Overview

• The Athletics, now based temporarily in West Sacramento, are playing their first Bay Area series since leaving Oakland after 57 years.
• Oracle Park expects near-sellout crowds for the three-game series, with nostalgic 'Let’s Go Oakland' chants anticipated despite the team’s rebranding as the city-less 'Athletics.'
• Independent Oakland fan groups, including the Oakland 68’s, are largely boycotting the series, citing detachment and discontent with the team's relocation.
• Attendance at the Athletics’ temporary home, Sutter Health Park, averages 10,166, below their 2024 Coliseum average and among the lowest in MLB.
• Construction has begun on the team’s $1.75 billion Las Vegas ballpark, which is set to become their permanent home starting in 2028.