AT&T Park (home of the 2010 World Series Champion Giants) is located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza and is a beautiful stadium in the heart of San Francisco. The view of the bay makes this stadium great and is reason enough to attend a game. Don’t be confused by three name changes since the park opened in 2000; first Pacific Bell Park, then SBC Park and finally AT&T Park (the joys of stadium naming rights and corporate mergers). Many fans still say Pac Bell Park, a source of confusion for me prior to visiting.
We had great seats in left field (thank you stubhub) though you should try to get seats in the upper deck behind home plate for the best views outside the park. While the stadium holds over forty-two thousand fans it has much smaller feel (which I like) since there is only one level of seating in the outfield.
Giants fans in left field reminded me of the Cub’s bleacher creatures. We were decked out in Rockies gear and had to ignore heckling most of the game. Rockies players weren’t exempt either, Ryan Spilborghs was greeted each inning by “What do we know about Spilbourghs… He’s a bum”, shouted in unison by our left field neighbors. Good news is the Rockies came back in the top of ninth and ended up winning (ketchup drenched fries really were tossed our way as we gloried in the win). Bad news, since the Giants just won the World Series I guess that game doesn’t really matter (congratulations to the Giants organization)!
Tips:
- Get to the stadium early so you have time to walk around and enjoy amazing views of the bay.
- Look for seats high up behind home plate. There were plenty of scalpers outside the stadium but try stubhub first as they usually have a great seat selection of tickets.
- No specific food to recommend here but San Francisco itself has a ton of great places to eat before or after the game.
