AT&T; Park is an open-air baseball park, home to the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball and starting in 2009 will be the home of the California Redwoods of the United Football League. The park also hosts the Emerald Bowl, a college football bowl game, every year. The park is located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, at the corner of 3rd Street and King Street in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
Originally named Pacific...
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AT&T; Park is an open-air baseball park, home to the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball and starting in 2009 will be the home of the California Redwoods of the United Football League. The park also hosts the Emerald Bowl, a college football bowl game, every year. The park is located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, at the corner of 3rd Street and King Street in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
Originally named Pacific Bell Park, then renamed SBC Park in 2003 as a result of the SBC acquisition of Pacific Bell, the stadium was ultimately christened AT&T; Park on March 3, 2006, just two years after it had adopted the SBC Park name. SBC Communications, the flagship sponsor of the park, merged with AT&T; Corp. in 2005 and the new AT&T; Inc. took the more iconic name for its company. This marked the third official name for the park since its opening in 2000.
Groundbreaking on the ballpark began on December 11, 1997, in the industrial waterfront area of San...
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