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Stadium:
Oracle Arena
The Oracle Arena also known by its former name of is an indoor arena in Oakland, California, United States. It was originally constructed as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena in 1966. Over the years though, the arena became increasingly outdated, lacking the luxuries of newer ones. Rather than building a new arena in Oakland or, for that matter, in San Francisco or San Jose, as some wanted the decision was made to proceed with a $121 million renovation that tore down much of the old arena, leaving the external walls, roof and foundation, along with a few other features, intact, and then building a new seating bowl within the older confines, similar to what was done to the KeyArena in Seattle. The renovation began in mid-1996 and was completed in time for the Golden State Warriors to return in the fall of 1997. (They played the intervening season at the San Jose Arena). The new arena seats 19,596 for basketball and 17,000 for ice hockey. It hosted WCW SuperBrawl 1999 and the 2000 NBA All-Star Game.

Seating Chart:
Oracle Arena Seating Chart

Team History:
The Warriors were founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America. They were owned by Peter Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Ramblers of the American Hockey League. Tyrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager. He named the team after an early professional team in the city. Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946-47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one. (The BAA became the National Basketball Association in 1949.) Gottlieb bought the team in 1951. The Warriors won their only other championship as a Philadelphia team in the 1955-56 season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one. The stars of this era in the team's history were Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston. In 1959, the team signed draft pick Wilt Chamberlain. Known as "Wilt the Stilt," Chamberlain quickly began shattering NBA scoring records and changed the style of play forever. On March 2, 1962, in a Warrior "home" game played in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chamberlain scored 100 points against the Knickerbockers, a single-game record.

Season Preview:
The Golden State Warriors’ historic series victory over the Dallas Mavericks in the First Round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs was named Best Upset at Wednesday night’s 15th Annual ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. Warriors point guard Baron Davis was on-hand at the Kodak Theater to accept the award on behalf of the organization. The eighth-seeded Warriors knocked off the top-seeded Mavericks, four-games-to-two, becoming just the third No. 8 seed in NBA history to knock off a No. 1 seed in the playoffs, and the first to do so in a seven-game series. Additionally, Golden State became the first team from any of the three current professional sports leagues that play 80-plus game schedules (NBA, MLB, NHL) to garner a playoff series victory over a team that had 25-or-more victories than it did during the regular season (Golden State won 42 games during the regular season, while Dallas won 67).

Official Site:
http://www.nba.com/warriors/