Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

by jlanning17 on Jul 7, 2008 8:22 AM PDT

espn.com ran a piece today profiling the Coliseum and in one of the photos from one of the 70s world series, you could barely see the old centerfield set-up. i didn't really become interested in stadium architecture until after the raiders renovation, so i was wondering if anybody has old pics (from in the stadium and hopefully aerial photos) from before the renovations. we should celebrate the good parts of the Coliseum in the next few years leading up to construction of the new field.

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by nevermoor on Jul 7, 2008 9:20 AM PDT reply actions

sigh...

I really want that picture in, like, 1900×1200 resolution.

by mikev on Jul 7, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions

wow, the raiders really did ruin things...

by jlanning17 on Jul 7, 2008 9:46 AM PDT reply actions

this site had this conversation a few months ago..

Some good pics in the post.

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=75379

by Peeping Tom on Jul 7, 2008 10:37 AM PDT reply actions

i thought the year the had a fence instead of the wall in the outfield was awesome…bleachers extended out to the fence also. there is one photo in the above thread that shows the setup that year…i think it was only used for 1 season.

by cvdoug on Jul 7, 2008 5:54 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, it was a half wall, half fence setup. My first game was in 1986 and it was before that.

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by Flashfire on Jul 7, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I definitely remeber the half-wall days....

You could sit in the bleachers and go all the way down to the field…you could make such a racket during rally time on the movable part of the bleachers too!!!

Also saw a couple of the photos witht the home plate to center field orientation of the football field…used during the USFL days…

Yeah…the first photo definitely shows how good it used to be on a nice sunny day game…

by mikeprooo on Jul 7, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions