A’s Home Opener | Updates on historic opening day for the Athletics in Sacramento

MICHELLE. HEY YOU GUYS, HOW ARE YOU DOING? IT IS A GRAND DAY HERE IN WEST SACRAMENTO. WE ARE ON THE RIGHT FIELD GATE RIGHT HERE. NOW YOU CAN SEE THE BIG SIGN. ATHLETICS WE’VE GOT. PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO GET IN. WE’VE GOT SOME CUBBIES FANS OVER HERE TO THE RIGHT. AND THEN WE’VE GOT THE A FANS A’S FANS RIGHT HERE. THEY’VE BEEN SITTING THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. BUT LET’S TALK TO YOU ABOUT GETTING HERE. THAT’S THE THING. HEY, HOW’D YOU FOLKS GET HERE TODAY? DROVE. WHERE’D YOU PARK? OKAY. AND YOU HAVE TO RESERVE YOUR PARKING. THEY SAID THEY DROVE, AND THEY PARKED IN THIS PARKING LOT. YOU GOT TO RESERVE THAT PARKING, SO DON’T THINK YOU CAN JUST DRIVE. PULL UP HERE AND GET IN ONE OF THESE LOTS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO RESERVE THAT. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU WE’VE GOT THE THE LOTS RIGHT OVER THERE, THAT ONE. AND THEN THERE’S ANOTHER LOT THAT THEY HAVE CLEARED OUT OVER HERE BY THE TOWER BRIDGE. AND WE’VE GOT YOU CAN SEE A’S FANS ALREADY THERE TOSSING THE BALL AROUND PARKING HERE AGAIN THESE ARE RESERVED LOTS. AND THEY ALSO HAVE RIDESHARE OF COURSE. RIGHT. SO IF YOU DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC, YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO PARK. THERE’S ALWAYS RIDESHARE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF WEST SACRAMENTO EARLIER. THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A YEAR. THEY HAVE A BASEBALL TRAFFIC PLAN. AND SO HERE’S WHAT HE TOLD US. IF YOU’RE COMING DOWN TO THE BALLPARK TONIGHT. WHAT ARE YOUR THREE TIPS FOR BASEBALL FANS? CERTAINLY COME EARLY IF YOU CAN. AGAIN, THERE’S PLENTY OF THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THE IN THE HOURS PRECEDING THE GAME. BRING YOUR PATIENCE WITH YOU. LIKE ANY EVENT, THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME TRAFFIC CONGESTION BOTH COMING IN AND LEAVING. AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, BE RESPONSIBLE AND HAVE FUN. IF YOU’RE GOING TO DRINK DESIGNATED DRIVER OR TAKE A RIDESHARE. AND WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A GREAT TIME. THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S THAT’S THE PLAN HERE, RIGHT? IF YOU’RE GOING TO COME HERE AND WATCH BASEBALL, YOU WANT TO LEAVE HERE SAFELY AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF STREET PARKING HERE ON THIS ROAD RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF THE STADIUM. BUT THE CHIEF TOLD ME THEY REALLY WANT TO RESERVE THE STREET PARKING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WEST SAC SO THAT THEY HAVE THEIR PLACES TO GO IF THEY’RE NOT GOING TO THE GAME, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE 5000 PARKING SPOTS FOR YOU. SO IF YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR PARK RESERVED RIGHT HERE, THERE’S A CHIEF RIGHT HERE, GO A’S RIGHT THERE HE IS. HE’S A BUSY MAN. AND SO 5000 PARKING SPOTS. I JUST SAID THERE’S PARKING GARAGES TO OVER ACROSS. BUT PAST THE BRIDGE AND THE ZIGGURAT BUILDING. SO YOU COULD GO OVER THERE OR. YOU KNOW WHAT? GRAB A SCOOTER, RIDE YOUR BIKE, WALK OVER AFTER YOU HAVE SOME FOOD OVER AN OLD SAC AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME. SO RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW, WE’RE STILL AN HOUR AWAY BEFORE THEY OPEN THE GATES. AND OF COURSE, THREE HOURS BEFORE THE FIRST PITCH GOES OUT.

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