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Metlists, Inc. - Venues - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum


Past Venue Names:
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 1966 - 1998
  Network Associates Coliseum 1998 - 2004
  McAfee Coliseum 2004 - 2008
  Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 2008 - Present
Location:
 7000 Coliseum Way
Oakland, CA 94621
Venue Type:
Stadium
Operating Years:
September 8th, 1966 - Present
Capacity:
 63,026 (Football) 34,077 (Baseball)
   
Metallica Shows Played:
Saturday August 31st, 1985  
  Saturday October 12th, 1991 Premieres of Through The Never, The Unforgiven, Holier Than Thou
  Thursday August 20th, 1992 This show was cancelled.
  Friday August 21st, 1992 This show was cancelled.
  Thursday September 24th, 1992  
  Sunday January 19th, 2003 This was a surprise show that happened in the parking lot.
All songs played here:
Am I Evil, Battery, Creeping Death, Enter Sandman, Fade To Black, For Whom The Bell Tolls,
The Four Horsemen, Fuel, Harvester Of Sorrow, Holier Than Thou, Last Caress, Master Of Puppets,
Motorbreath, No Remorse, Nothing Else Matters, Of Wolf And Man, One, Ride The Lightning, Sad But True,
Sanitarium, Seek & Destroy, The Shortest Straw, Through The Never, The Unforgiven, Wherever I May Roam,
Whiplash
   
Notes:
  • In 1995 Raiders owner Al Davis decided to fuck with a second stadium (See the LA Coliseum page) and
    added a gigantic new deck in center field. It's so ridiculous in height that it is referred to as "Mount Davis"
    Another nickname for this area is "the AL-ps," also after Davis.


Baseball day game 2005

The view from the BART station

The stadium right after opening with open center field

How the stadium used to look in the glory days

Mount Davis under construction, 1995

Shortly after breaking ground, 1962