Oakland Athletics - Oakland Alameda Coliseum (MLB - 2)

For my next ballpark on my ballpark tour, I didn't have to travel far. Just took Bart and I headed out to the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics (or A's for short). From the outside, honestly its a really ugly looking ballpark. Oakland itself is an industrial city and horrible for sports, but this ballpark looks really run down. I have to give props to the East Bay though, they have some VERY VERY faithful fans.

This is one of the very few ballparks that share their ballpark with another team. Their NFL team, Oakland Raiders also play here. After 2012, the Oakland A's will be the ONLY MLB team that shares a ballpark with their NFL team. Sad but they really need a new ballpark.

Inside the ballpark its nothing amazing. Half of the ballpark was closed. The whole upper deck was blocked off with a tarp that says "Home of the Oakland Athletics" and some retired numbers on their. Its obvious that they couldnt sell out the whole stadium for the A's but it was intimate setting. Tickets were fairly cheap, I got the Plaza Level for about $10 a piece. Sometimes cheaper if you know where to look. It felt like it was really close compared to AT&T Park cause these seats would be considered "Club Level" So I guess thats an advantage of being an A's fan. Smaller park equals closer to the field. Even the lower level seats were going for about $50. Again at AT&T Park this would be considered Field Club, costing you at least a $100 a pop.

As I said half of the ballpark was closed. On the lower concourse their were a bunch of food stands and a couple A's stores to buy your A's gear. Upstairs their was a big old bar, which actually looked really nice with a view of the park and tables for dining services. As you walk around to the other side (around the outfield) its like a ghost town around there. Their was absolutely NO ONE there. Their was a "Club Level" there but I think that was intended for Raiders game cause it was Silver and Black. But the Ballpark was nearly empty.

The best thing about this ballpark for me is how its location is really close to the BART station. You just have to walk across the bridge that goes directly from bart to the Coliseum. No need to take a bus or anything. Parking here is fairly cheap as well, for the A's game it cost around $15 to park your car. AT&T Park was charging about $35 for parking. So even if you weren't so eco friendly you can still park here for a reasonable price.

The food here sucks, theirs like nothing here to eat. Theirs nothing really to look at here. But if you want to just watch some good old fashion baseball for cheap. Come out to the A's game!