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District: Coliseum Industrial Area/Airport O.Co Coliseum Oracle Arena is an indoor arena in Oakland, , located in the Coliseum Industrial area near Oakland International coliseum.com Airport. It was originally constructed as the Oakland-Alameda District: Coliseum Industrial Area/Airport County Coliseum Arena in 1966 and is the home of the Golden State Warriors, world-class concerts and special events. O.co Coliseum is the only multi-purpose stadium to serve as a full-time home to both a Major League Baseball team Capacity: 20,000 (the Oakland Athletics) and a National Football League team Features (the Oakland Raiders) in the . • Oracle Arena is the premiere sports and entertainment Capacity: 64,200 venue in • Oracle Arena hosts family shows, concerts, sporting events Features and special events • Flexible space for Football, Baseball, Soccer, Lacrosse and • The arena includes 72 luxury suites and 3 exclusive clubs Track & Field • Electronic scoreboard • Electronic scoreboard • Locker rooms • Locker rooms • Concessions on site • Concessions on site • 10,000 parking spots on site and access to public • 10,000 parking spots on site and access to public transportation via Amtrak & BART transportation via Amtrak & BART • Oracle Arena is part of the Oakland–Alameda County • 6,300 club seats and 143 luxury suites Coliseum complex, which consists of the arena and • Seating capacity of 35,067 for baseball, 56,057 for football, neighboring O.co Coliseum and either 47,416 or 63,132 for soccer Sports: Basketball, Hockey, Tennis, Volleyball, Sports: Football, Baseball, Soccer, Rugby, Lacrosse, Figure Skating, Arena Football Track and Field

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West Hall Gymnastics Set Up oaklandconventioncenter.com • Onsite audio visual available • Covered and secure parking garage District: Downtown/City Center • Access to public transportation including 12th Street BART, Free hop-on downtown shuttle and bus service Located in the heart of , the Oakland • Attached full service hotel features 489 guestrooms, including Convention Center is just 15 minutes from downtown seven suites. Hotel offers restaurant, lounge, outdoor San Francisco. The Oakland Convention Center is an ideal swimming pool, exercise room, business center, concierge space for tournaments and sporting events in the Bay. lounge, travel agency, car rental and an additional 25,000 With 45,960 square feet of unobstructed space, the East square feet of flexible meeting space and West Halls can accommodate gymnastic tournaments, • Walking distance of , , wrestling events, roller derby and more. Portable staging Chinatown, Oakland Museum of California, and seating is available as needed. and Capacity: 64,000 square feet with an additional 25,000 in the attached hotel Features • Newly renovated East + West Halls are fully carpeted and combined to 48,000 square feet of flexible space with 22 foot ceilings • 13 Breakout rooms, 7 of which breakouts can be used as luxury boxes with floor to ceiling windows overlooking main convention space

Sports: Volleyball, Indoor Soccer, Basketball, Roller Derby, Football Practices, Badminton, Table Tennis

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laney.edu/wp/athletics/ Features • Award winning LEED athletic facility with state of the art District: Downtown/ training & dressing rooms The flagship of the Peralta Community College District, Laney • Aquatic Facilities include 25yd – 8 lane competitive deep College stretches across sixty acres in the lively center of pool, 25yd – 3 lane shallow pool, (2) 1-meter diving boards, resurgent downtown Oakland. Laney College stands alongside (1) 3-meter diving board and overhead bleacher seating the Oakland Museum of California, just a few blocks from • Gymnasium with electronic scoreboard, bleachers and Lake Merritt. and AC Transit provide locker room convenient transportation to the school and its surrounding • New state of the art baseball diamond with bleacher seating public facilities. Laney College offers facility rentals and and electronic scoreboard the professional services needed to present conferences, • Football field with bleacher seating workshops, sporting events, and stage performances. The • Track & Field facilities college can accommodate a variety of sporting events for • Eight outdoor tennis courts groups as few as 10 people to 1,500 people or more. Services • Onsite bistro include IT support, Audio Visual technical support and • Additional facilities available for rentals include Student equipment, catering and custodial services. Center, Classrooms, Conference Rooms and Lecture Halls

The award winning Field House offers adjacent state-of- the-art training and dressing rooms as well as classroom space. Carefully sited adjacent to the football field and the new baseball diamond, the Field House anchors all of Laney College’s athletic resources. The LEED Gold project incorporates a range of site-specific sustainable design features, including a bio-swale, solar array, and cool roof materials to reduce the heat island effect. Sports: Football, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis, Swimming, Diving, Track & Field, Cheer

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millscyclones.com/facilities/index Features • The Meyer Tennis Center features six courts, all of which District: Oakland Hills have lights. Restrooms, drinking fountains, benches, and Located in the foothills of Oakland, California, Mills College tables are located at the facility offers a spectacular environment for hosting athletic events, • The grass soccer field is regulation size, lined, and well special events, or trainings. The soccer field, tennis courts, pool, maintained. The field does not have lights. There is bleacher gymnasium, activity room, and classroom are available for rent. seating for 35 people and ample room for blankets and chairs • The Trefethen Aquatic Center has a 25 yard outdoor pool Capacity: with ten competition lanes, shallow area, and therapy spa. • The gymnasium provides space for a shortened basketball • Regulation size soccer field court (3/4 court) or one or two volleyball courts. There is • Six tennis courts with lights bleacher seating for 90 people and event seating (with • Three quarter length gymnasium with bleacher seating reduced court space) for up to 200 people • 25-yard pool with 10 competition lanes, shallow area, water • Classroom with two chalkboards, one white board, a drop polo markings, and therapy spa down projector screen, a six-foot table and chairs with attached desks • The activity room has a Taraflex floor, mirrored walls, two windows, and fans. This space is ideal for low impact, movement events such as yoga, massage, and self-defense

Sports: Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, Youth Basketball, Swimming, Water Polo, Fencing, Martial Arts, Yoga, Mind/Body, and Capoeira

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Children’s Fairyland Chabot Space & Science What’s the Weather Like? Oakland has been deemed as the “Sunny Side of the Bay,” home to some of the best weather in the country with an average of 260 sunny days per year.

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