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AT&T Park
Since its establishment, in 2000, AT&T Park has become one of the greatest ballparks in baseball, but planning and building it took quite some time. After years of threatening to move the San Francisco Giants to a new city; a local ownership group decided to purchase the Giants in 1993 to keep the team in San Francisco. The Giants needed a new ballpark because of the bad conditions at Candlestick Park.
In 1995, the Giants announced plans to construct the first privately financed Major League ballpark since Dodger Stadium. It would be located in downtown San Francisco, in the China Basin area. Construction of the steel, concrete and brick ballpark began on December 11, 1997. The naming rights were sold to Pacific Bell for $50 million over 24 years, thus the ballpark was named Pacific Bell Park. After the 2003 season, Pacific Bell Park was renamed SBC Park after SBC Communications acquisition of Pacific Bell. In February 2006, the ballpark was renamed AT&T Park after SBC Communications changed its named after its acquisition of AT&T.
On April 11, 2000, the Giants played their first regular season baseball game at AT&T Park. Nestled in the China Basin area on the outskirts of downtown San Francisco, as fans approach the ballpark they see a superb steel and brick structure. Making up part of the exterior architecture of AT&T Park is the King Street clock towers. The two towers are 122 feet tall and feature pyramid-shaped roofs topped by 45-foot tall flagpoles. Once inside, the main three tier grandstand consists of 41,600 green seats that extend from behind home plate to both the foul poles. Bleaches are located behind the left field fence. There are no seats behind the right field wall because of McCovey Cove, part of the San Francisco Bay.
The main scoreboard is located behind the centerfield fence. There is plenty of entertainment to keep fans entertained at AT&T Park. The Coca Cola Fan Lot is an interactive play area for children and adults. Fans of all ages can enjoy a slide into home plate from one of the four slides inside the 80-foot wooden Coca-Cola contour bottle, stroll up to the world's leading baseball glove, or check out the views of the San Francisco Bay area. AT&T Park has become an outstanding place to watch a baseball game because of the beautiful views of the San Francisco Bay and the surrounding area.
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