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31 sports stadiums most likely to be haunted

By John Buhler

Aug 22, 2014; Green Bay, WI, USA; General view of statue of Green Bay Packers former coach Vince Lombardi before the game against the Oakland Raiders at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 22, 2014; Green Bay, WI, USA; General view of statue of Green Bay Packers former coach Vince Lombardi before the game against the Oakland Raiders at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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September 14, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; General view of O.co Coliseum during the third quarter between the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans. The Texans defeated the Raiders 30-14. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
September 14, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; General view of O.co Coliseum during the third quarter between the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans. The Texans defeated the Raiders 30-14. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

13. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Somehow, some way, the outdated Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum continues to be the home of two major professional sports franchises in the Bay Area: the NFL’s Oakland Raiders and the MLB’s Oakland Athletics.

Situated in the sports complex with Oracle Arena, home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, the Coliseum has to be the most haunted sports stadium in the Bay Area now the San Francisco 49ers have left Candlestick Park.

Opened in 1966, the Coliseum has been home to the A’s since 1968 and the Raiders since 1966 (excluding their 14-year stint in Los Angeles). The stadium is not only old and decrepit — like, really, really decrepit — it’s also housed a lot of characters you’d expect to make it back from the dead one way or another.

Late Raiders owner Al Davis probably views Raiders games from Mount Davis, the upper deck of the Coliseum he forced Alameda County to build for him to return to the Bay Area from Los Angeles in 1995. Late Athletics owner Charlie Finley, known for being especially frugal, probably shadows general manager Billy Beane everywhere he goes, trying to win baseball games with a laughably low payroll.

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