Code of Conduct

The Athletics are committed to creating a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable environment. Our staff is here to proactively assist our guests and to help ensure a positive family entertainment experience:

• Guests will follow the specified policies regarding carry-in items.
• Guests are subject to metal detection screening.
• Guests will allow any acknowledged representative at the gate of entrance to search items being brought into the stadium.
• Guests will show their ticket when requested and sit only in their ticketed seat.
• Guests will not disrupt the progress of the game by interfering with play or entering the playing field.
• Guests will not use betting-related, abusive fan speech and behavior that is directed at Players, Players’ family members, Club personnel, or umpires.
• Guests will not use foul language, make obscene gestures, or wear inappropriate clothing.
• Guests will refrain from smoking in any area of the facility (including consumption of e-cigarettes/vaping).
• Guests will refrain from displays of affection that are inappropriate in a public setting and family environment.
• Guests who are overly impaired or intoxicated will be handled in a prompt and safe manner.
• Guests are not permitted to bring outside alcohol into the stadium at any time. Those in violation are subject to immediate ejection from the facility (see Oakland Municipal
  Code 8.44.30.D).

The Athletics reserves unto itself the right to determine what constitutes unacceptable behavior. Any guest that fails to comply with any of the above stated policies or engages in unacceptable behavior is subject to ejection from the stadium and/or arrest.

The Athletics are committed to creating a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable environment for our fans, players, coaches, and staff. We will not tolerate the use of derogatory or offensive language about a person’s race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or national origin at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Athletics will take the following steps to ensure that our environment is inclusive and welcoming:

1. Ballpark Signage. We will post signage informing fans that the Oakland Athletics will not tolerate the use of derogatory or offensive language.
2. Video Address. We will run a video at the beginning of all home games that addresses fan safety and informs fans that the Oakland Athletics will not tolerate the use of derogatory or offensive language.
3. Online Notification. We will include in our Code of Conduct, which is posted in the ballpark and online, a statement that the Athletics will not tolerate the use of derogatory or offensive language.
4. Text Notification System. We will offer a text notification system that fans can use to text any concerns about the use of derogatory or offensive language to Athletics staff. Information about the text notification system will be posted prominently in the ballpark. We will also mention the text notification system in public address announcements before and during all home games.
5. Annual Training. We will train all day-of-game employees annually on responding to derogatory or offensive language. Such training will be documented.
6. Incident Escalation Path. We will train all day-of-game employees to inform the security supervisor of any incident involving the use of offensive or derogatory language. Security supervisors will notify law enforcement located at the ballpark, as needed, through the existing dispatch system.
7. Incident Logging. We will log incidents regarding the use of derogatory or offensive language in our electronic incident report system.
8. Reports to Management. All incident logs will be sent automatically to the Vice President of Stadium Operations, who will review the reports and notify the President and General Counsel of any incidents involving ejection, notification of law enforcement, or public outrage.
9. Discipline. We will take appropriate disciplinary measures in response to the use of derogatory or offensive language in the ballpark. We reserve the right to issue warnings, eject fans from the ballpark, and/or engage law enforcement, as needed. The disciplinary measures we elect will depend on the nature and severity of the language used, the level of disruption caused by the language, and other circumstantial factors.