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Sutter Health Park
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Sutter Health Park

West Sacramento, CAOpened 0

Quick facts

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Architect
HOK Sport (now Populous)

What makes it iconic

  • Built in 2000 as Raley Field, home of the Sacramento River Cats — the Pacific Coast League AAA affiliate of the Giants (now the Athletics).
  • Capacity of just over 14,000 makes it by far the smallest active MLB venue — temporarily.
  • Became the Athletics' temporary home in 2025 after the franchise left Oakland and while a new Las Vegas stadium is built.
  • Sits along the Sacramento River — a small-park, intimate AAA setting hosting major league baseball as a stop-gap.

Notable moments

  • Hosting the Athletics' first home games as the 'Sacramento Athletics' (technically billed simply as 'Athletics') on March 31, 2025 — the franchise's first time outside Oakland in 57 years.
  • Sacramento River Cats championships from the AAA era, including the 2007 PCL championship.
  • The first MLB games played in Sacramento since the 1880s.

Timeline

  1. 2000

    Raley Field opens

    The Sacramento River Cats opened a new minor league park along the Sacramento River. It quickly became one of the most-attended AAA parks.

  2. 2020

    Sutter Health renaming

    Naming rights transferred to Sutter Health, with the park keeping its small-market, AAA-quality reputation.

  3. 2024

    Athletics announce move

    After failed Oakland Coliseum negotiations and an approved relocation to Las Vegas, the Athletics announced they'd play 2025–2027 at Sutter Health Park while the Vegas stadium was built.

  4. 2025

    MLB returns to Sacramento

    The Athletics played their first regular-season home game in Sacramento on March 31, 2025 — the franchise's 57th city in some sense, given moves through Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Oakland.