Oracle Park, San Francisco (Formerly AT&T Park)

Oracle Park, located close to downtown San Francisco, has been the home of the Giants baseball team since 2000. Oracle Park was constructed to replace aging Candlestick Park as San Francisco’s home stadium. The design of Oracle Park is classic urban ballpark with an old-time feel, inspired by Wrigley Field and Fenway Park, and modeled after Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Jacobs Field and Coors Field. oracle Park is perched on the edge of San Francisco Bay, facing east towards Oakland. Giants slugger Barry Bonds has had more than a few “splash hits”, home runs that fly over the wall of Oracle Park and land in the waters of McCovey Cove. The public entrance to Oracle Park has a nine-foot statue honoring the great ball player Willie Mays, while inside Oracle Park, an 80-foot tall Coca-Cola bottle boasts slides for kids of all ages to play on. The world’s largest baseball glove also makes its home inside Oracle Park. The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge can be seen from many of the seats inside Oracle Park. Outside of Oracle Park, fans can stroll along the Giants History walk that curves along the San Francisco Bay to McCovey Point and China Basin Park. The site of Oracle Park was open water until the 1906 earthquake rocked San Francisco and a portion of the San Francisco Bay was filled in with rubble from other parts of the city. Next to China Basin Park, younger Giants' fans try to make “splash hits” from Barry Bonds Junior Giants Field, a T-ball park overlooking Oracle Park and McCovey Cove. Public transportation on San Francisco’s MUNI light rail system runs from downtown San Francisco to Oracle Park roughly every 15 minutes, making the park easily accessible for all baseball fans.