Oakland A's fans organized a boycott on Opening Day to protest the team's potential move to Las Vegas. The attendance for the game was 13,522, the lowest non-COVID impacted opening day crowd since 1996. Fans gathered in the parking lot, choosing to protest rather than attend the game.
The A’s drawing 3,837 people for last night's game is especially crazy because MLB counts total tickets sold — not turnstile clicks — as its official attendance number, meaning the actual number is only a fraction of that. https://t.co/xZe9KYQiG8
The announced attendance at the second home game of the A's season was 3,837 fans https://t.co/SDfQ9bSTqm
Here's what it was like outside the Oakland Coliseum on Opening Day. Hint: fans weren't happy. https://t.co/PoQVLQfVJt
A’s Pull In Unbelievably Low Crowd That Even A Minor League Team Could Beat … Now They’re Definitely Moving To Vegas https://t.co/e3aucMuFIo
Many fans at the Oakland Coliseum were still hanging out in the parking lot when Alex Wood delivered the first pitch of the season for the Athletics against the Cleveland Guardians. https://t.co/THJHXCdkCT
"Oakland fans showed up and I guess they decided not to go into the ballpark" @hoynsie weighs in on the block party outside of Oakland Coliseum #Athletics #Protest ▶️ https://t.co/mtAKgkc5Tt https://t.co/wGSyAppepc
From @scottostler Leave it to the A’s to find a way to screw up even the joy of Opening Day https://t.co/oXpiJhrKrn via @sfchronicle
It was a very bittersweet Opening Day at the Oakland Coliseum as the A's played what could be their final first game of the season there. I spoke with Mark Kotsay and fans who all shared a similar sentiment. @KPIXtv | @LastDiveBar https://t.co/sFZRRy2JzN
OPINION: "The Oakland Athletics did something never seen in MLB history: They screwed up Opening Day, turning a happy spring ritual into a desultory night where only A’s fans offered apologies … to each other," writes columnist Scott Ostler. https://t.co/nDjF4ZWffp
Last night's #OpeningDay felt like no other. For many fans, they felt nothing at all. Did apathy prevail in what could be the final Opening Day in Oakland? Or is this final chapter far more complicated than rows of empty seats? #Athletics #SellTheTeam https://t.co/bZbqIn1YF1
Opening Day is all about new beginnings. But for Oakland A’s fans, this year’s Opening Day felt more like the beginning of the end. "It’s just really, really sad." @melissalockard and @ZackMeisel on the scenes from an organization intent on relocating ⤵️ https://t.co/V7qSbkq2kx
The Oakland A's had one of their smallest #OpeningDay crowds with only 13,522 fans in attendance, and some fans protested the team's planned relocation to Las Vegas. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/hahsNrMLZr
It's Opening Day in Oakland and fans are feeling a flood of emotions, with it possibly being the last time the A's start the season at the Coliseum. https://t.co/ly1Vqk6lOb
A’s lose opener 8-0 as fans boycott in parking lot: 'Can’t knock them for that’ — all about a one-of-a-kind night in Oakland, both on and off the field: https://t.co/fV7Sjprl9D via @sfchronicle
What could be the final Opening Day at the Oakland Coliseum was one to forget in the Athletics’ 8-0 loss to the Guardians. https://t.co/J4KX6Sqkqo
Plenty of A's fans were in the Coliseum parking lot for Opening Day, but not all of them decided to attend the game. It was the latest protest organized by A's fans. https://t.co/sq227tk0LR
On what is likely to be the final Opening Day for Major League Baseball at the Oakland Coliseum, thousands of fans gathered in the parking lot outside the stadium to protest the team’s impending move to Las Vegas. More from @melissalockard ⤵️ https://t.co/NYJvQaNiuJ https://t.co/1iqC61vfVl
Fans entering the Coliseum grounds Thursday for the A’s season opener had a choice to make: Go in for the game or stay in the parking lot for a boycott. The scene was the latest chapter of the stare-down between Oakland fans and team owner John Fisher. 📷: Ben Fanjoy https://t.co/duqfFu3ONa
The announced attendance of 13,522 for A's opener is lowest non-COVID impacted opening day crowd for any team since the A's drew 7,294 vs Blue Jays in 1996 per @stathead. That game was played at Cashman Field in Las Vegas when Coliseum was being renovated for #Raiders
The announced attendance of 13,522 for A's opener is lowest non-COVID impacted opening day crowd since the A's drew 7,294 vs Blue Jays in 1996 per @stathead. That game was played at Cashman Field in Las Vegas when Coliseum was being renovated for #Raiders
A's announced Opening Night attendance: 13,522.
Oakland A's reported attendance for Opening Night: 13,522
Ryan Yamamoto reports on multiple fan groups boycotting the Oakland A's home opener Thursday. @Athletics #Oakland #OaklandAthletics @MLB Website: https://t.co/UZS5zxC2LM YouTube: https://t.co/NKKrBFzRRR Facebook: https://t.co/uOZIeo8QZS In... https://t.co/FisTN7h8tT
From @scottostler A’s fans pack Coliseum parking lot for home opener, abstain from the game https://t.co/JS0NfKeIDG via @sfchronicle
Opening Day in Oakland (via @ZackMeisel) https://t.co/nHmQTrhpwS
In the face of their team relocating to Vegas and 2 wks after A's execs showed renderings of stadium on Strip, A's fans came out on Opening Day to show love for franchise that called East Bay home since 1968. Tip of hat for an Opening Day like no other. https://t.co/UunJwlacI2 https://t.co/8IY8LWXfIW
Fans and boycotters arrive at the Coliseum before the A’s play the Cleveland Guardians on Opening Day in Oakland on Thursday. 📷: @CAGisMe and Ben Fanjoy https://t.co/3NdPr5w8oF
We'll be watching how many fans are in the stands for the @Athletics home opener Thursday night. Some fans protested by tailgating in the parking lot as the team begins what could be its final season in Oakland. https://t.co/0y3I3AElYM https://t.co/QZ5wzz3Fib
We came to the Oakland Coliseum tonight to not watch a baseball game. (It’s way more fun out here.) The owners may reap the profits. But the FANS get to tell the team’s story. #OpeningDayBoycott #SellTheTeam #BlockParty @LastDiveBar @Oakland68s @Oaklandish 💚💛👊🏼💯 https://t.co/cBRDlbdqne
One of the cool freebies given out in Coliseum park lot as part of Opening Night fan boycott, where many thousands of fans are protesting John Fisher pulling their team out of Oakland. It’s festive, upbeat and a big party. https://t.co/JcZHqgtUyo