Chase Center

Chase Center in 2020
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Address	1 Warriors Way[1]
Location	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Coordinates	37°46′05″N122°23′15″W / 37.76806°N 122.38750°W /37.76806; -122.38750
Public transit	UCSF/Chase Center Golden Gate Ferry:Larkspur San Francisco Bay Ferry:Alameda,Oakland,South SF
Type	Arena
Capacity	Basketball: 18,064 Concerts: 19,500
Field size	900,000 sq ft (84,000 m2)
Construction
Broke ground	January 17, 2017
Opened	September 6, 2019
Construction cost	US$1.4 billion (US$1.72 billion in 2024 dollars[2])[citation needed]
Architect	MANICA Architecture (design) Gensler (interiors)
Structural engineer	Walter P Moore Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Services engineer	Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
General contractor	Clark Construction Group Mortenson Construction
Tenants
Golden State Warriors (NBA) (2019–present) Golden State Valkyries (WNBA) (2025–present) San Francisco Dons (NCAA) (2019–present)[a]
Website
chasecenter.com

Chase Center is anindoor arena in theMission Bay neighborhood ofSan Francisco, California, United States.

It is the home of theGolden State Warriors of theNational Basketball Association (NBA),Golden State Valkyries of theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and occasionally for theUniversity of San Francisco men's andwomen's basketball teams in theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). TheSanta Cruz Warriors of theNBA G League play one home game per season at Chase Center. Chase Center opened on September 6, 2019, and seats 18,064 for basketball games.

The Warriors, who have been located in theSan Francisco Bay Area since 1962, played their home games atOakland Arena inOakland from 1971 to 2019 (except 1996-97, when the franchise temporarily relocated to theSAP Center inSan Jose while the Oakland Arena was under renovation).

During Valkyries games, Chase Center is nicknamed "Ballhalla", a reference toValhalla of Norse mythology, where Valkyries would bring select fallen warriors. The arena also includes the Warriors’ practice facility known as theOracle Performance Center.

The Chase Center is the second youngest arena in the NBA, after theIntuit Dome inInglewood, California.

The arena, which is home to the Golden State Warriors of the NBA and Golden State Valkyries of the WNBA, is located in San Francisco^[3] at Third St. and 16th St.^[4] The arena is composed of multiple layers and floors, has a seating capacity of 18,064 and a multipurpose area that includes a theater configuration with an entrance overlooking a newly built park. The venue also contains 580,000 square feet (54,000 m²) of office and lab space and has 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) of retail space. Chase Center also includes a 35,000 square foot public plaza and recreation area designed by landscape architecture firm SWA Group.^[5] The arena includes a parking facility of approximately 950 spaces and is accessible to public transportation around the area, including one light rail and two crosstown bus lines within two blocks, and a ferryboat landing and regional commuter rail station within a ten-minute walk.^[3]

TheUCSF/Chase Center station is located adjacent to the arena on theT Third Street light rail line. In 2023,San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) opened theCentral Subway. This new light rail subway line links the arena and theUniversity of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to downtown hotels, convention centers, the residential neighborhood ofChinatown, and subway and commuter rail lines that serve the entire Bay Area. With a $1 billion investment,^{[citation needed]} Chase Center anchors an 11-acre site that aside from the arena comprises cafés, offices, public plazas and a five-and-a-half-acre public waterfront park.^[6]

The plan for building a new arena was announced on May 22, 2012, at a Golden State Warriors press conference at the proposed site, attended by then-San Francisco MayorEd Lee, then-NBA CommissionerDavid Stern, then-California Lt. GovernorGavin Newsom, ownersJoe Lacob andPeter Guber, and Warriors staff and city officials.^[7] A new privately financed, $500 million 17,000- to 19,000-seat arena was planned to be located on Pier 30-32 along theSan Francisco Bay waterfront, situated between theSan Francisco Ferry Building andOracle Park.^[8] A month after the proposal, the South Beach-Rincon-Mission Bay Neighborhood Association criticized the site and said that a second major league sport venue in the area would make it no longer "family friendly".^[9] Former San Francisco mayorArt Agnos began speaking to dozens of community gatherings in opposition to the proposed arena, stating that the project was pushed by two out-of-town billionaires and would severely impact traffic and city views.^[10] On December 30, 2013, a ballot proposition was submitted to the city titled the "Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act".^[11] The initiative made it onto the June 2014 ballot as Proposition B, and its passage would affect three major waterfront developments, including the proposed Warriors arena.^[12]

On April 19, 2014, the Warriors abandoned plans for the pier site and purchased a 12-acre site owned bySalesforce.com at theMission Bay neighborhood for an undisclosed amount. The arena was financed privately.^[13] The architect for the project wasMANICA Architecture and the plan for Chase Center was to have it built by 2019 before the NBA season started.^[3] The plan for Chase Center to open earlier was pushed back multiple times due to many complaints about the location.^[4] Construction on the arena began in January 2017.^[3]

In April 2015, the Mission Bay site was opposed by the Mission Bay Alliance, which cited traffic, lack of parking, and use of space that could go to UCSF expansion among other things as their reasons for opposition. Their complaint was that the arena would be located nearUCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and would create more traffic.^[4] To avoid the plan to build Chase Center being voided, representatives of the project worked to address these issues such as traffic and parking.^[14]

On January 28, 2016, it was announced thatJPMorgan Chase had purchased the naming rights of the arena and that it would be known as Chase Center.^[15][16][6]

The Golden State Warriors had the official groundbreaking ceremony for Chase Center on January 17, 2017.^[17]

The arena had its grand opening on September 6, 2019, with a concert byMetallica and theSan Francisco Symphony. The first preseason game at Chase Center took place on October 5, 2019, as the Warriors lost to theLos Angeles Lakers, 123–101. The Warriors played their first regular season game there with a 141–122 loss against theLos Angeles Clippers on October 24, 2019.^[18]

Many longtime Oakland residents felt that constructing a new arena for the Warriors is a manifestation of the phenomenon ofgentrification.^[19][20] Additionally, many who supported the Warriors throughout their years atOracle Arena feel betrayed by the team's decision to relocate to San Francisco.^[21] There is also the issue of public costs associated with the new arena, both in San Francisco^[22][23] and Oakland.^[24]

In the 2018 San Francisco elections, Proposition I was placed on the ballot as "an initiative to discourage the relocation of established sports teams"^[25] in direct response to the proposed move of the Warriors from Oakland to San Francisco.^[26][27] Though meant to block the move, the terms of this proposed law were non-binding.^[28] Proposition I was defeated on June 5, 2018^[29] after receiving 97,863 votes for the measure compared with 130,916 votes against.^[30]

On March 11, 2020, the City of San Francisco announced a temporary ban on public events and gatherings with over 1,000 people due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic. Due to this ban, the Warriors announced that their home games would be playedwithout fans, beginning with the March 12 game against theBrooklyn Nets.^[31] However, that same day, one day before the game was scheduled to be played, the NBA announced that it wouldindefinitely suspend the rest of the 2019–20 season due to the outbreak afterRudy Gobert tested positive for the virus.^[32]

At a concert by the bandPhish on October 17, 2021, an individual fell from an upper level of Chase Center and died from his injuries.^[33] Two other fans were also injured in a fall incident at the venue during the same concert and both survived with non-life-threatening injuries.^[34] Several Phish fans who attended the band's two concerts at the venue told local media that they were concerned about the design and safety of barriers and railings that separated the levels of the arena.^[35] The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection inspected the arena following an anonymous complaint about the low balcony guardrails and steep staircases that was filed after the concert.^[36][37] On October 21, building inspectors deemed Chase Center to be compliant with city building codes.^[38]

The arena hosted the2025 NBA All-Star Game on February 16, 2025.^[39]

TheUniversity of San Francisco men's andwomen's basketball teams play a game at Chase Center annually. TheNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced San Francisco as the host city for the West Regional semifinals and finals of the2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament on March 24 and 26, 2022. The arena was selected to host the West Regional semifinals and finals for theNCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in 2025 and 2028.

Chase Center has hosted 4 professional wrestling events:

• WWE Raw, September 23, 2019^[40] and October 11, 2021
• WWE SmackDown, September 24, 2019^[41] (this was the finalSmackDown event to air Tuesday nights on theUSA Network before its move toFox on Friday nights the following week)
• AEW held their 4th annualRevolution PPV event on March 5, 2023.^[42]

Devin Haney vs.Regis Prograis was held in Chase Center.^[43]

The2022 League of Legends World Championship final was held at Chase Center on 5 November 2022. Championship Sunday for the 2026Pokémon World Championships will be held at the arena on 30 August 2026 after the first two days at theMoscone Center.

The2025 Laver Cup took place at Chase Center from September 19 to 21, 2025. The event forced the Valkyries to play their first home game of the2025 WNBA playoffs atSAP Center inSan Jose, on September 17.

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