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| - Hohokam Stadium was once the Spring Training home of the Chicago Cubs, before they moved to Sloan Park in Mesa. Hohokam Stadium is now the new Spring Training home for the Oakland A's as of 2015, which is a major improvement from their previous ballpark. The A's used to play at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, which was highly outdated compared to the other Spring Training ballparks in Arizona.
Hohokam Stadium has all the features that you enjoy about Spring Training games. Their parking lot is right next to the ballpark, making it very easy to get to & out of the stadium. The prices for their seats & parking are also cheaper than most of the other Spring Training ballparks. They have lawn seating, which was not available at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. They also have the largest scoreboard in the Cactus League, measuring 12X16 feet. There's a good amount of seats that are in the shade, which is very important during the hot days. Their concourse is big enough to have people walk comfortable in both directions and it's shaded too. To me, the available shaded seats is very important because on multiple days and different years that I've attended Spring Training Baseball in Arizona, all the days were in the high 90's to over 100ºF. It's hard to watch a baseball game in the sun when the temperature is that hot.
Even though this is just a Spring Training Stadium, this ballpark is a lot better than O.co Stadium (Oakland Coliseum)! I can see the A's having better season-attendances if they had an MLB ballpark like Hohokam Stadium during their regular seasons. BTW.., you may occasionally find Billy Beane sitting next to the press box above section 203!
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