{"id":355665,"date":"2026-06-11T03:08:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/355665\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T03:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:08:38","slug":"fan-favorite-oakland-sports-bar-making-its-grand-re-opening-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/355665\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan-favorite Oakland sports bar making its grand re-opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oakland Athletic Club is re-opening on Thursday at 11 a.m. under new local ownership just in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sports bar had previously closed back in February, with the previous owner saying they couldn\u2019t continue financially.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The people behind this revival include members of Oaklandish, and restaurant and bar owners in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; The popular sports bar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Oakland;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oakland&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oakland<\/a> Athletic Club, is making its grand return to the public, just in time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:FIFA World Cup;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FIFA World Cup&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sports bar making a comeback<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oakland Athletic Club is re-opening on Thursday at 11 a.m. under new local ownership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The people behind this revival include members of Oaklandish, the lifestyle brand and apparel company based in The Town, and restaurant and bar owners in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They said they aim to create a fun gathering space that celebrates Oakland sports and community, right on time for the influx of guests from the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sports bar had previously closed in February, with the previous owner saying they couldn\u2019t continue on the venture financially.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their bar&#8217;s website said that this establishment is the &#8220;official bar partner for Oakland\u2019s homegrown professional sports teams,&#8221; like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/sports\/oakland-roots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Oakland Roots SC;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oakland Roots SC&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oakland Roots SC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/sports\/oakland-ballers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Oakland Ballers;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oakland Ballers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oakland Ballers<\/a>, and Oakland Soul SC.<\/p>\n<p>Where to find them<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Find the rebranded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theacoakland.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Oakland Athletic Club;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oakland Athletic Club&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Oakland Athletic Club <\/a>at 59 Grand Ave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oakland Athletic Club website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Oakland Athletic Club is re-opening on Thursday at 11 a.m. under new local ownership just in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[144719,143,134891,145,144],"class_list":["post-355665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-athletic-club","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-athletic-club","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}