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32-970: Chase Center is an indoor arena in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California . It is the home of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Golden State Valkyries of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and occasionally for the University of San Francisco men's and women's basketball teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Chase Center opened on September 6, 2019, and seats 18,064 for Warriors games. The Warriors, who have been located in

64-716: A railyard of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company , and was transferred to Catellus Development Corporation when it was spun off as part of the aborted merger of Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Railway . Catellus subsequently sold or sub-contracted several parcels to other developers. Another large parcel was the H&;H Ship Service Facility of the Port of San Francisco, a toxic and hazardous materials site that had been ordered closed under

96-678: A concert by Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony . The first preseason game at Chase Center took place on October 5, 2019, as the Warriors lost to the Los Angeles Lakers , 123–101. The Warriors played their first regular season game there with a 141–122 loss against the Los Angeles Clippers on October 24, 2019. Many longtime Oakland residents felt that constructing a new arena for the Warriors

128-508: A five-and-a-half-acre public waterfront park. 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. A new privately financed, $ 500 million 17,000- to 19,000-seat arena

160-411: A location, often with the specific intent of comparing an idea to a sporting event. Such examples of these would be terms such as "the arena of war", "the arena of love" or "the political arena". Mission Bay, San Francisco Mission Bay is bounded by Townsend Street on the north, Third Street and San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on

192-401: 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 m) of office and lab space and has 100,000 square feet (9,300 m) of retail space. Chase Center also includes a 35,000 square foot public plaza and recreation area designed by landscape architecture firm SWA Group. The arena includes

224-428: 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. The UCSF/Chase Center station is located adjacent to the arena on the T Third Street light rail line. In 2023, San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) opened

256-505: A roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a multitude of spectators. The word derives from Latin harena , a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome , Italy, to absorb blood. The term arena is sometimes used as

288-430: A synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl , but such a facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event. Football (be it association , rugby , gridiron , Australian rules , or Gaelic ) is typically played in a stadium, while basketball , volleyball , handball , and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of

320-490: Is a manifestation of the phenomenon of gentrification . Additionally, many who supported the Warriors throughout their years at Oracle Arena feel betrayed by the team's decision to relocate to San Francisco. There is also the issue of public costs associated with the new arena, both in San Francisco and Oakland. In the 2018 San Francisco elections, Proposition I was placed on the ballot as "an initiative to discourage

352-456: Is also the headquarters, at 550 Terry Francois Blvd, of the Old Navy brand of The Gap clothing retailer. It is the location of a new research campus of the University of California, San Francisco , UCSF Mission Bay Mission Bay is served by the N Judah and T Third Street lines of San Francisco's Muni Metro . The N Judah links the neighborhood to Downtown , BART , Hayes Valley and

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384-476: Is also the sport of indoor American football (one variant of which is explicitly known as arena football), a variant of the outdoor game that is designed for the usual smaller playing surface of most arenas; variants of other traditionally outdoor sports, including box lacrosse as well as futsal and indoor soccer , also exist. The term "arena" is also used loosely to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such

416-478: The Central Subway . This new light rail subway line links the arena and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to downtown hotels, convention centers, the residential neighborhood of Chinatown , and subway and commuter rail lines that serve the entire Bay Area. With a $ 1 billion investment, Chase Center anchors an 11-acre site that aside from the arena comprises cafés, offices, public plazas and

448-542: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act . It has rapidly evolved into a wealthy neighborhood of luxury condominiums , hospitals, and biotechnology research and development. From 2010 to 2020, Mission Bay's population increased by over 200%. Mission Bay was the original headquarters of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine prior to the organization's move to Oakland. It

480-758: The San Francisco Bay Area since 1962, played their home games at Oakland Arena in Oakland from 1971 to 2019. The arena also includes the Warriors’ practice facility known as the Oracle Performance Center. The location for the arena, which is home to the Golden State Warriors, is in San Francisco at Third St. and 16th St. The arena is composed of multiple layers and floors, has a seating capacity of 18,064 and

512-675: The Sunset District , and the T Third Street links to downtown, BART, and the Bayview and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods. Several other Muni bus and trolley bus lines link the area to neighborhoods to the north, west and south. The Caltrain commuter rail system connects Mission Bay with San Jose and Gilroy . The Central Subway project linking Mission Bay to San Francisco Downtown and Chinatown opened in November 2022. Although near to and often associated with Oracle Park ,

544-682: The Mission Bay medical offices of Kaiser Permanente. Mission Bay Parks completed as of fall 2010 include: Mission Creek, MissionBay Commons lots on Mission Bay Boulevard between Radiance and the Nektar/Bayer buildings, the 5th street plaza, the sports courts, Koret Quad and China Basin Park. Future Mission Bay parks plans include Bay Front Park, a little league diamond and a junior soccer field. The University of California, San Francisco opened its Mission Bay campus in 2015. Construction of

576-550: The area was used for shipbuilding and repair, butchery and meat production, and oyster and clam fishing. With the addition of the railroad, Mission Bay became the home to shipyards, canneries, a sugar refinery and various warehouses. In 1998, the area was announced by the Board of Supervisors as a redevelopment project through the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency . Much of the land had long been

608-570: The ballpark is in the adjacent South Beach neighborhood. UCSF has built a new 289-bed hospital serving children, women, and cancer patients which opened in February 2015. Construction of the hospital began in October 2010. Mission Bay has a large residential component with approximately 6,404 apartments and/or condos planned (1,806 of them to be designated affordable). Other notable buildings in Mission Bay include The Gladstone Institute and

640-523: The design and safety of barriers and railings that separated the levels of the arena. 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. On October 21, building inspectors deemed Chase Center to be compliant with city building codes. Chase Center has hosted 4 professional wrestling events: Devin Haney vs. Regis Prograis

672-588: The larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions. The home of the Duke University men's and women's basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but the facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium . Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces and seating capacities found in stadiums, are generally not referred to as arenas in North America. There

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704-573: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . Due to this ban, the Warriors announced that their home games would be played without fans , beginning with the March 12 game against the Brooklyn Nets . However, that same day, one day before the game was scheduled to be played, the NBA announced that it would indefinitely suspend the rest of the 2019–20 season due to the outbreak after Rudy Gobert tested positive for

736-454: The plan to build Chase Center being voided, representatives of the project worked to address these issues such as traffic and parking. 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. The Golden State Warriors had the official groundbreaking ceremony for Chase Center on January 17, 2017. The arena had its grand opening on September 6, 2019, with

768-434: The proposed Warriors arena. 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 was financed privately. The architect for the project was MANICA Architecture and the plan for Chase Center was to have it built by 2019 before the NBA season started. The plan for Chase Center to open earlier

800-456: The proposed arena, stating that the project was pushed by two out-of-town billionaires and would severely impact traffic and city views. On December 30, 2013, a ballot proposition was submitted to the city titled the "Waterfront Height Limit Right to Vote Act". The initiative made it onto the June 2014 ballot as Proposition B, and its passage would affect three major waterfront developments, including

832-522: The relocation of established sports teams" in direct response to the proposed move of the Warriors from Oakland to San Francisco. Though meant to block the move, the terms of this proposed law were non-binding. Proposition I was defeated on June 5, 2018 after receiving 97,863 votes for the measure compared with 130,916 votes against. 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

864-540: The various tribelets. The tribe most prevalent in the Bay area was the Patwin people who resided in the area for over 5,000 years. Beginning in the mid-1800s, Mission Bay was used as a convenient place to deposit refuse from building projects. It was later used as a dumping ground for debris from the 1906 earthquake . As the marsh stabilized with the weight of the infill, the area quickly became an industrial district. By 1850,

896-409: The virus. At a concert by the band Phish on October 17, 2021, an individual fell from an upper level of Chase Center and died from his injuries. 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. Several Phish fans who attended the band's two concerts at the venue told local media that they were concerned about

928-523: The west. Before urbanization, the water body Mission Bay was nestled inside of a +500 acre salt marsh and lagoon , and was occupied by year-round tidal waters. This area was a natural habitat and refuge for large water fowl populations that included ducks , geese , herons , egrets , ospreys and gulls . The Native American tribes who resided in this area were the Costanoan people who spoke eight different languages which delineated between

960-484: Was held in Chase Center. The 2022 League of Legends World Championship final was held at Chase Center on 5 November 2022. Arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre , musical performances , and/or sporting events . It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by

992-736: 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 . 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". Former San Francisco mayor Art Agnos began speaking to dozens of community gatherings in opposition to

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1024-599: Was pushed back multiple times due to many complaints about the location. Construction on the arena began in January 2017. 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. To avoid

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