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Oakland Arena Oakland Arena is an indoor arena located in Oakland , California , United States . From its opening in 1966 until 1996 , it was known as the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena . After a major renovation completed in 1997 , the arena was renamed The Arena in Oakland until 2005 and Oracle Arena from 2006 to 2019 . It is often referred to as the Oakland Coliseum Arena as it is located adjacent to RingCentral Coliseum . Oakland Arena seats 19,596 fans for basketball . History . Home franchises . The arena was the home of the Golden State Warriors from 1971 to 2019 ; for the 1996–97 season , however , the team played at San Jose Arena while Oakland Arena underwent extensive renovations . The California Golden Bears of the Pac-10 played the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons at the arena while their primary home , Harmon Gym , was being renovated into Haas Pavilion . For some years before then , the Bears played occasional games against popular non-conference opponents at the arena . The Oracle Arena has hosted games of the NBA Finals in 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , and 2019 , where the Warriors won the NBA championship in 2015 , 2017 , and 2018 . That 2015 title was the first time since 1975 the Warriors won the title ; however , Games 2 and 3 of the 1975 NBA Finals were played at the Cow Palace in San Francisco , as the Coliseum was unavailable at the time . The 2017 championship was the first time that a San Francisco-area team won a title in their home venue since the Oakland Athletics in the 1974 World Series . The arenas first tenants were the California Seals of the Western Hockey League , who moved across the bay from the Cow Palace in 1966 . The owners of the San Francisco Seals had been awarded an expansion franchise in the National Hockey League , on the condition they move out of the Cow Palace and into the then-new Oakland Coliseum Arena . The team changed its operating name from San Francisco Seals to California Seals in order to draw fans from both San Francisco and Oakland . The California Golden Seals continued to play at the arena after having transferred to the NHL , until the team moved to Cleveland after the 1975–76 NHL season . The Coliseum hosted the American Basketball Associations Oakland Oaks ( 1967–1969 ) , a charter member of the new ABA in 1967 . The Oaks signed San Francisco Warriors star Rick Barry away from the rival National Basketball Association in 1968 . The team was owned by entertainer Pat Boone and also had stars Larry Brown and Doug Moe on its roster . Brown and Barry are in the Basketball Hall of Fame . After a 22–56 record in their first season , the Oaks went 60–18 during the regular season in 1968–69 . The Oaks then defeated the Denver Rockets , New Orleans Buccaneers and finally the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs to capture the ABA Championship . However , the team was plagued by poor attendance and Boone sold the team following their ABA Championship . They were relocated to Washington and became the Washington Caps . The Bay Bombers ( Roller Derby , 1966–1973 ) as well as the Golden Bay Earthquakes of the original MISL during the 1982–83 season and the Oakland Skates , a professional roller hockey team active from 1993 to 1995 , all played there . WWE also holds professional wrestling shows at the arena . In 2022 , the Oakland Panthers of the Indoor Football League , co-owned by NFL All-Pro and Oakland native Marshawn Lynch , will begin play at the Oakland Arena . Renovation . Over three decades , the arena grew outdated , lacking the luxuries of newer ones . With just over 15,000 seats , it was one of the smallest venues in the league . Rather than building a new arena in Oakland , San Francisco or San Jose , the decision was made to proceed with a US$121 million renovation that involved tearing out much of interior and building a new seating bowl within the existing structure . The original walls , roof and foundation remained intact , similar to the rebuild of Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle . The renovation began in mid-1996 and was completed in time for the Warriors return in the fall of 1997 ( they played the 1996–97 season at the San Jose Arena , now the SAP Center at San Jose , home of the NHLs Sharks ) . Included in the renovation was a new center overhead LED scoreboard and 360-degree fascia display . The new configuration seats 19,596 for basketball . Oracle naming rights deal . On October 20 , 2006 , the Golden State Warriors and Oracle Corporation announced that the Oakland Arena would be known as Oracle Arena for a 10-year term . A press conference was held on October 30 . The O , as it is referred to , continued to be managed by Oakland–Alameda County Authority ( JPA ) and SMG . The JPA approved the deal at its November 10 meeting . After the Warriors resurgence since the 2012–13 season until the 2018–19 season , Oracle Arena was reckoned as one of the loudest arenas in the NBA . It was often called Roaracle because of the painfully high decibel levels sometimes generated at Warriors games . Shortly after the Warriors moved to San Francisco in 2019 , the arena reverted to its old Oakland Arena moniker . Attendance records . On May 13 , 2007 , 20,679 fans watched the Warriors lose to the Utah Jazz 115–101 in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals . This was the highest attendance in the Warriors 61-year history . That record lasted until December 14 , 2007 , when the Warriors hosted the Los Angeles Lakers and packed 20,705 into the Arena to set a new franchise attendance record . The record was again broken on February 20 , 2008 , when the arena hosted 20,711 for the Warriors-Celtics game . This record was set yet again on April 10 , 2008 , when Oracle Arena hosted 20,737 fans in a Warriors loss to the Denver Nuggets . By the end of the 2016–17 regular season , Oracle had sold out 230 consecutive home games , a streak that continued throughout the teams playoff run . Oracle drew over 18,000 people per game for 12 straight seasons . Concerts . Frank Sinatra performed at the Coliseum for a fundraising rally for Hubert Humphreys presidential campaign on 22 May 1968 . Elvis Presley kicked off his second tour of 1970 at the Coliseum on November 10 , 1970 . He would return again on November 11 , 1972 . Marvin Gaye made his official return to live performing and touring at the Coliseum Arena on January 4 , 1974 and this show was the basis for his 1 million-selling live album , Marvin Gaye Live ! At the time , music industry executives cited the tour as a heralded event as Gaye made a comeback to live touring nearly 4 years after the death of his late singing partner Tammi Terrell . Parliament-Funkadelic recorded half the album at the Oakland Coliseum Arena on January 21 , 1977 . The album was released in April of that year . Queen performed concerts at the Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1978 and 1980 , during their Jazz and Game Tours , respectively . Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr . opened their Together Again Tour at the Coliseum on 13 March 1988 . Nirvana performed concert at the Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1993 , during their In Utero Tour . In 2010 , James Taylor and Carole King performed at the arena as part of their Troubadour Reunion Tour . Adele performed at the arena during her Adele Live 2016 tour on August 2 , 2016 . KISS , an American rock band , played their final concert in the Bay Area with David Lee Roth of Van Halen on March 6 , 2020 . The Grateful Dead . The Grateful Dead played more concerts at this venue than at any other , with 66 shows between 1979 and 1995 , and their December 16 , 1992 concert at the arena was released as Dicks Picks Volume 27 , along with bonus tracks from their December 17 , 1992 concert at the arena . Warriors move across the Bay . Early in 2013 , the Warriors announced they would build a new arena in San Francisco and move back to the city . It was originally suggested that the arena would be built on the decaying sites of Piers 30–32 near the foot of the Bay Bridge , but the plan was met with opposition due to concerns about traffic , environmental impacts and obstruction of views . In April 2014 , the Warriors purchased 12-acres in Mission Bay as the site for a new 18,000-seat arena planned to open for the 2018–19 NBA season . The new location eliminated the need for voter approval , which would have been required for the original site , though it had been unanimously approved by the San Francisco Supervisors in November 2012 . Because of delays due to litigation filed by arena opponents the opening season was pushed to the start of the 2019–20 NBA season . The new arena was named the Chase Center . On January 9 , 2019 , the San Francisco Giants announced that their home AT&T Park would be renamed Oracle Park , with the Oracle naming rights moving there from the arena . The Golden State Warriors played their final regular season game at Oracle Arena on April 7 , 2019 with a 131–104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers . Notably , the team decided to wear their 2006-07 We Believe uniforms for that game , with the uniform choice not being revealed at any point beforehand until the Warriors players took off their warm-up uniforms shortly before tip-off , much to the delight of the home crowd . The Warriors played their final playoff game at Oracle Arena on June 13 , 2019 , a 114–110 loss to the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals . The loss ended the Warriors quest for a third consecutive NBA championship . The court from that Finals Game now sits at the Ian Stewart Complex in Victoria , BC , Canada . The arena remains open under the new name Oakland Arena . Seating capacity . The seating capacity for basketball has expanded from 13,000 to 19,000 in over a half-century of use :