 Oracle
Arena
Oakland, CA
The Golden
State Warriors have one of the longest history’s in the NBA, dating
back more than 60 years to Philadelphia. The Warriors were formed in
1946 playing in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Arena and
Philadelphia Convention Hall for 16 seasons. Franklin Mieuli bought
the team and moved the team to San Francisco after the 1961-62
season. The team was known as the San Francisco Warriors and played
their games at the USF War Memorial Gym. Across the Bay in Oakland,
the city constructed a new sporting complex that included a
baseball/football stadium and a new basketball arena.
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Completed in 1966, the Oakland Alameda
County Coliseum was a state of the art basketball arena. The same
year, the San Francisco Warriors began playing some of their games in
Oakland. For nine seasons the Warriors played in games in Oakland and San
Francisco. After the 1970-71 season the team moved all of their games to
Oakland and changed their name to the Golden State Warriors. Since then the
Warriors have called Oakland home. Thirty years after the arena opened, it
was completed renovated in 1996. Over $121 million was spent rebuilding and
renovating the coliseum. A new octagonal shaped seating bowl was constructed
adding 4,000 seats to the arena. Today the arena has a seating capacity of
19,596 with 72 luxury suites. In October 2006, the Oracle Corporation bought
the naming rights to the arena. |
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PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO OAKLAND AND ORACLE ARENA |
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ORACLE ARENA POSTERS |
Oracle Arena -
Golden State Warriors Signature Court Poster |
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