Capital Campaign
We're building our new home!
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Our old warehouse
If you’ve been a BAD fan for a while, you will remember our former West Oakland home, The Pearl, where we practiced and held events for 14 years. In August 2024, we were forced to vacate the space after the discovery of hazardous materials in the building.
For the next 18 months, we practiced in public parks, sports complexes, anywhere we could so that our skaters could have consistent practice time. We weren’t able to run our Learn to Skate and Baddies bootcamps.
Scrimmaging became an occasional event instead of a consistent practice, and our membership stagnated. Our warehouse search committee spent months searching, touring, and measuring spaces, and faced a significant amount of disappointment finding a suitable space in the Bay Area.
Practicing outside
In February 2026, our league became the proud residents of a beautiful new warehouse in East Oakland! We are so excited to be strengthening our league again as we are back to our normal practice schedule, and we just finished a round of our recruitment program. We’re raising money to make the space ready for the public to watch and experience roller derby, as well as bring in community members and other organizations into the space. The funds are needed for our permits from the City of Oakland, accessibility and safety upgrades, and the installation of our bar, merch stand, locker rooms, and audience seating.
We’ve already raised more than half, and we need your help to get us all the way there!
As a token of our appreciation, you’ll also get some goodies! Gifts are cumulative, so a higher donation tier will get you all of the gifts from the tiers below:
$75 - Free raffle ticket and 20% off at our merch stand for all of our 2026 and 2027 season events;
$150 - Exclusive Bay Area Derby supporter enamel pin;
$250 - Your name on a piece of sport court proudly displayed in our warehouse;
$500 - Exclusive Bay Area Derby supporter tote bag
$1000 - Season passes for our 2026 and 2027 seasons for all of our events, plus your name on a custom plaque proudly displayed in our warehouse.
In a time when many of our rights are under attack, BAD remains fiercely committed to being a community space for members of the Bay Area.
Join us in growing and building this community!
Join us in growing and building this community!
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