Talk:Oakland Coliseum

message: Note: The name has changed to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum -- I updated most references but there needs to be more done and I don't have access. 
Wasn't it originally called the "Alameda County Stadium", at least colloquially?  "Alameda County Stadium" is what I remember the broadcasters saying during the three sets of World Series in the 70's.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westwind273 (talk • contribs) 23:16, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No. It's been the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum since it opening in 1966 with the exception of Network Associates/McAfee years. The broadcasters may have called it "Alameda County Stadium" erroneously however. I've heard broadcasters and video games call it "Oakland Alameda County Stadium" over the years. Doesn't mean either was correct. Gateman1997 (talk) 17:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Change 

message: If the A's move to a new ballpark, will the Raiders change the semi-circle seating section?--BigMac1212 01:23, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see how they can. They'd have to basically tear the older part of the stadium down which isn't very cost effective. Gateman1997 02:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stadium Question 

message: I agree that the Mount Davis article should be merged into the McAfee Coliseum article as the Mount Davis article merely describes a part of McAfee Coliseum.
Already done Irish Matador 16:36, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mount Davis Merger

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message: I have no recollection of Network Associates Coliseum being referred to as "The Net" other than in a video game, where the default sportscasters claim that people call it as such. No one ever called it that. It has and always will be simply the Coliseum. Fans may have sometimes mocked it that way, but it never became an official nickname, much like the current mocking "The Mac" for McAfee. Also, Oracle Arena is still referred to as The Arena. This is from its days as The Oakland Arena/The Arena In Oakland. 24.4.131.142 20:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The A's used "the Net" in some advertising, specifically they had a "see you at the Net" ad campaign a few years ago. However no one outside the team ever uses anything but "the Coliseum" in my experience. Gateman1997 (talk) 01:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Net

message: Any mention of the BART and Amtrak stations from this article? A pedestrian bridge directly links from the elevated track level at the BART station to the Coliseum, passing over the nearby Amtrak tracks. --Geopgeop (T) 06:46, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coliseum BART and Amtrak stations 

message: When did the coliseum begin its frustrating no re-entry policy? 76.126.15.78 (talk) 22:20, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been in force since my first game there in 1987. Not unlike most stadiums. Gateman1997 (talk) 22:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: No Re-Entry

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thread_title: Survey

message: The pictures in this article are decent baseball shots of the A's playing at the Coliseum but I think a picture or two of the Raiders playing football at the Coliseum should also be added. Even though there are more baseball home games than football home games, a couple of football pics could be added as some would argue that the Coliseum looks more like a football stadium since the 1996 Renovation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beowulf78 (talk • contribs) 01:40, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to add it. It's a fairly simple operation, they pull out some seats in the main bowl and move them into the parking lot while moving in some seats from the lot to extend out the baseball bleachers.
I've added some more football pictures to the article. Commandr Cody (talk) 17:04, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Football Pictures? 

message: I changed the former three-column list into a table in the seating capacity section. Here's the wikicoding, if anyone cares:
 

 Baseball

Years       	Capacity
1968-1976   	50,000
1977-1980   	49,649
1981-1982   	50,255
1983-1984   	50,219
1985        	50,255
1986        	50,219
1987        	49,219
1988        	50,219
1989        	49,219
1990        	48,219
1991        	47,450
1992-1995   	47,313
1996-1997   	39,875
1998-2005   	43,662
2006-2007   	34,077
2008-present	35,067



 Football

Years       	Capacity
1966-1976   	54,587
1977-1988   	54,615
1989-1995   	54,444
1996-present	63,026


I just wanted to notify this talk page about my edit. 71.146.10.213 (talk) 20:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Table

message: The article says "the A's continue to refer to the stadium as the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in all official team communications and on team websites." and it provides a source. I'm sure this was previously true, but as it stands, the A's seem to refer to the stadium as O.co Coliseum on the official website linked under External links. 
Point being - I've removed that line from the article. If the A's do refer to it by its old name in some other media, obviously the article should be changed to say so. 
64.203.32.214 (talk) 22:42, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name used by the As for the stadium 

message: Does anyone know how high the fences are in the outfield when they play baseball in that stadium? The rest of us would sure like to know that information.
Yugiohfan2010 (talk) 18:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  How high are the fences for baseball games? 

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message: Well musical anyway.
*Pink Floyd 9 / 10 May 1977
*Led Zepplin 23 / 24 July 1977
*Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead 24 July 1987
Etc. Loads more, so don't need a list; but some acknowledgement of this alternative history would be beneficial for the reader. Cheers, Muffled Pocketed 18:16, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other uses: 

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message: The Raiders listing in the tenants list is too long and the way I had it (see ) looks a lot better SportsFan007 (talk) 11:06, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Same reasons apply here as in this discussion. In addition, please read MOS:DATERANGE before introducing incorrect date ranges.– Sabbatino (talk) 13:42, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tenants 

message: The name is not a done deal yet. From the San Francisco Chronicle: "—Bagumba (talk) 07:36, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Right now the talk page for Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum redirects to this talk page, but the article for RingCentral Coliseum redirects to Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. Should they be made consistent in the interim? isaacl (talk) 16:02, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The two are now aligned. isaacl (talk) 02:52, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I should have said thanks to Wbm1058, the two are now aligned. isaacl (talk) 03:10, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  RingCentral name 

message: This article is cited in the article in a very misleading way. The "not worthy of preservation" line comes from a different Times article two years ago.
I would think, and might even add to the article, the good points about the Coliseum that Jack Nicas finds (re the article's hed) would be worthy of mention:
He also defends the expansive foul territory (which, per what Baseball Rule has to say about the shrinkage of foul territory and its effect on spectator safety, I would also see as a plus for the Coliseum) as a boon to fans since it creates the opportunity to see some great defensive play.
This is, again, why we're trying to get rid of criticism sections (Frankly, a lot of that section could be better integrated into the rest of the article). Daniel Case (talk) 18:24, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misleading use of recent ''New York Times'' article ... 

message: As with all team moves, please refrain from changing the Raiders' end date for the tenancy until the current season has ended. Even though the Raiders have played their last game, their official home is still the Coliseum for the 2019 season, which doesn't end until the Super Bowl is complete. --JonRidinger (talk) 23:43, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, the Raiders currently still have a chance at the Superbowl. SportsFan007 (talk) 00:46, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

text: The Coliseum is the Raiders' home field until the end of the season, even if they don't play another game there. -- Pemilligan (talk) 22:39, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

text: Because it's a fact. During this season, it's their home field; after this season, it won't be. It's that simple. -- Pemilligan (talk) 23:00, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

text: It's a fact and it's the precedent we've been following for some time on similar articles, whether it be a franchise moving to a new city or just to a new facility. A team's tenure may end, but their legal tenancy runs through the end of the season. There's also the possibility that construction delays force the Raiders to stay at the Coliseum longer, a fact that was mentioned in this article ("And, if there are significant construction delays in Las Vegas, the Raiders have the option to play next season in Oakland."). So yeah, as long as the NFL is still in its current season, end dates should remain at "present" to be accurate and to avoid WP:CRYSTAL. No need to rush the end date. --JonRidinger (talk) 03:10, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Raiders 

message: One of your sources in the Public Debt section has a headline from one article and the URL for another. You used
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That URL yields an Oct. 14, 2019 article entitled "Alameda County quietly offered Oakland a deal to buy out Coliseum debt — if it paid up front" while the headline is from a March 27, 2017 article. Which one did you mean to use as a reference here? -- Pemilligan (talk) 20:15, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference mismatch 

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) ~ Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 08:43, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Oakland Coliseum →  – The name of the coliseum is RingCentral Coliseum, per the official website. SportsFan007 (talk) 23:13, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

text: Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 11:33, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 20 May 2021 

message: In the opening paragraph, the sentence beginning “In 2017, the playing surface has been dedicated as Rickey Henderson Field…” is a bit awkward. Since it is no longer 2017, I feel like the verb tense should be changed to “the playing surface was dedicated…”.
On a separate note, it might just be my imagination, but it could be a bit ambiguous whether the dedication was temporary or permanent. But again, it could just be my imagination. 2601:601:1100:18D0:19AB:F4C3:F139:5C41 (talk) 19:36, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fixing awkward verb tense