The Dubs' New Digs
G O O D S P O R T The Dubs’ New Digs A look inside the Golden State Warriors’ state-of-the-art San Francisco arena By Kimberley Lovato • Illustration by James Clapham When the Golden State Warriors (along with new addition D’Angelo Rus- on the court, the arena offers conces- lost to the Toronto Raptors in the NBA sell), but Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, sions from more than a dozen beloved Finals in June, it wasn’t just the end of and Shaun Livingston have all departed, Bay Area mainstays, including Oak- the 2018-19 season; it was the end of an and Klay Thompson will miss much of land’s Bakesale Betty and San Francisco’s era for Bay Area basketball. The Dubs, as this upcoming season with a knee injury. Old Skool Café (a youth-run, jazz-themed they’re known locally, are moving across Still, fans—the team estimates that supper club). Surrounding the stadium the Bay Bridge, from Oakland’s Oracle almost 70 percent of the nearly sold-out is an 11-acre entertainment, dining, and Arena to a glitzy new home in San Fran- season tickets are renewals from Oracle retail complex, Thrive City, headlined cisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. Arena—have plenty to look forward to. by a food hall from James Beard Award– The 18,064-seat, privately funded, Chase Center is tailor-made for basket- winning chef Michael Mina. $1.4 billion Chase Center will see its first ball: The arena is not convertible for The new arena offers an improved regular-season action on October 24, hockey play, preserving sight lines; the experience for the team, too.
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