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While excited about the Chase Center opportunity, — “it’s just surreal, it seems too good to be true,” Barakat said — she also thinks the Warriors’ decision to highlight the region’s top
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The premium lounges will offer “tiered levels of luxury experience,” Jeffers said, including “butler-passed hors d’oeuvres and really nice wine and cocktails in the JP Morgan Club and the courtside lounges. Right outside of the doors are over 30 Michelin-starred restaurants. People know good food; they have expectations and our goal is to try to surpass them.”
“The more earned revenue we can bring in, the more youth we can serve, which we’re very excited to do,” Goines said. “Besides the extra revenue, if we become known as one of the must-go places in San Francisco — if we’re full in the restaurant every night, or known as the place to host your private corporate event or training — that is going to be huge.”
“The guide was published last month (July), but it is meant to be a living document on chasecenter.com and will get updated on a regular schedule in conversation with SFMTA and many other regional transit agencies with whom we are collaborating,” Welts said.
Foot and pedal power are other excellent options, Welts noted. Scenic walkways lead from area Caltrain stations, bus stops and the ferry terminals, for strolls ranging from about five to 20 minutes. And free bike valet for 300 bikes is offered along 16th Street on the south side of Chase Center with multiple bike and scooter racks positioned all around the venue.
Should anyone still wish to arrive the old-fashioned way via car, the Center also offers dedicated loading zones for taxi, paratransit and ride hail services.
“There definitely will be a nod to the past,” said Warriors President and Chief Operating Officer Rick Welts. “The new facility will be totally state-of-the-art, but we’ll also incorporate throwbacks and historical stuff to make sure people who come to enjoy a game today understand just how successful this franchise has been over time.”
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Monday 7th October
by John Smith
History lesson
Food Hall by Michael Mina
WARRIORS’ HOMECOMING
Honoring Warriors history and legacy around the Bay
By Matt Villano
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While the Chase Center is set to be the new home of the Golden State Warriors, it also represents a bit of a homecoming; the Warriors are no strangers to playing home games in San Francisco.
This history — a rich history that includes nine years of home games in San Francisco, Daly City, San Jose and other spots around the Bay Area — will be celebrated in various ways as part of the new arena experience.
For the novices among us, the Golden State Warriors started as the Philadelphia Warriors in 1946, and were a charter member of the National Basketball Association. Then-owner Franklin Mieuli moved Wilt Chamberlain and the team west in 1962, and renamed them the San Francisco Warriors. Between 1962 and 1964, the Dubs played most of their games at the Cow Palace in Daly City, just south of the San Francisco city limits. From 1964-1966, they switched to the San Francisco Civic Auditorium.
The Warriors made it to the finals in the 1966-67 season, losing to the new team from Philadelphia, the 76ers, in four straight. The following year, they started playing more of their home games in Oakland, at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.
The facility became the team’s official home in 1971, and adopted the Golden State Warriors moniker that same year.
It proved to be lucky, as Rick Barry and the team won its first championship in 1974-75.
Several up and down seasons followed from there. Sure, the team enjoyed its high-flying “Run TMC” era with Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin. And yes, other great players cycled through: Bernard King, Antawn Jamison, Gilbert Arenas and Jason Richardson, to name a few. Sure, they made the playoffs a few times in that stretch. But for the most part the franchise didn’t really come to life again until the 2006-2007 season, which was highlighted by a first-round playoff upset of the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks and punctuated by Baron Davis’ second-round playoff poster-dunk over Andrei Kirilenko.
All the recent championships played a huge role in getting Chase Center built — without a winner to support, it might be more difficult to pack the house. Now that the new place is here, it’s important for Warriors management to make sure they appreciate the past.
According to Welts, the new arena will pay homage to the olden days in several different ways.
First, of course, are the banners — the Warriors plan to bring over the rafter banners from Oracle Arena and hang them from the roof of their new home. This includes the retired numbers and the championship banners. It also includes the No. 47 “Oakland” banner, which the Warriors raised at the beginning of the 2018-19 season to commemorate 47 seasons in Oakland.
There will be references to the past outside the arena as well; though Welts could not reveal details as of press time, he said this treatment would “honor individuals who have been important to the team.”
Finally, though Chase Center won’t have a physical museum, Welts said the team will deliver historical content through video screens in and around the facility. Some of this will be on-demand — information visitors can access from kiosks. Much of it will be programmed by the team.
“Our goal is to enable the best guest experience, and we think technology is a great way to do that,” said Welts, who never in his NBA career had built an arena from scratch until his experience here. “What you see about the past will look and feel a lot like what you see about the present and future — it will all be delivered through screens before your very eyes.”
Whatever the technology, however the Warriors intend to convey messages about the past, it’s clear the team plans to create new traditions in the new building. Which means the history will go on.
“That was my favorite moment as a Warriors fan,” said Dan Dibley, a Bay Area native and sports radio talk show host for 95.7 The Game. “Even though they lost the series, having that moment at Oracle was something none of us will ever forget. They went to break right after the dunk and in-house, they replayed the dunk again and again and the crowd roared each and every time.”
Of course those teams gave way to the Steph Curry/Klay Thompson/Draymond Green era, which has yielded three titles since the 2014-2015 season.
Commemorating the past
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