bowling aisle and puddle tables. Old players and VIPs are the merely patrons of this sectional area. 4 other ballparks also use hand-operated out-of-town scoreboards: Fenway Park, Minute Maid Park, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and Wrigley Field.

Wireless internet [edit]

Starting in 2004, the Giants installed 122 wireless internet access points, roofing all concourses and seating areas, creating one of the largest public hotspots in the world^[30] at the time.

San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame [edit]

On September 23, 2008, the Giants Wall of Fame was unveiled on the King Street side of the ballpark,^[31] every bit function of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Giants' motility to San Francisco. 48 retired players were inducted, based on longevity and achievement.^[32] Eligibility requirements for players to be on the Wall are either five years equally a San Francisco Giant with an All-Star Game appearance or nine years as a Giant.^[33] Rich Aurilia and Shawn Estes were added in 2010.^[34] Jason Schmidt and Marvin Benard were added in 2011, and Barry Bonds was added in 2017.^[35]

Giants Home Attendance at Oracle Park
Season	Omnipresence	Avg./Game	Rank
2000	3,318,800	40,973	2nd
2001	3,311,958	twoscore,888	1st
2002	3,253,203	40,163	1st
2003	three,264,898	40,307	1st
2004	3,256,854	39,718	tertiary
2005	iii,181,023	39,272	3rd
2006	3,130,313	38,646	fourth
2007	three,223,215	39,793	5th
2008	2,863,837	35,356	7th
2009	2,862,110	35,335	7th
2010	3,037,443	37,499	5th
2011	3,387,303	41,819	2nd
2012	3,377,371	41,696	2nd
2013	iii,369,106	41,593	3rd
2014	three,368,697	41,589	3rd
2015	3,375,882	41,678	3rd
2016	3,365,256	41,546	3rd
2017	3,303,652	40,785	3rd
2018	3,156,185	38,965	3rd
2019	two,707,760	33,429	7th
2020	0		—
Source:[36]

Statues [edit]

Main entrance with Willie Mays statue and 24 palm copse.

Outside the ballpark are half-dozen statues, five of which are dedicated to San Francisco Giants all-time greats.

The Willie Mays Statue is located in front end of the ballpark entrance at 24 Willie Mays Plaza and is surrounded with 24 palm trees, in honor of his number 24 uniform, retired by the Giants. It was defended at noon on March 31, 2000, prior to the opening of the ballpark and was commissioned by Giants Managing Partner Peter Magowan^[37]

Another statue, located at McCovey Bespeak beyond McCovey Cove, is dedicated to Willie McCovey. Around the statue are a number of plaques that celebrate the winners of the Willie Mac Award. The statue is located at Red china Basin Park side by side to the Barry Bonds Junior Giants Field, a T-brawl park. Also located on the sea wall promenade are plaques showing the Opening Twenty-four hours roster of every Giants team from 1958 through 1999. Giants fans who contributed funds to China Basin Park had their ain tiles with their own inscriptions set into the wall.^[38]

A tertiary statue, dedicated in 2005, honors former Giants bullpen Juan Marichal, and is located outside the ballpark at the Lefty O'Doul Gate entrance.

The fourth and only non-human being statue is located at the park's ferry plaza behind center field, also known as Seals Plaza. A statue of a seal bobbing a baseball on its' nose honors the retention of the San Francisco Seals, the small-scale league baseball gild that played before the arrival of the Giants in 1958.

On September 6, 2008, during a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a 5th statue depicting Giants groovy Orlando Cepeda was dedicated at the corner of 2nd Street and King Street, next to the ballpark. A sixth statue, dedicated on August 13, 2016, honors former Giants pitcher Gaylord Perry in the same location. All five player statues were created by sculptor William Behrends of Northward Carolina.

Left field Chevron banner and ground rule issues [edit]

One characteristic of the ballpark is the long-running Chevron advertisement located in left field, featuring an outline of the company'south claymation Chevron Cars. The top 'roofs' of the cars (along with a dog and a surfboard hanging out a car window) are extended out,^[39] rendering it several inches college than the wall base, creating a ground rules issue. Several instances where potential over-the-wall catches to take away abode runs were thwarted have occurred because of the ad's top dimensions. One notable example of this occurred during Game 3 of the 2016 NLDS against the Chicago Cubs. Kris Bryant striking a ball well into left field, with Giants left fielder Gregor Blanco attempting a catch. The brawl landed on the roof of ane of the cars, past the wall, and out of his accomplish, rendering it a abode run and tying the game in the superlative of the ninth inning. (though the Giants would win the game in extra innings for their only win in the series).^[40]

Climate [edit]

Oracle Park
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Notable events [edit]

2000s [edit]

The opening series took place April eleven–13, 2000 confronting the Los Angeles Dodgers (the team the Giants faced in their final series at Candlestick Park), and the Giants were swept in three games. In the commencement game of that series, the Giants lost 6–v, highlighted past three home runs from the Dodgers' Kevin Elster. On May i, 2000, Barry Bonds became the get-go role player to hit a "splash hit" dwelling house meet McCovey Cove.

In just its starting time few years of being, the ballpark saw its share of historic events primarily due to veteran Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. On April 17, 2001, Bonds striking his 500th career abode run at then-Pacific Bell Park. Afterwards that year, he set the single season habitation run tape when he hitting home runs number 71, 72, and 73 over the weekend of Oct v to close the flavour. On August ix, 2002, Bonds hit his 600th career home run at the park. On Apr 12, 2004, Bonds hit career dwelling run 660 at SBC Park to tie Willie Mays for third on the all-time list and on the next night, he striking number 661 to move into sole possession of third place. On September 17, 2004, Bonds striking his 700th career abode run at the park to get just the 3rd member of baseball'south 700 guild. On May 28, 2006, Bonds hitting his 715th home run at the park to pass Babe Ruth for second identify on the all-time list. On August 7, 2007, Bonds hit his 756th domicile run, breaking Hank Aaron's record.

The park hosted games three through 5 of the 2002 World Series against the Anaheim Angels, which the Giants lost iv games to three. It also hosted the 2007 MLB All-Star Game, which the American League won 5–four over the National League.

On July 10, 2009, the Giants' Jonathan Sánchez pitched the beginning no-hitter.

2010s [edit]

On October 27 & 28, 2010, the Giants hosted the first 2 games of the Earth Series, beating the Texas Rangers in both games. They ultimately went on to win the serial 4 games to i, their first championship since the team moved to San Francisco in 1958, though the clinching game was played at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington rather than at Oracle Park.

On June 13, 2012, Matt Cain threw the 22nd perfect game in MLB history — and first in Giants history — against the Houston Astros.

Oracle Park hosted Games 1 and 2 of the 2012 World Series on Oct 24 and 25. The Giants beat the Detroit Tigers twice, 8–3 and 2–0 respectively. The Giants would go on to win the 2012 World Series in a four-game sweep at Comerica Park.

The stadium hosted of the semifinal and final rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic on March 17–nineteen.

On July 23, 2013, due to a previous pelting-out in Cincinnati, Oracle Park served as the "abode" venue of the Cincinnati Reds for the 2d game of a doubleheader against the Giants.^[42] Giants manager Bruce Bochy won his ane,500th career game.

On June 25, 2014, Tim Lincecum pitched the tertiary no hitter at Oracle Park against the San Diego Padres in a 4–0 win. It was his 2nd no hitter of his career, with both of them coming against the Padres.

Oracle Park hosted Games three, 4, and 5 of the 2014 Globe Series on October 24, 25 and 26. The Giants beat the Kansas Urban center Royals 2 out of the 3 games played at Oracle Park, losing Game three, 3–2, before winning Games iv and v, 11–iv and v–0 respectively. They ultimately went on to win the series in vii games, with the clinching game played at Kauffman Stadium rather than at Oracle Park. As of 2019, the Giants accept non hosted a World Serial clincher at Oracle Park, but they did host two at Candlestick Park: the first being in 1962, which was won by the New York Yankees, and the 2nd in 1989, which the Oakland Athletics won in a four-game sweep.

On June fifteen, 2015, the Giants set a tape for most consecutive dwelling house losses at Oracle Park at ix directly games with a v–1 loss to the Seattle Mariners. This losing streak was the Giants' longest since an 11-game dwelling house loss streak at the Polo Grounds in New York in 1940.^[43]

From October i, 2010 to July 18, 2017, Oracle Park recorded 530 consecutive sellouts, the second longest in Major League history behind Fenway Park'south 794 sequent sellouts from 2003 to 2013.

Non-baseball events [edit]

Giants Enterprises, a wholly owned subsidiary of the San Francisco Giants created and headed by longtime squad executive Pat Gallagher, brings non-baseball events to Oracle Park on days when the Giants do not play. Prominent among these has been the usage of the stadium for football. It has likewise hosted a range of other sporting and musical events.

Football [edit]

The park was home to the XFL'southward San Francisco Demons in 2001, was the dwelling of the East-Due west Shrine Game (until 2006), and was the former home stadium of the California Redwoods of the UFL in 2009.

From 2002 to 2013, it was besides home to higher football's Redbox Basin when the game was known equally the San Francisco Bowl, Emerald Bowl, and Fight Hunger Basin. In 2011, Oracle Park became the temporary home football stadium for the California Gilded Bears while Cal's on-campus stadium, California Memorial Stadium, underwent renovation.^[44]

Oracle Park likewise hosted its first high school football game in 2011, the Central Declension Department Division III football title game between long-time San Francisco rivals St. Ignatius College Preparatory and Sacred Eye Cathedral Preparatory.^[45]

In January 2019, it was reported that the Oakland Raiders had considered temporarily moving to Oracle Park for the 2019 NFL season, as an interim measure earlier construction of a stadium in their new home city of Las Vegas is complete for 2020.^[46] However, the 49ers refused to waive their territorial rights,^[47] and the Raiders would ultimately reach an agreement with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority to return to the Oakland Coliseum for the 2019 season with a provision for the 2020 season should construction of Allegiant Stadium be delayed.^[48]

Soccer [edit]

On February 10, 2006, the U.S. men's soccer team defeated Japan 3–ii at Oracle in a friendly.

A friction match of the 2011 World Football Challenge between Manchester Urban center and Club America was held at Oracle, drawing a crowd of 11,250.

On March 17, 2012, the Houston Dynamo defeated the San Jose Earthquakes ane–0 in a regular flavour Major League Soccer match at Oracle.

On July 31, 2013, Everton defeated Juventus 6–5 on penalties after ending regulation tied i-one as part of the 2013 International Champions Loving cup.^[49]

Date	Winning Team	Result	Losing Team	Tournament	Spectators
February 10, 2006	United states of america	3–2	Nippon	International Friendly	37,365
July 16, 2011	Manchester City	2–0	Social club América	2011 Globe Football game Challenge	11,250
March 17, 2012	Houston Dynamo	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Major League Soccer	21,816
July 31, 2013	Juventus	1–0	Everton	2013 International Champions Cup	22,208

Rugby [edit]

The stadium hosted the 2018 Rugby World Loving cup Sevens from July 20 to 22.^[50]

Monster Jam [edit]

Monster Jam attended the venue for four years in a row from 2004-07. The tracks were usually wet due to the shows existence held in the wintertime, of which rainfall is common on the west coast around those times. Monster Jam would never return to the stadium following 2007 for unknown reasons.^{[ citation needed ]}

Other events [edit]

The stadium hosted an AMA Supercross Championship round from 2003 to 2010.^[51]

The Mavericks big-wave surfing contest is broadcast alive on the giant video display at Oracle Park when the upshot is held. In 2006, the park hosted ICER AIR the showtime stadium big-air ski and snowboard competition to be held in the United States.

San Francisco Opera partnered with Giants Enterprises to do three broadcasts, nearly recently Tosca, in June and September 2009.

In summer 2010, the park hosted an audition cease for the 2011 (10th) flavour of American Idol.

In October 2013, rapper Kanye West rented out the stadium and the scoreboard for a individual result, which turned out to be an elaborate marriage proposal to his girlfriend, reality personality Kim Kardashian.^[52]

Starting in 2015, the stadium began hosting commencement exercises for San Francisco Country Academy.

During the finale of The Amazing Race xxx, the park was the starting time location visited by teams later they arrived in San Francisco, with teams having to find a clue next to the Willie Mays Statue and and then kayaking for baseballs in McCovey Cove.^[53]

Come across likewise [edit]

• 49-Mile Breathtaking Drive
• Sports in the San Francisco Bay Surface area
• Chase Heart

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