Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
New Parkway Theater
CINEMA
This great, laid-back moviehouse shows quality second-run films in a comfy couch setting,
and serves reasonably priced beer, wine, sandwiches and pizza, with delivery to your seat.
Sports
Sports teams play at the (insert most recent and ever-changing corporate branding)
Coli-
seum
or the
Oracle Arena
off I-880 (Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART station). Cheer on
the Golden State Warriors, the Bay Area's NBA basketball team, the Oakland A's, the Bay
Area's American League baseball team, and the Raiders, Oakland's NFL team; see
www.coliseum.com
for listings of upcoming events.
Information
Oakland's daily newspaper is the
Oakland Tribune
(
www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-
tribune
)
.
The free weekly
East Bay Express
(
www.eastbayexpress.com
) has good Oakland
and Berkeley listings.
Visit Oakland Visitor Center
TOURIST INFORMATION
510-839-9000;
www.visitoakland.org
;
481 Water St;
9:30am-4pm Tue-Sun)
At Jack London Sq.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Oakland International Airport
is directly across the bay from San Francisco International
Airport, and it's usually less crowded and less expensive to fly here. Southwest Airlines
has a large presence.
BART
Within the Bay Area, the most convenient way to get to Oakland and back is by
BART
(
510-465-2278, 511;
www.bart.gov
)
. Trains run on a set schedule from 4am to midnight on
weekdays, 6am to midnight on Saturday and 8am to midnight on Sunday, and operate at
15- or 20-minute intervals on average.
