SAN DIEGO -- If the Opening Day festivities are any sign of things to come at Petco Park, the 2016 season should be an exciting one.
On Monday afternoon, the Padres put on a pregame show worthy of an Opening Day in downtown San Diego.
The festivities got underway about a half-hour before first pitch against the Dodgers, as members of the United States Navy parachute team -- the last of whom carried an American flag -- descended from the sky into the Petco Park outfield.
After the Padres' roster was introduced, singer/songwriter Tinashe performed the national anthem, with a massive flag unfurled across the outfield grass -- held by 275 Marines and sailors -- before a military flyover.