Chase Center represents all the best that its neighborhood has to offer: state of the art technology, farm to table dining, first-to-market experiential retail as well as fitness and service amenities. Drawing from influences from locals and regional visitors alike, Chase Center highlights the beauty, ingenuity and innovation of the Bay Area.
We’re dedicated to giving back to the community that helps us thrive. The mission of our Chase Center Assists program is to address the Bay Area’s economic and social challenges and create pathways to opportunity through community partnerships.
The three pillars of our program are:
Small Business Assistance: To help build capacity, provide critical resources and opportunity to small, local and minority owned businesses.
Affordable Housing Growth: To transform housing sites into a vibrant, thriving, community through holistic revitalization.
Training & Education: To provide career advancement opportunities for Bay Area residents.
Since first announcing plans to move to Mission Bay, we’ve been engaged in a thoughtful community outreach process to better understand the wants and needs of our neighbors. Through years of open, above-board dialogue and public planning, we’ve been able to design and build a community beacon that best reflects our community.
We built authentic, grassroots relationships with the surrounding neighbors, small business owners, and community leaders to empower them to participate in the extensive public arena development process. As a result, the Warriors arena development plans received sweeping approvals before San Francisco legislative bodies and agencies—including a unanimous approval at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in December 2015. In total, over 250 public testimonials in favor of arena development were heard before such elected and appointed bodies.
The Warriors Community Foundation is committed to supporting underserved youth throughout the Bay Area. Since its inception in 2012, the Foundation has delivered over $10 million in impact to support education and youth development in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.
This past season alone, the Foundation donated $1.5 million in grants - it's most ever in a single year - to 49 organizations working to improve educational equity, including 34 organizations serving San Francisco.
The Foundation also donates thousands of tickets each season to local schools and nonprofits, and has refurbished over 80 public basketball courts around the Bay Area. Recent San Francisco projects include the TEL HI Neighborhood Center, Ed Lee Court at the Salvation Army Chinatown Corps Community Center, and the Edgewood Center for Children and Families.
The arena will be entirely privately financed and built on private land – virtually unprecedented among major league sports and entertainment facilities in the U.S. Unlike virtually every other arena or stadium project in the country, there will be no public subsidy.
The Mission Bay site is well served by public transportation, and borders Muni's 3rd Street Light Rail. The location is also within a few blocks of Caltrain, and BART connects via an easy underground connection to Muni, both at Embarcadero and at Powell Station. The Mission Bay neighborhood already has ample parking and a new I-280 freeway connection at Mariposa Street will land less than a block away.
The Warriors remain committed to the fan experience at Oracle Arena, and will continue to make upgrades as long as the team plays at Oracle. Recent upgrades have included a new high-definition scoreboard, full in-arena Wi-Fi, state-of-the-art digital displays throughout the facility, new theater boxes, a second row of floor seats and a new VIP Club.
Nevertheless, it remains a fact that the Warriors have the oldest home court in the NBA. The new arena is equipped with state-of-the-art features, amenities and emerging technologies for our fans, who will also benefit from its prime location in San Francisco. The facility itself is being designed to maximize the excitement of Warriors games.
Current season ticket holders will have the opportunity to purchase season tickets at the new arena, with season ticket tenure factoring into the process.
While prices have yet to be determined, we will work to ensure that ticket prices are competitive within the marketplace. Moreover, the Warriors have been a leader in “dynamic pricing”; we intend to ensure that a wide range of options are available for our fans. We know that Warriors games are special, and we want all of our fans to continue to enjoy that experience.
A new arena will fill a void in San Francisco's cultural scene, providing a facility that can accommodate top-name musical acts, conventions, major cultural events and other sporting events. Of the top 25 cities in America, by population, San Francisco is currently the only city that doesn’t have a 12,000-or-larger indoor facility.
Yes, the team evaluated several other sites, but finally settled on the spectacular opportunity in the heart of San Francisco, which is easily accessible for fans throughout the Bay Area. Remember, the Warriors initially played in San Francisco for nine years (1962-1971) following their move from Philadelphia.
No, the Warriors are working directly with the city to build the new arena. The Warriors and the Giants do, however, have a close working relationship.
The Warriors have a storied, 50-year history in the Bay Area. This new arena will set the stage for 50 more. Under the Warriors' new leadership, the team has played a large and important role in the Oakland community: most recently renovating and unveiling Chris Mullin Basketball Courts in East Oakland and supporting the development of the state-of-the-art East Oakland Sports Complex. The Warriors are committed to maintaining a close connection to Oakland, as well as the Bay Area as a whole. We are the Bay Area’s only NBA team, and we want to always be the region’s team.
The facility is owned jointly by the City of Oakland and the County of Alameda, and they will determine what happens to it. The Warriors remain committed to the fan experience at Oracle, and have invested heavily in the arena to make it a great place to watch NBA games for the next several years.
At this point, the plans only call for constructing a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment center, a new home for the Golden State Warriors.
Updates, news and answers to frequently asked questions will be posted to this site throughout the development process. Fans, neighbors and residents are also welcome to send their thoughts and suggestions to the Warriors via email at SFArena@warriors.com.