Fields Of Dreams: Raley Field, Sacramento, California



Raley Field is dwelling to the Sacramento River Cats, the AAA affiliate of the Oakland A’s. Sitting but due west of Sacramento proper, inward West Sacramento to live exact, it’s but a curt stroll over the span from Old Sacramento. Many A’s players stimulate got passed through here, inward fact, the 24-hour interval nosotros were at that topographic point a twain of Major Leaguers inward the twilight of their career…pitchers Brett Tomko in addition to John Halama…were inward the game. Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson was the River Cats offset base of operations autobus for the day…I intend his solely tip to the guys on offset was “Run!”




The squad is a perennial competition inward the Pacific Coast League.




Here are the stats…
Year opened: 2000
Surface: Grass
Construction cost: $42 million
Capacity: 11,093 (14,014 when including the lawn area)
Field dimensions: Left champaign – 330 ft.; Center champaign – 403 ft.; Right champaign – 325 ft.
Home teams: Sacramento River Cats (Pacific Coast League, AAA) 2000 –present
Events attended: ane game


If you’ve always been to the Angels’ Spring Training facility inward Tempe, Arizona, this stadium is most a carbon copy. Certain parts of the stadium, especially the tertiary base of operations side, stimulate got a bully sentiment of downtown Sacramento in addition to the Tower Bridge. It’s form of similar a tike league version of the sentiment you’d stimulate got at PNC Park inward Pittsburgh.




The seating bowl solely has ane deck alongside some other marking of suites to a higher house that.  The dwelling plate entrance comes into the concourse marking at the top of the champaign deck. There is some other entrance deep inward correct champaign for fans that walk over from Sacramento. From there, a long paved ramp takes yous to the principal seats, by the lawn area.




The wheelchair accessible seating is at the top of the champaign marking alongside some other spot available at really premium prices inward the front end row behind dwelling plate. Ticket prices run from $8 to $60. For most seats, they tend to run $17 - $34, which is pretty high for a tike league squad but also averages a slight discount for 2013. Buy tickets inward advance in addition to yous salvage $2.


We had no work but walking upwards to the ticket window in addition to purchasing 3 tickets (one wheelchair, 2 companions) but had to settle for seats by offset base of operations into the correct champaign area. We went to a mid-week 24-hour interval game that started at 11:35am in addition to the wheelchair seating ended upwards about beingness sold out.




Game views are first-class from whatever seat. Food choices are plentiful alongside Straw Hat pizza, Mexican food, tri tip, Subway sandwiches, chicken sandwiches, salmon tacos, popcorn, kettle corn, in addition to much more. The nutrient was amazingly good, if expensive. Tim in addition to I shared a Dinger Dog, a giant ½ pound hot domestic dog (good plenty to province on our Best Foods of 2010 list), in addition to Letty had a chef salad that was actually delicious. We also had some popcorn that was a petty every bit good salty but the kettle corn was but right. The beer selection is really large alongside several carts selling microbrews on tap but at a cost of $11 for a large glass, it was over again pretty expensive compared to other tike league stadiums.


Public transit volition larn yous every bit far every bit Old Sacramento easily on the other side of the river. It’s an easy, wheelchair accessible walk from at that topographic point over the span to the stadium but beware that it is a drawbridge in addition to may live raised. It was when nosotros walked over but it but lasts a few minutes.


There is plenty of parking inward the surface area of the stadium; $10 for regular cars, $10 for close-in handicapped parking for those who stimulate got placards or disabled plates, in addition to gratis on Wednesdays. The parking attendant also gave us several petty bags of Jelly Bellies to stimulate got into the game.


A really practiced ballpark to lookout adult man a game in, the solely downside is the high prices for tickets, parking, food, in addition to drinks.




 -Darryl
Copyright 2010 – Darryl Musick
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UPDATED for 2013

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