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- The Golden State Warriors’ new arena, Chase Center, is slated to open in San Francisco in 2019.
- The $1.4 billion self-financed arena features an outdoor plaza, shopping and restaurants, a public park, and luxurious suites for the Silicon Valley elite.
- Business Insider sat down with Rick Welts, the Warriors’ president, to go over renderings of what many believe will be the nicest arena in sports when it opens.
Chase Center is going to set a new standard for sports arenas in the US.
The Golden State Warriors’ new $1.4 billion arena in San Francisco is slated to open in 2019, and the team will move from Oracle Arena in Oakland to the new building next season.
The arena was self-financed by the team and is widely expected to be the nicest arena in the US — at least for a while.
The complex features two entrances, a giant outdoor video board, an outdoor plaza with restaurants and shops, two offices rented by Uber, a public park, and luxurious suites. There is already a 44,000-person waiting list for season tickets.
Business Insider sat down with Rick Welts, the Warriors’ president, who has had a major hand in the planning and development of Chase Center, to go over renderings and learn more about the newest attraction in the Bay Area.
Chase Center sits on a four-city-block site. The Warriors initially proposed to build it on Piers 30 to 32 when Marc Benioff of Salesforce informed them he had open land in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco.
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The site features two office towers, which Uber will occupy for 20 years, and a retail block featuring restaurants and stores.
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The back of the arena faces the San Francisco Bay. The building prompted the development a 5 1/2 acre park, which Welts said is the biggest new park to be built in San Francisco in decades.
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In the southeast corner of Chase Center (left corner side of the rendering), there will be a public art installation that the Warriors commissioned the Danish artist Olafur Eliasson to build.
A hotel will be built near the northeast side (right corner).
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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Source: Business Insider – sdavis@businessinsider.com (Scott Davis)