SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors gave the Bay Area media their first tour of The Chase Center on Monday, the team’s new state-of-the-art arena in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. The building was impressive, most notably the new scoreboard, which is the biggest in the NBA, and immensely detailed.
Follow along this thread as we take a tour of the #Warriors’ new San Francisco home: The Chase Center pic.twitter.com/qs2M0M3hmk
— KNBR (@KNBR) August 26, 2019
#Warriors’ new enormous scoreboard. Large enough to include room for both traditional and advanced statistics. pic.twitter.com/lWKphD8wPS
— KNBR (@KNBR) August 26, 2019
The huge screen just isn’t for show. The Warriors previewed video showing what the in-game highlights will look like and it’s pretty incredible.
How replays will look pic.twitter.com/klj45gNpvj
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) August 26, 2019
The arena also features a number of tributes to the key members of the Warriors’ recent three-time championship winning squads, including hand-drawn pictures of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala and Kevin Durant. The Warriors are making a point not to shy away from references to Durant, as the photo below from one of the hallways illuminates.
Cool pic pic.twitter.com/RG2NURjxhu
— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) August 26, 2019
Legends pic.twitter.com/5edn6FuXuF
— Jake Montero (@jakemmontero) August 27, 2019
Here’s what the view will look for those lucky enough to get their hands on courtside seats.
Courtside view of Chase Center pic.twitter.com/WHzKLnfxtu
— KNBR (@KNBR) August 27, 2019
As has been both praised and criticized, the arena has numerous private spaces and clubs for those willing to pay the price. Here’s a taste of a few of those.
#Warriors new suites include 16 tickets and two parking passes pic.twitter.com/1TTR8tdYW6
— KNBR (@KNBR) August 26, 2019
#Warriors new suites include 16 tickets and two parking passes pic.twitter.com/1TTR8tdYW6
— KNBR (@KNBR) August 26, 2019
#Warriors new suites include 16 tickets and two parking passes pic.twitter.com/1TTR8tdYW6
— KNBR (@KNBR) August 26, 2019
The tour concluded at The Chase Center Plaza, which is the main entrance to the stadium, and could serve as the team’s version of Jurassic Park, a place where fans who didn’t get tickets can watch games outside the arena.
Not bad… pic.twitter.com/MxXQmV9UZM
— KNBR (@KNBR) August 26, 2019
All-in-all it’s hard to argue the Warriors and Joe Lacob haven’t delivered on their promise to build a privately financed, state-of-the-art arena. Will it be as loud as Oracle? We’ll have to wait and see.