By Bill Center

The Padres today posted the 2016 home start times online, with a few notable changes from last season.

Start times for Padres games on Friday nights and Sunday afternoons have been pushed back a half hour. Friday night games will start at 7:40 during the 2016 season. Sunday afternoon games will start at 1:40 p.m.

“We have heard from fans that there are a few days in the week that a little extra time to get to the ballpark would be helpful,” said Padres President and CEO Mike Dee. “So, we decided to try pushing start times 30 minutes later on Fridays and Sundays this year and accommodate this sentiment.”

Early arrivers will also have more time to tour Petco Park and explore the food options and other amenities of the downtown ballpark.

Other start times to take note of during the 2016 season:

The start of the Sunday game on June 5 is being pushed back to 6:10 p.m. because of that morning¹s running of the annual Rock n’ Roll Marathon that finishes at Petco Park.

Although 5:40 p.m. remains the standard start time for Saturday night games, four Saturday games ­ May 21, June 4 and 18 and July 2 ­will start at 7:10 p.m. to avoid conflicts with nationally televised Saturday afternoon games.

Midweek night games that conclude a series will start at 6:10 p.m. to enable teams an extra hour to meet the Lindbergh Field departure curfew on “get-away” nights. Six Way Back Wednesdays will once again start at 12:40 p.m.