O.co Coliseum

7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94621, USA

Address:	7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94621, USA
Phone:	+1 510-569-2121
Site:	coliseum.com
Rating:	4

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Reviews 4

Bruce

Walking to the coliseum wasnt bad but, once you got past security the fun started! People were yelling, shoving, and shoulder to shoulder like it was the end of the world. If there was such a thing as a zoo, this would be the place! Good luck finding your seats, of course ours were located on the other side. It took us awhile because everyone else was doing the same thing. Im not going to add much about this coliseum other than its old and lacks all the "fancy" stuff like other coliseums but its our stadium. OK, getting back to the zoo..... Once we got to our seats, it was crammed packed with people excited about watching the home opener. Coming here on the Raiders first home game was loud to say the least. I cant even think, its so loud here and yelling is the norm when youre talking to "anybody" here just to get your point across. I dont get it with coliseums, in any other setting, people are polite towards others, for the most part, but once you get people mashed into a huge stadium, fill their bellies with beer, their inhibitions go out the window! I guess people hold in their foul language until they come to one of these games then let it all hang out. I heard one guy cursing so much you didnt understand what the heck he was "actually" trying to say. Then again, with all that makeup on, I guess he just fit in. I saw fans throwing peanuts at other fans only to start laughing. "Idiots, always take a few, but then again, I saw quite a few knuckleheads here!" The "Grub" here is average and of course the lines are ridiculous just waiting in line while the game is going on. The fare is the usual, hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, fries, polish dog, nachos, beer, soft drinks, etc., etc.... However, the prices are unreasonable but its pay up or dont eat & drink. On this day, there were a lot of people, myself included waiting to hand over our money but hey, were at a game right? They also have "Vegetarian Eats." Hellooo, this is a RAIDER game, not a "livestock show" so as not to offend the "living animals which we love so much to eat!" And, if you forgot your money, theres an ATM, but guess what, "theres another line for that!" I could see the "Black Hole" and saw the usual Darth Vader, Gorilla, or Barbarian fans dressed up and pumped up for the game. I later learned that there was over 53,000 fans watching the game. You could hear the fans above the rest during the game and it was no place for opponents to be, especially on "opening day!" The game itself was another experience, it was loud, obnoxious, and full of drunk people. Either that, or they just sat next to me. I got a pretty good workout with people in front of me persistently standing up yelling, spilling their beers, foods. I think I spent half the time watching the "backsides" of fans. "Im glad I recorded the game so I can actually watch what took place today!" "What, a touchdown...?" Where, where, hey sit your fat ass down....." "OMG," Im starting to act like one of these crazed fans!" Word to the wise, especially women. If you plan on wearing "those skimpy outfits" dont come here unless you like men with beer all over themselves drooling like dogs and calling you colorful names and acts they wished they could do with their own girlfriends or wives! I saw a few "fans" being escorted out by security and police but nothing riotous like Ive seen at European Football Games. Leaving the game was just as bad as arriving. Now I had to compete with drunk people who were even more obnoxious and stupid! Bottom line is that we beat the Jaguars! I think Ill stay home where I dont have to "pee" in a trough, its quieter, the food is better and I can yell and actually understand what just happened! "My TV might not come close to being there, but it doesnt have beer on it!" Goodnight :-/ "Zzz"

Shady Backflash

I went to The Who at the former Oakland Coliseum, now known as the Oracle Arena, on February 1, 2013 with a friend and she and I both agree that the sound was THE WORST of any concert weve seen in our lives. (We are both in our early forties -- shes 40 and Im 44 -- and we have each seen hundreds, if not a thousand, concerts in our lives.) We purchased tickets for the 200 section but when we got to the seats we noticed that there were NO SPEAKERS in the entire upper balcony area. The music sounded like it was being played on a transistor radio sitting in a fish bowl in another room. The irony, of course, is that The Who set records as The Loudest Band In The World and the people in our section were yelling "TURN IT UP!" Eventually, more than halfway through the show, we decided to mutiny. The sound was better standing next to the concession stand in the hallway than it was in our seats. Once we heard how good the band was sounding to those people within a direct line of the speakers, we opted to go down into the lower level and risk getting scolded by ushers rather than wait another ten years for The Who to tour the U.S. again. In the lower level the band sounded great, the lights looked great and it was everything a Who concert deserved to be. We both felt it totally unconscionable for the venue to even sell seats with sound that bad. We also recognized that since the new ownership of the venue where we used to see The Grateful Dead for many a terrific show, not only has the sound quality worsened considerably, but the size of the seats has shrunk considerably. The aisles are thinner, the hallways are thinner, everything seems geared towards more corporate box seats, more herd animal treatment of the crowd and less consideration of the experience of the audience members. In other words, we felt like we were consumers being sold a product, not valued attendees whose experience was of any consideration whatsoever. If I return to this venue, Im going to look closely at the seating chart before I buy a ticket. Some seats in this venue simply should not be sold unless the venue wires speakers on the upper level.

A Private User

Travel light if you plan to attend an event here. Last week I went to a Foo Fighters concert at the Oracle Arena; I and many others were told we had to leave our umbrellas outside, and then came back after the concert to find that Maintenance had collected them all (before most people had even exited the building after the concert) and thrown them away. I posted about it on Craigslist and got a reply from a family who had attended the Monster Truck Jam at the McAfee Coliseum at about the same time, and had had the same experience. The security officer I talked to at the time had blamed the event promoter, but we certainly didnt have the same event promoter as far as I know - and even if the promoter wanted the umbrellas out of sight, there was no need to throw them away! I complained to the Coliseum and LiveNation (our concert promoter) and have yet to get a reply. I certainly wont be attending any more events on this campus for the foreseeable future, if this is the way they treat their customers.

Ryan Merold

It was great trying to take my dad to an Indians game, a team he hasnt seen play in 60 years, only to sit in 4 hours of traffic, miss the opening of the game, and ending up turning around and driving back to Sacramento since my dad has a pacemaker and cant make the walk from the overflow lot to the park. Had tickets 2 rows up behind the dugout and couldnt even get into the parking lot...an hour and a half before the game started! I get the Bay Area traffic, and the fact that the first 20,000 fans got Rickey Henderson jerseys, but this was the most poorly organized game/concert/event Ive been to in my entire life. No traffic control, cars blocking the intersections, 9 lanes merging into 3...an absolute nightmare. Could have just gone to the ATM and lit $120 on fire. Will never, EVER be back. Would give zero stars if there was an option.