AT&T Park

Lore & Background

Oracle Park has also hosted professional and college football games. The stadium was the home of the annual college postseason bowl game from its inaugural playing in 2002 until 2013 (under various names, including the San Francisco Bowl and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, before the Redbox Bowl name was used after the game moved to Levi's Stadium in 2014), and also served as the temporary home for the California Golden Bears 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 League.

Following the 2019 season, the organization began the process of relocating the bullpens from the first and third base foul lines to behind the outfield walls in center and right-centerfield. The motivation was two-fold: to address player safety issues that had arisen over the years by having the bullpen mounds in the field of play, and to slightly alter the dimensions of the park to perhaps increase, if ever-so-slightly, the potential for home runs in certain areas of the outfield, most notably in right-center field, affectionately known as Triples Alley.

Prior to these modifications, multiple players both home and away had experienced various levels of injury sustained by 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.

Reader's Guide

Public transit access to the stadium is provided within San Francisco by Muni Metro or Muni Bus, from the Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley via Caltrain, and from parts of the Bay Area across the water via various ferries of San Francisco Bay. The Muni 2nd and King Station is directly outside the ballpark, the 4th and King Caltrain station is 1.5 blocks from the stadium, and the Oracle Park ferry terminal is outside the eastern edge of the ballpark beyond the center field bleachers.

Did You Know?

• Oracle Park was the first MLB ballpark built without public funds since Dodger Stadium in 1962, though the Giants received a $10 million tax abatement and $80 million for infrastructure upgrades.
• The stadium's original design was rotated 15° clockwise from its current position when brought to voters in 1996.
• A team of engineers from UC Davis helped design the park, resulting in wind levels approximately half those at Candlestick Park.
• During the 2020 renovations, the wall in right-center (Triples Alley) was lowered from eight feet to seven feet, while the new bullpen walls were built to a height of ten feet.