The A’s are removing the tarps off a large portion of the third deck at the Coliseum for the rest of the season, expanding the baseball capacity by more than 12,000.
Team president Dave Kaval made the announcement Tuesday morning on Facebook Live. Third-deck tickets will cost $15, and for the upcoming 10-game homestand that begins Friday against Houston, half of the proceeds from those tickets sold will go to Oakland Promise, a program designed to fund college for students in Oakland. The A’s are joining up with Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf in that effort.
“The fans have spoken,” Kaval said.