New Oakland Ballpark
| Location | Oakland, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°47′31.2″N 122°15′38.8″W / 37.792000°N 122.260778°WCoordinates: 37°47′31.2″N 122°15′38.8″W / 37.792000°N 122.260778°W |
| Public transit |
 Lake Merritt
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| Operator | Oakland Athletics |
| Capacity | 35,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Construction cost | US$500 million+ ($500 million in 2016 dollars) |
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| Oakland Athletics (MLB) (2023–future) | |
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| Official website | |
Oakland Ballpark is the working name for a proposed ballpark to be built in Oakland, California. It is proposed as the new home of the Oakland Athletics. It would serve as the replacement to their current home at the Oakland—Alameda County Coliseum, where the team has resided since 1968. This would mark the first time that the A's franchise has played in a brand new stadium since the completion of Shibe Park in 1909.
The Athletics have proposed constructing a 35,000-seat stadium in the Peralta area of Oakland near Laney College and the Eastlake neighborhood. The 13-acre site was picked by the team over the city government's preferred sites, Howard Terminal (near Jack London Square in the Port of Oakland) or the Coliseum. The stadium would be built on the site of the college's current administration buildings with the team responsible for finding the college administration a new location. Even though the stadium would be privately funded, significant improvement to public infrastructure (Freeway and streets, upgrading Lake Merritt BART station) would be required. The team proposes to begin construction in 2021 with the stadium opening in 2023.
Towards the early 2000s it was becoming clear that the Oakland Coliseum was inadequate for the long term future to host the Athletics and the National Football League Oakland Raiders. Major League Baseball began pushing the team to pursue a new stadium either in Oakland or elsewhere. The Coliseum is the last facility in Major League Baseball that is also home to a NFL team. It is also the last stadium remaining of the multi-purpose stadiums of the 1960s designed for both baseball and football in Major League Baseball. In recent years, the Coliseum has been criticized as being one of the "worst stadiums in baseball". Problems cited include the large amount of foul territory and the addition of Mount Davis. The former allows for more foul-outs while the latter has been criticized for "ruining" the ambience of the original configuration. In addition, the stadium has been plagued with sewage issues which include flooding of the dugouts and clubhouses with sewage. The process of finding a new stadium began in 2001 with a plan for a stadium in Oakland. After the first plans in Oakland along with plans for a stadium in Fremont, California and San Jose, California fell through the Athletics arrived at the current plan.
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