Hi everyone! This is the 3rd post in this series! if you haven't read the other posts I'll link them Here This post is about the home of the San Francisco Giants, Oracle Park!
Oracle park is a park that has had many names over its Short 20 year history including the original name Pacific Bell Park, SBC Park, AT&T Park & currently Oracle Park.
The Park opened on April 11th 2000, and was the first privately financed MLB stadium since the dodger's in 1962! They First broke ground for the park in December of 1997
Just past left field is the coca-cola fan lot, that features a 80 foot coca cola bottle with 4 giant slides, that light up when a homerun is hit, A Mini oracle park where you can play wiffle ball with your friends or run the bases like a pro! it also features a Giant baseball glove!
Oracle Park is not only a baseball park, it also hosts pro & College football games it has hosted The Redbox Bowl from 2002 to 2013, it was a temporary home for The university of California in 2011, The home of the San Francisco Demons of the XFL in 2001.
Facts & Features
Cost to build ~ $357 Million
Park style Inspired by Fenway & Wrigley
Can seat 42,300
67 Private suites
9 - Foot Willie Mays Statue at front entrance
Distances
Right field foul line - 309 feet
Left field foul line -339 feet
Right-center - 421 feet
Center field - 404 feet
Foul line to front row seats: 46 feet
Home plate to front row seats: 48 feet
Height of Outfield Fence: 8 to 25 feet
Notable Events
Hosted 2002 world series games 3 ~ 5
Hosted the 2007 All-Star Game the AL beat the NL 5-4
Hi n June 13th 2012 Matt Cain three the 22nd perfect game in history and the first for the giants
Photo Credits
image 1 ~ Jake Weirick on unsplash
image 2 ~ Jonas Vandermeiren on unsplash
image 3 - 7 ~ Unknown
sources MLB.com , Wikipedia.com