FREE admission to the NCAA practices 12-5PM today @ Oakland Arena (Oakland, CA)

[NewtonMP2100]

FREE admission to the NCAA practices 12-5PM today @ Oakland Arena (Oakland, CA)


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[BigGuynRusty]

Doers that include the body armor, Bradley fighting vehicle, and the bodyguards?

I guess you've never been to downtown Oakland.

I visit Compton about once a week to see friends, I feel safe and secure, I wouldn't go through downtown Oakland on a dare. I had to go there for work several times, I quit that job, and got a lower paying job at Mare Island.

BGnR

[Seacrest]

The arena's not in Downtown Oakland.
In fact there's not much at all in Downtown Oakland.
There's no 'there' there.

You're much safer on either the BART or I-880 going to the Coliseum complex than you are on any SoCal Freeway.

[BigGuynRusty]

Seacrest Wrote:
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> You're much safer on either the BART or I-880
> going to the Coliseum complex than you are on any
> SoCal Freeway.

LOL!

BGnR

[Seacrest]

I should qualify that: as long as there's not a Raiders game going on.

[Silencio]

Oakland Arena is not in thee nicest part of Oakland by any stretch, but you just get off BART or I-880 and there you are. No real problems (except for the aforementioned Raiders nutballs).

Actual downtown Oakland (you know, where the tall buildings are) is fairly benign during the day. I haven't been there at night for a while, but didn't feel unsafe or anything. Now, I would not spend any quality time in East Oakland or West Oakland, that's for sure. Fruitvale also has its bad areas. Most of the neighborhoods north of I-580 are very nice, actually.