Construction of Oracle Park began on December 11th, 1997 and the stadium opened on April 11th, 2000. It was previously named Pacific Bell Park (2000-2003), SBC Park (2004-2005), and AT&T Park (2006-2018) before its current name was purchased by the Oracle Corporation in 2019.

The section of the San Francisco Bay beyond Oracle Park’s right field wall (China Basin) is unofficially known as McCovey Cove, in honour of former Giants player Willie McCovey who played 22 years in the major leagues between 1959 and 1980, all but three of which were spent with the San Francisco Giants.

The nearest major airport to Oracle Park is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), which is about 13 miles south of the arena. Another nearby airport is Oakland International Airport (OAK), which is about 20 miles southeast of Oracle Park. There are several airlines that offer direct flights from London to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) including United Airlines, British Airways, Delta and Virgin Atlantic.

If you’re already in the US then you have the choice of most domestic airlines including Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, American Eagle, Frontier Airlines, Jet Blue, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airways and WestJet.

Public transit is the best way to get to Oracle Park from throughout the Bay Area, with trains, buses, and ferries that reach deep into most of the region. If you are staying in San Francisco, you can take the Muni Metro. Lines N and T go directly to the ballpark and let you off at the 2nd and King St. station. On event days at Oracle Park, your event ticket also serves as an all-day Muni ticket. This means that you can use your event ticket to ride Muni buses and trains for free on the day of the event.

Beyond the Airbnb and Sonder options there are hotels to suit all budgets, which can be booked directly or via one of the reservation booking sites.

Some popular neighbourhoods to stay near Oracle Park include South Beach, SoMa (South of Market), and the Financial District. These neighbourhoods offer a variety of hotels and other accommodations and are within walking distance or a short public transit ride from the stadium.

Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors (NBA), is less than a mile away from Oracle Park if you wanted to combine sporting events.

San Francisco Giants sell their tickets via mlb.tickets and the MLB Ballpark App.

SeatGeek has replaced StubHub as the official ticket resale partner for MLB.

Baseball fans can still use other resale ticket marketplaces to buy and sell tickets to MLB games. MLB will verify those tickets so buyers know they’re getting a legitimate ticket.

Here are links to the main ticket resale sites. Click on the link, which will open up a new window, and you can compare the prices on the different ticket resell sites, bearing in mind that the prices shown are before the selling platforms fees are added, so take time to have a read of my tips to Buying Tickets in North America.

• SeatGeek
• SportsEvents365 (Click on the Search Button)
• StubHub International
• StubHub US
• Ticketmaster US
• TicketNetwork
• Viagogo
• Vivid Seats

I recommend downloading the Ballpark App to your phone as it contains a lot of Gameday information for the Ballpark you are visiting and a place to check in and record all the baseball games you have been to.