Editing Oracle Park (section)

===Design and construction===
Originally designed to be a 42,000-seat stadium, there were slight modifications before the final design was complete. When the ballpark was brought to the ballot box in the fall of 1996 for voter approval, the stadium was 15° clockwise from its current position. The center-field scoreboard was atop the right-field wall, with the Giants Pavilion Building being in two separate buildings.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Giants' Grand Designs / Statue of Willie Mays to Grace New Ballpark|first=Edward|last=Epstein|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-Giants-Grand-Designs-Statue-of-Willie-Mays-2852222.php|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=February 25, 1997|access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>
Groundbreaking on the ballpark began on December 11, 1997, in the [[Port of San Francisco|industrial waterfront area]] of San Francisco known as [[China basin|China Basin]] in the up-and-coming neighborhoods of [[South Beach, San Francisco|South Beach]] and [[Mission Bay, San Francisco|Mission Bay]]. The stadium cost $357&nbsp;million to build and supplanted the Giants' former home, [[Candlestick Park]], a multi-use stadium in southeastern San Francisco that was also home to the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[San Francisco 49ers]] until 2014, when they relocated to [[Levi's Stadium]] in [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]. A team of engineers from [[University of California, Davis|UC Davis]] was consulted in the design process of the park, resulting in wind levels that are approximately half those at Candlestick.<ref name=uc_davis>{{cite web|title=Engineering: Taking the Wind Out of Baseball|url=http://ucdavismagazine.ucdavis.edu/issues/win00/News_Baseball.html|work=UC Davis Magazine|access-date=September 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611171931/http://ucdavismagazine.ucdavis.edu/issues/win00/News_Baseball.html|archive-date=June 11, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> But due to Oracle Park's location at [[San Francisco Bay]], cold fog and temperatures in summer months are still not unusual at Giants games, despite reduced wind levels.

When it opened on March 31, 2000, the ballpark was the first [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] ballpark built without public funds since the completion of [[Dodger Stadium]] in 1962.<ref name=first_private>{{cite news |title=Privately Built Pacific Bell Park a Curse to Other Teams|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2002/oct/22/privately_built_pacific/|newspaper=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]|date=October 22, 2002|access-date=September 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035104/http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2002/oct/22/privately_built_pacific/|archive-date=September 30, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the Giants did receive a $10&nbsp;million tax abatement from the city and $80&nbsp;million for upgrades to the local infrastructure (including a connection to the [[Muni Metro]]).<ref name=twins>{{cite web |title=In San Francisco, the Giants Went Private for Their Stadium|first=Jon|last=Gordon|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/05/14_gordonj_sanfranpark/|work=[[Minnesota Public Radio]]|date=May 14, 2004|access-date=September 17, 2007}}</ref> The Giants have a 66-year lease on the {{convert|12.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} ballpark site, paying $1.2&nbsp;million in rent annually to the San Francisco Port Commission.<ref name=first_private/> The park opened with a [[seating capacity]] of 40,800, but this has increased over time as seats have been added. In April 2010, the stadium became the first MLB ballpark to receive [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Silver Certification for Existing Buildings, Operations and Maintenance.<ref>{{cite press release |title=AT&T Park Becomes the First Major League Ballpark to Receive LEED Silver Certification for Existing Buildings, Operations and Maintenance|url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100421&content_id=9471154&vkey=pr_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426140941/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100421&content_id=9471154&vkey=pr_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2010|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=April 21, 2010|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref>

Following the 2019 season, the organization began the process of relocating the [[bullpen]]s from the first and third base foul lines to behind the outfield walls in center and right-centerfield. The motivation was two-fold: to address player safety issues that had arisen over the years by having the bullpen mounds in the field of play, and to slightly alter the dimensions of the park to perhaps increase, if ever-so-slightly, the potential for home runs in certain areas of the outfield,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-announce-changes-oracle-park-move-bullpens-outfield|title=Giants announce Oracle Park changes with new dimensions|date=December 12, 2019|website=NBCS Bay Area|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> most notably in right-center field, affectionately known as Triples Alley (a design feature meant as an homage to the centerfield depth of the Giants former home in New York, [[Polo Grounds|The Polo Grounds]]). Prior to these modifications, multiple players both home and away had experienced various levels of injury sustained by tripping over the bullpen mounds while chasing foul balls. Most notably, former Giants outfield prospect [[Mac Williamson]] sustained a concussion during such a play that significantly altered his season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.knbr.com/2019/02/26/mac-williamson-on-concussion-last-season-i-had-never-endured-some-of-the-things-i-endured-last-year-in-my-life/|title=Mac Williamson on concussion last season: 'I had never endured some of the things I endured last year in my life'|last=Cavalieri|first=Dom|date=February 26, 2019|website=KNBR-AF|language=en-US|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>