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Coordinates: 37°46′05″N 122°23′15″W / 37.76806°N 122.38750°W / 37.76806; -122.38750
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Chase Center
Chase Center in July 2019
Chase Center is located in San Francisco County
Chase Center
Chase Center
Location in San Francisco
Chase Center is located in California
Chase Center
Chase Center
Location in California
Chase Center is located in the United States
Chase Center
Chase Center
Location in the United States
Address1 Warriors Way[1]
LocationSan Francisco, California
Coordinates37°46′05″N 122°23′15″W / 37.76806°N 122.38750°W / 37.76806; -122.38750
Public transit MUNI Metro:
Tram interchange T Third Street UCSF/Chase Center

ferry/water interchange Golden Gate Ferry: Larkspur Ferry

ferry/water interchange San Francisco Bay Ferry: Alameda/Oakland Ferry, South San Francisco Ferry
OwnerGolden State Warriors
OperatorGolden State Warriors
TypeArena
Capacity18,064
Field size900,000 square feet (84,000 m2)
Construction
Broke groundJanuary 17, 2017
OpenedSeptember 6, 2019
ArchitectMANICA Architecture (design architect)
Gensler (interiors)
Structural engineerWalter P Moore, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Services engineerSmith Seckman Reid, Inc.
General contractorClark Construction Group / Mortenson Construction
Tenants
Golden State Warriors (NBA) (2019–present)
Website
www.chasecenter.com

Chase Center is an indoor arena in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The building is the home venue for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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. Chase Center opened on September 6, 2019.

A map of Chase Center's planned location.

Location and design

The interior of the arena under construction in May 2019

The location for the arena, which is home to the Golden State Warriors, is in San Francisco[2] at Third St. and 16th St.[3] The arena is comprised of multiple layers and floors, has a seating capacity of 18,064 and a multi-purpose 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/recreation area designed by landscape architecture firm SWA Group.[4] The arena includes a parking facility of approximately 950 spaces and is accessible to public transportation around the area.[2] A new light rail line is also under construction that will link the arena and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to downtown hotels, convention centers and subway and commuter rail lines that serve the entire Bay Area. With a $1 billion investment, Chase Center anchors a district of 11 acres of restaurants, cafés, offices, public plazas and a new five-and-a-half-acre public waterfront park.[5]

Opening

Under construction in April 2018
Under construction in May 2019

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 Mayor Ed Lee, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern, then-California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, and Warriors staff and city officials.[6] A new privately financed, $500 million 17,000 to 19,000-seat arena was planned to be located on Pier 30-32 along the San Francisco Bay waterfront, situated between the San Francisco Ferry Building and Oracle Park.[7] 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".[8] Former San Francisco mayor Art 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.[9] On December 30, 2013, a ballot proposition was submitted to the city titled the "Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act".[10] 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.[11]

On April 19, 2014, the Warriors abandoned plans for the pier site and purchased a 12-acre site owned by Salesforce.com at the Mission Bay neighborhood for an undisclosed amount. The arena is being financed privately.[12] The architect for the project is MANICA Architecture and the current plan for Chase Center is to have it built by 2019 before the NBA season starts.[2] The plan for Chase Center to open earlier was pushed back multiple times due to many complaints about the location.[3] Construction on the arena began in January 2017.[2]

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 near UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and would create more traffic.[3] To avoid the plan to build Chase Center being voided, representatives of the project worked to address these issues such as traffic and parking.[13]

On January 28, 2016, it was announced that JPMorgan Chase had purchased the naming rights of the arena and that it would be known as Chase Center.[14][15][5]

The Golden State Warriors had the official groundbreaking ceremony for Chase Center on January 17, 2017.[16]

The arena had its grand opening on September 6, 2019, hosting a concert for Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony, and the Warriors will play their first preseason game at the Chase Center against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 5, 2019.[17][18][19][20] They will play their first regular season game there against the Los Angeles Clippers on October 24, 2019.[21]

Controversy

Many longtime residents felt that constructing a new arena for the Warriors is a manifestation of the phenomenon of gentrification.[22][23] Additionally, many who supported the Warriors throughout their years at Oracle Arena feel betrayed by the team's decision to relocate to San Francisco.[24] There is also the issue of public costs associated with the new arena, both in San Francisco[25][26] and Oakland.[27]

In the 2018 San Francisco elections, Proposition I was placed on the ballot as "an initiative to discourage the relocation of established sports teams"[28] in direct response to the proposed move of the Warriors from Oakland to San Francisco.[29][30] Though meant to block the move, the terms of this proposed law were non-binding.[31] Proposition I was defeated on June 5, 2018[32] after receiving 97,863 votes for the measure compared with 130,916 votes against.[33]

References

  1. ^ "Contact Us". ChaseCenter.com. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "S.F. Office of Contract Administration, Bids & Contracts - Bid Document". mission.sfgov.org. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Warriors' San Francisco arena plans met by opposition". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Chase Center". www.chasecenter.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Chase, Neil (January 28, 2016). "Chase Center: San Francisco's New Home for Basketball". www.chase.com. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  6. ^ Pomin, Ernie (May 22, 2013). "Warriors Hold S.F. Press Conference, Will Privately Fund New Arena At Pier 30/32 Site". SB Nation Bay Area. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  7. ^ Matier & Ross (February 15, 2013). "Warriors to build new arena, move back to S.F." San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Sankin, Aaron (June 6, 2012). "Warriors' San Francisco Arena Opposition Begins To Mount". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  9. ^ Marinucci, Carla (November 22, 2013). "Agnos' homespun crusade to block Warriors arena". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act" (PDF). December 30, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Sabatini, Joshua (March 17, 2014). "SF ballot fight over waterfront height limits has day in court". The Examiner. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Coté, John (April 21, 2014). "Warriors shift arena plans to Mission Bay". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 21, 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Cestone, Vince; KRON. "Opposition to new Golden State Warriors arena in San Francisco expands". KRON4.com. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  14. ^ "Future Warriors arena to be named Chase Center". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  15. ^ Dineen, J.K. (January 28, 2016). "Warriors arena to be named Chase Center — bank buys naming rights". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 29, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Barclay, David (January 17, 2017). "Golden State Warriors Break Ground on $1 Billion Chase Center". Diya TV. Retrieved June 14, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ "Warriors will face LeBron & Lakers in first preseason game at Chase Center". ABC7 San Francisco. March 23, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  18. ^ "LeBron James will help Warriors open new arena". The Mercury News. March 22, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  19. ^ "Metallica Announce Collaborative Performance With San Francisco Symphony". Spin. March 18, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  20. ^ "Where will the Golden State Warriors play next season? 10 facts about Chase Center". NBA.com Canada | The official site of the NBA. June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  21. ^ "Golden State Warriors Announce 2019-20 Season Schedule". Warriors.com. August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  22. ^ Doniach, Alex (November 17, 2015). "THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE BETTER THAN EVER … SO WHY DOES MANAGEMENT WANT TO MOVE?". broke-ass stuart. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  23. ^ Carrie Wong, Julia; Levin, Sam (June 6, 2016). "As Warriors' San Francisco move looms, Oakland feels 'insulted' and abandoned". The Guardian. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  24. ^ Thompson, Marcus (January 17, 2017). "Warriors ground-breaking in San Francisco is a slap to many in Oakland, East Bay". The Mercury News. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  25. ^ Duby Dub Dubs (April 4, 2018). "Pricey Muni stop highlights the public cost of a our new "privately financed" arena". Golden State of Mind. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  26. ^ Matier & Ross (April 2, 2018). "Muni Metro stop at Warriors' new SF arena is one pricey platform". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  27. ^ Debolt, David (February 16, 2018). "Who will pay? Golden State Warriors' Oracle debt dispute headed to arbitration". The Mercury News. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  28. ^ "San Francisco, California, Proposition I, Local Policy Discouraging the Relocation of Established Sports Teams (June 2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  29. ^ Mojadad, Ida (March 21, 2018). "Prop I Seeks to Atone for Warriors' Move". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  30. ^ Gaensler-Debs, Ninna (May 17, 2018). "San Francisco Prop. I — Limits on relocation of professional sports teams". KALW Local Public Radio in San Francisco. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  31. ^ "June 5, 2018 Voter Guide". San Francisco League of Pissed Off Voters. April 26, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  32. ^ Beacon Editorial Staff (May 7, 2018). "What's on the June Ballot in San Francisco". The Bay City Beacon. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  33. ^ "Local Measure I - Relocation of Professional Sports Teams". June 5, 2018 Election Results - Summary. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

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