Mount Davis (Oakland)

The former seating arrangement could consist of half the Raiders' home games if the A's advanced to the World Series, well into October.

[3] It had been noted to negatively affect baseball as while it provided a shield against the sun for outfielders chasing fly balls, it was an enclosed concrete stadium and had lost capacity for the Athletics.

[7] Owing to low attendance, in 2006 the Oakland Athletics installed a layer of tarpaulin (tarp) covering all top-tier seating areas of the Coliseum, including the top level of Mount Davis.

[10][11] This policy was maintained to the chagrin of many fans during the 2012 American League Division Series where all other seats were sold out with demand for more tickets but the tarp was not removed.

However, in 2017, Athletics president Dave Kaval announced that some sections of tarp – though not those on Mount Davis – would be removed for at least the remainder of the 2017 season.

[12][13] In 2013, the Oakland Raiders also started covering Mount Davis with tarp owing to the National Football League television blackout policies which obligate teams to black out the game if they cannot sell more than 85% stadium capacity.

[15] The Raiders kept Mount Davis tarped from 2013 until the team moved to Las Vegas in 2020, though after 2015, the NFL suspended its blackout policies.

On July 21, 2018, the tarp on Mount Davis was removed by the A's for an interleague matchup against the Bay Bridge rival San Francisco Giants in a successful attempt to break a Coliseum attendance record.