Tarpaulin Mount Davis (Oakland)
the tarp on main grandstand; section of tarp removed in 2017, tarp on mount davis remains
owing low attendance, in 2006 oakland athletics installed layer of tarpaulin (tarp) covering top-tier seating areas of coliseum, including top level of mount davis. athletics not sell advertising space on tarp due city regulations, various athletics-related messages printed instead on tarp; mount davis sections of tarp display team s logo. covered seats numbered 20,878, representing approximately 37% of seating capacity in coliseum.
though tarp can removed, athletics management refused unless team made world series, claimed made stadium more intimate . policy maintained chagrin of many fans during 2012 american league division series other seats sold out demand more tickets tarp not removed. 2013 american league division series, tarp removed rest of third deck, not mount davis. however, in 2017, athletics president dave kaval announced sections of tarp - though not on mount davis - removed @ least remainder of 2017 season. done in response long-standing fan complaints, move added 12,103 seats coliseum during athletics games, leaving 8,775 seats on mount davis still covered.
in 2013, oakland raiders started covering mount davis tarp owing national football league television blackout policies obligate teams black out game if cannot sell more 85% stadium capacity. on previous few years, raiders had been forced black out more home games televised. had effect of making oakland-alameda county coliseum smallest stadium in national football league. under nfl rules, mount davis must remain tarped season long, no matter if make nfl playoffs or not.
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