AT&T Park

Insecurity: The Boston Bombings Create a Revival of Security Theater in S.F.

Bomb Squad Investigating Military Explosive Found Near AT&T Park (Update)

Update 12:46 p.m.: Officer Albie Esparza says the area is now clear and the suspicious device was just that: suspicious. According to Esparza, the item that was found was a harmless military box filled with miscellaneous items. You can all go back to work now. Original story: Streets near AT&T Park ... More >>

Red Bull Flugtag Brings Out the Brave and the Brainy (Video)

If you missed the crazy human-powered flight show at McCovey Cove this weekend, no worries, we have this recap video of those daring folks who attempted to defy gravity. More than 100,000 people came out to watch the annual Red Bull Flugtag event, where they saw sharks, smurfs, mustaches, etc, as th ... More >>

Treasure Island Festival Shuttle Stop Moved to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Due to the unexpectedly awesome San Francisco Giants, there's been a slight change in plans for those heading to Treasure Island Music Festival this weekend: Instead of picking up festivalgoers at the AT&T Park parking lots, shuttles will instead leave from Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in S.F.'s Civ ... More >>

Five Songs About Baseball to Make You Joyful Before the Playoffs

Alright, Bay Area baseball fanatics -- this is your moment. Because yes, the Oakland A's have made it to the playoffs for the first time in six years. And yes, AT&T Park is hosting playoff games for the Giants on both Saturday and Sunday this week. This is that magical period where anything coul ... More >>

2013 World Baseball Classic to Call AT&T Park Home

It's official. San Francisco will host the semifinals of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, calling AT&T Park home for the first time when more than two dozen teams from around the globe compete against each other next spring.This marks the third anniversary of the international baseball tournamen ... More >>

Facebook's Top Check-In Spot for San Francisco: AT&T Park

We figured local strip clubs and the proctologist's office probably wouldn't be on list of Facebook's top "check-ins." But you know what is: AT&T Park. In the study released yesterday, Facebook analyzed data from 25 cities, including San Francisco, and found that a majority of their users are ca ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Floydian Slip

I Love This City Festival Gets Even Bigger, Adds David Guetta, Datsik, Apparat, AraabMusik, and More to Lineup

See also: * I Love This City Festival: Tiësto, Duck Sauce, Steve Aoki, James Murphy, Holy Ghost! and More to Play Over Two Days in S.F. We warned you: The I Love This City festival, which is scheduled to bring two days of throbbing bass and pulsing tempos to the parking lots around AT&T Park late ... More >>

Chickens on Prozac, Vegan Peeps, and Field Roast at Giants games!

​Hi guys! Big news! I received word from their PR company yesterday that Field Roast vegan frankfurters will now be available at AT&T Park for this season's Giants games! I've had these dogs and they are super delicious. We are still waiting to hear if the hot dog buns are vegan--they always forge ... More >>

Field Roast Vegan Frankfurters on the Menu at Giants Games This Season!

As we reported in Week In Vegan this morning, Field Roast vegan frankfurters will now be available at Giants games in AT&T Park this season! Vegansaurus broke the news yesterday. Anyway, I can attest: These are super legit! They smell so good in that spicy-hotdog way! They aren't just flavorles ... More >>

The Melt's Grilled Cheese Expansion, Little Bird Flutters Shut, and Moya Ethiopian to Return

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The Melt's budding empire, building towards 500 grilled cheese shops, is readying to open three locations next month. City-dwelling-grilled-cheese-fans will find the sandwiches at One Embarcadero Center a ... More >>

Summer Guide: Sports Bars That Aren't Terrible

Get Buzzed Before Giants Games at Distillery No. 209

Photo by Distillery No. 209It's not the gin-goggles, it really is this pretty.​Where: Distillery No. 209, Pier 50 When: Thurs., June 9, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: $25. Space is limited, so please email wendi@distillery209.com or call 707-363-8182 to make your reservation. The rundown: San Francisco' ... More >>

Winning

Giants' World Series Trophy in City Hall Tomorrow

You think he was there for the trophy or the supes meeting? ​The confluence of the current Board of Supervisors' final meeting and a two-day stopover by the Giants' World Series trophy portends for large crowds in City Hall over the next several days. Expect lots of wild clothing and boisterous sp ... More >>

Video for S.F. Giants Ode 'Black & Orange' Brings Out City Rappers En Masse

Roach Gigz at AT&T Park​If Journey's not your thing -- or if you've just heard Askon Davaran's now-ubiquitous "Don't Stop Believing" anthem for the S.F. Giants enough times -- a pack of SFC rappers including San Quinn, Big Rich, Cellski, DaVinci, and Roach Gigz have you covered with "Blac ... More >>

Meatless Filipino, Vegan Halloween Candy, and Slutty Pets

​SFoodie's roundup of tips, news, and rants from the week in animal-free eats. • Did you know it's World Go Vegan Week? I bet you didn't because all you care about is the Giants. Well, that's okay. Assuming the team comes back to San Francisco to finish up the Series next week, AT&T Park ha ... More >>

World Series: Is $76,240 Too Much To Pay to See Game 1?

Trade your Vespa for Series tickets? How about the girl with the tapestry dress? ​First things first: Craigslist will never top the swap offer your humble narrator spotted in 2002. That would be "Will Trade 1,900 Pounds of Bananas For Series Tickets." I determined last year the street value of 1,9 ... More >>

World Series Specials? Most Places Near the Ballpark Just Want to Survive

chuck l./YelpPublic House is the rare place offering World Series food specials ― some of them geared toward Rangers fans.​With AT&T Park in the national spotlight Wednesday for Game One of the World Series, you'd think South Beach restaurants would be busting out specials oozing with Fear t ... More >>

Ashkon Davaran, the Man Behind the Giants' Anthem, Talks Torturous Baseball

Ashkon Davaran won't stop believing. ​As we write this, crowds are streaming into AT&T Park for the third game of the National League Championship Series. So it seems a great time to direct your eyes to an interview with Ashkon Davaran, the man behind the now-famous Giants-themed take-off on J ... More >>

Muni Beefs Up Service For Giants NLCS Game

Dirty Harry and the cops motor past the present-day site of AT&T Park​Aficionados of Dirty Harry movies can gleefully point to spots near AT&T Park as the climax of the motorcycle-vs. tremendous blue car chase scene in Magnum Force. But the completion of Pacific Bell Park in 2000 changed e ... More >>

Videos: We Audition Some of the Thousands Trying Out for American Idol at AT&T Park This Week

​Late Monday night, people with sleeping bags and big dreams began congregating outside of AT&T Park, where American Idol is holding the final tryout for its 10th season. The singing hopefuls of every race, creed, shape, and size, ages 15 to 28, had come from faraway lands to freeze and wait i ... More >>

Let Them Eat Nachos: Giants Hosting First-Ever Bastille Day at AT&T Park

​AT&T Park and the Giants are being careful not to isolate any group on the planet. Ballpark nights honoring singles, Jews, LGBTers, Girl Scouts, Deadheads, and German beer fans all seem to affirm that yes, baseball really cares. And while it's unknown how many local baseball fans are either F ... More >>

CUESA's Urban Eats County Fair Promises Plenty of S.F. Flavor

​We harbor pleasant memories of childhood visits to the state fair: prize hogs, pink and bristly, bulging from their pens, ribbon-worthy layer cakes, and all manner of fried foods served on sticks, tucked into greasy waxed-paper wrappings. On June 20, we will revisit those summer excursions ... More >>

U.S.-England World Cup Opener Free at AT&T Park

He'll be there...​ Those who prefer to take in the world's greatest sporting event drunk outside instead of drunk inside are in luck. AT&T Park will host a free screening of the Saturday, June 12 World Cup opener between the United States and England. Doors open at 10 a.m. and kickoff is at 11 ... More >>

'Terrorist Explosions' Today in Bay Area. It's a Drill, People...

Hey, nothing to worry about...​Explosions will ripple through the Bay Area today -- but those averse to objects blowing up are urged to worry not. It's all part of the drill. Today is the Golden Guardian full-scale, port security exercise across the state -- and "The Ports of Oakland, Redwood City ... More >>

Good News All Around: Cal To Play at AT&T Park in 2011; Tightwad Hill Going Nowhere

Vance CardellCal topped Miami, 24-17, in the 2008 Emerald Bowl at AT&T Park​Like many folks with a media e-mail account, your humble narrator received the word Monday that Cal will be playing its home football games at AT&T Park in 2011 -- or whatever Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T Park is call ... More >>

Baylinks: Print Media, Strikes, & Graffiti Drama

Oh. man. These cats are so wasted.​Public meeting to discuss possible $7 entrance fee for Strybring Arboretum. [SF Citizen]There's a new print mag in town. [SFist]A look at what's going on at Taste of Nation at AT&T Park. [Eater SF]A photo gallery of the Oakland teachers and familes' strike. [ ... More >>

All Hail the Boys of Summer! Giants Win Home Opener, 5-4.

​It's sunny tonight as we leave work, a light wind off the bay is stirring those enormous, tacky palm trees along Mission Creek, and the orange-clad crowds are leaving AT&T Park in a rapture after the Giants' 5-4, 13th-inning victory over the Braves in their home opener. Sit back and crack a c ... More >>

A Hopey, Changey Day on the Diamond

Acme Chophouse To Close at the End of the Year

The upscale steakhouse is being axed -- er, cleavered.​The Chronicle's Michael Bauer reported on his blog last night that Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza at AT&T Park) is closing December 31. Rumors have been swirling for at least a year about the upscale steakhouse that emphasizes sustai ... More >>

Giants Can't Hit, But Copy Editor Scores a Home Run

Joe EskenaziNo arrests made by the grammar police todayA little while back we wrote about how baseball fans unfazed by donning the name and uniform number of a player recently cut off the team or unceremoniously packed off to Kansas City at the trade deadline can save a lot of money at the Giants' D ... More >>

Scalp a Ticket, Go to Jail? Basis of San Francisco's Law Odder Than You'd Think.

It's against the law -- or is it?A soft toss away from the high-legged kick of the Juan Marichal monument outside AT&T Park, an attention-grabbing sign blows in the gentle breeze. In large, alarming letters, the sign warns of the dangers of purchasing scalped tickets -- and notes that both the b ... More >>

The Price of Failure

Empty seats abound at Giants home games – and it's not just the team that's losing.

Cautiously Extreme

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