Chase Center

Lore & Background

The Warriors, who have been located in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1962, played their home games at Oakland Arena in Oakland from 1971 to 2019 (except 1996–97, when the franchise temporarily relocated to the SAP Center in San Jose while the Oakland Arena was under renovation). During Valkyries games, Chase Center is nicknamed 'Ballhalla', a reference to Valhalla of Norse mythology, where Valkyries would bring select fallen warriors. The arena also includes the Warriors’ practice facility known as the Oracle Performance Center. The Chase Center is the second youngest arena in the NBA, after the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

In Their Own Story

The lights dimmed over the pristine hardwood of the Chase Center, the air thick with the electric hum of anticipation. A sea of blue and yellow filled the lower bowl, but if one looked closely at the scoreboards or the team benches, there was no red, no black, and certainly no logo of a flaming basketball. This was the domain of the Warriors, a fortress built in San Francisco where the Miami Heat had never played a regular-season game as a home team, nor ever called this floor their own.

Reader's Guide

The arena is located in San Francisco at Third St. and 16th St. It 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 contains 580,000 square feet of office and lab space and has 100,000 square feet of retail space. Chase Center also includes a 35,000 square foot public plaza and recreation area. The arena includes a parking facility of approximately 950 spaces and is accessible to public transportation, 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. The UCSF/Chase Center station is located adjacent to the arena on the T Third Street light rail line.

Did You Know?

• Chase Center opened on September 6, 2019, with a concert by Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony.
• The first preseason game at Chase Center was on October 5, 2019, with the Warriors losing to the Los Angeles Lakers, 123–101.
• The arena hosted the 2025 NBA All-Star Game on February 16, 2025.
• The arena will host the 2027 WNBA All-Star Game on July 31 (year not specified in source).