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Though the tarp can be removed, the Athletics management previously refused to do so unless the team made the [[World Series]], as they claimed it made the stadium more "intimate".<ref name=as /><ref>{{cite web|first=Tommy |last=Craggs |url=http://deadspin.com/5306316/why-your-stadium-sucks-oakland-alameda-county-coliseum |title=Why Your Stadium Sucks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |publisher=Deadspin |date=1989-10-17 |access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref> This policy was maintained to the chagrin of many fans during the [[2012 American League Division Series]] where all other seats were sold out with demand for more tickets but the tarp was not removed.<ref name=as>{{cite news|author=Carolyn Jones |url=http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/A-s-refuse-to-remove-tarp-3923932.php#photo-3153229 |title=A's refuse to remove tarp |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2012-10-05 |access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref> For the [[2013 American League Division Series]], the tarp was removed from the rest of the third deck, but not Mount Davis. However, in 2017, Athletics president [[Dave Kaval]] announced that some sections of tarp – though not those on Mount Davis – would be removed for at least the remainder of the [[2017 Oakland Athletics season|2017 season]]. Done in response to the long-standing fan complaints, this move added back 12,103 seats to the Coliseum during Athletics games, leaving the 8,775 seats on Mount Davis still covered.<ref name="TarpOff-FacebookVideo">{{cite web|last1=Kaval|first1=Dave|title=Oakland A's President Dave Kaval with a LIVE announcement for Oakland A's fans. It's something you've asked for. #RootedInOakland|url=https://www.facebook.com/Athletics/videos/10155168172506873/|website=[[Facebook Live]]|publisher=[[Oakland Athletics]]|access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref><ref name="TarpOff-SJMN">{{cite news|last1=Hickey|first1=John|title=A's removing tarps from Coliseum's third deck, tickets $15|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/11/as-removing-all-tarps-from-coliseums-third-deck/|access-date=April 12, 2017|work=[[The Mercury News]]|publisher=[[Bay Area News Group]]|date=April 11, 2017}}</ref>
In 2013, the Oakland Raiders also started covering Mount Davis with tarp owing to the [[National Football League television blackout policies]] which obligate teams to black out the game if they cannot sell more than 85% stadium capacity. Over the previous few years, the Raiders had been forced to black out more home games than were televised.<ref name=rt>{{cite web|last=Tafur |first=Vic |url=http://www.sfgate.com/raiders/article/Raiders-will-tarp-top-of-Mount-Davis-4258267.php |title=Raiders will tarp top of Mount Davis |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2013-02-06 |access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref> This had the effect of making the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum the smallest stadium in the [[National Football League]].<ref name=rt /> Under NFL rules, Mount Davis had to remain tarped all season long,
On July 21, 2018, the tarp on Mount Davis was removed by the A's for an interleague matchup against the [[Bay Bridge Series|Bay Bridge rival]] [[San Francisco Giants]] in a successful attempt to break a Coliseum attendance record. Tickets were sold for $10 apiece.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/A-s-to-open-Mt-Davis-for-Saturday-game-vs-13079272.php|title = A's to open Mount Davis for Saturday game against Giants|date = 16 July 2018}}</ref> In 2019, the A's again opened Mount Davis for fans during the Bay Bridge Series against the Giants<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/Oakland-A-s-to-open-Mount-Davis-for-August-24th-14188381.php|title=Oakland A's to open Mount Davis for August 24th Bay Bridge Series game - SFChronicle.com|date=2019-07-26|website=www.sfgate.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> and for the [[2019 American League Wild Card Game]] against the Tampa Bay Rays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/athletics/article/A-s-set-record-for-biggest-crowd-at-a-MLB-wild-14487744.php|title=A's set record for biggest crowd at a wild-card game
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