Opening

• The Coliseum cost $25.5 million to build and was the home stadium of the then-American Football League Raiders. Oakland met the Kansas City Chiefs in the first game played in the Coliseum on Sept, 8, 1966, losing 32-10.
  
  

Athletics

• The city of Oakland lured the Athletics from Kansas City in 1968, with the A's playing their initial home contest at the Coliseum on April17, 1968. The stadium drew over a million A's fans only twice from 1968 through 1980 despite a seating capacity of 48,219.
  
  

Upgrade

• The Raiders left Oakland for Los Angeles in 1982 but returned to the Coliseum in 1995 after $200 million worth of renovations upgraded the facility, including such amenities as 125 luxury suites and new video boards.
  
  

New Name

• A deal to rename the Coliseum fell through with UMAX Technologies in 1998, but Network Associates paid almost $6 million to attach their name to the Coliseum. The company was renamed McAfee in 2004 and the Coliseum took on that name.
  
  

Fun Fact

• A record gathering of 55,528 fans crowded the Coliseum on Sept. 4, 2002, to see the Athletics set an American league mark by winning their 20th straight contest.