The Oakland Ballers on Wednesday unveiled the baseball team's $1.6 million plan to transform the city's historic Raimondi Park as its new home, complete with 4,000 seats.
The Oakland Ballers on Wednesday unveiled the baseball team's $1.6 million plan to transform the city's historic Raimondi Park as its new home, complete with 4,000 seats.The team released renderings of what the park will look like, following the unanimous final vote by Oakland City Council on Tuesday to approve their plans for the West Oakland park. The Ballers have already funded improvements to the park including: repairing the lighting and irrigation systems, and laying new sod.
The Ballers are scheduled to host their first home game on June 4, the team said in a statement. All of their 48 home games will be held there. Whenever the field isn't being used for baseball, the team said it could be reserved for community events, including city movie nights. The playground near the park has also been repaired, the team said.
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