The Oakland Athletics took a playful poke at a rival team Saturday, promising to charge San Francisco Giants fans more for Oakland Coliseum parking.
The Oakland Athletics took a playful poke at a rival team Saturday, promising to charge San Francisco Giants fans more for Oakland Coliseum parking, and BART promptly capitalized on the joke.
Oakland announced today that parking will cost $50 for Giants fans for the 2018 season. A’s season-ticket holders can get prepaid parking for $10 and other Oakland fans will pay $30, the team announced.
However, A’s President Dave Kaval said in the announcement:
“Any Giants fan who yells, ‘Go A’s,’ at the parking gates will be charged only $30 to enter the Oakland Coliseum.”
Kaval has a history of offbeat promotions for the team. The A’s are scheduled to host the Giants in an exhibition game Sunday at 1:05 p.m. at the Coliseum.
The A’s announcement did not go unnoticed on social media. In response, BART tweeted:
🤔 We’ve got a solution for this. https://t.co/p1Poj1Uuoz
— BART (@SFBART) March 24, 2018
BART was doubtless referring to the fact that those who take public transit don’t have to pay anything at all for parking.
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