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Chase Center Third Street San Francisco As A Sport Stadium As A Place
Chase Center is an indoor arena in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The building is the home venue for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and occasionally for San Francisco Dons men's basketball. The Warriors, who have been located in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1962, played their home games at Oakland Arena in Oakland from 1971 to 2019. Chase Center opened on September 6, 2019. [from wikipedia]
16th Street Side 2018 New Chase Center Construction Mirrored Balls Sculpture Signage Terry A. Francois Boulevard Side Third Street Face Warriors Way Face
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16th Street Side, Of The Chase Center, Warrior's Basketball, San Francisco, California, As A Sport Stadium, As A Place

Sixteen is the fourth power of two. For this reason, 16 was used in weighing light objects in several cultures. The British have 16 ounces in one pound; the Chinese used to have 16 liangs in one jin. In old days, weighing was done with a beam balance to make equal splits. It would be easier to split a heap of grains into sixteen equal parts through successive divisions than to split into ten parts.[from wikipedia]

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2018 New Chase Center Construction, Golden State Warriors, As A Form Of Building Structure

n April 2014, the Warriors began the purchase process for a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site in Mission Bay, San Francisco, to hold a new 18,000-seat arena which is expected to be ready beginning with the 2019-20 NBA season, with construction to begin in early 2016. The sale was finalized in October 2015. The location was selected after an original proposal to construct the arena on Piers 30 and 32, just south of the Bay Bridge, met with vocal opposition due to concerns about traffic, environmental impacts and obstruction of views.[from wikipedia]

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Mirrored Balls Sculpture, Artist: Olafur Eliasson, Chase Center, Terry A Francois Blvd and 16th Street, San Francisco, California

Eliasson's massive waterfront work consists of five 15-foot polished steel balls arranged in a circle to create a walk-through, 24-hour house of mirrors.[from sf chronical website]

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Signage, At The Chase Center, Warrior's Basketball, San Francisco, California, As A Sport Stadium, As A Place

Signs may be used in exterior spaces or on-premise locations. Signs used on the exterior of a building are often designed to encourage people to enter and on the interior to encourage people to explore the environment and participate in all that the space has to offer. Any given sign may perform multiple roles simultaneously. For example, signage may provide information, but may also serve to assist customers navigate their way through a complex service or retail environment.[from wikipedia]

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Terry A. Francois Boulevard Side, Of The Chase Center, Warrior's Basketball, San Francisco, California, As A Sport Stadium, As A Place

Francois was named to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1964 by Mayor John Shelley, becoming the first African American to serve on the board. He was elected to his own term in 1967. He was re-elected in 1971 and again in 1975. After San Francisco transitioned to supervisor elections based on districts, rather than at-large elections, Francois resigned from the board of supervisors in 1978 to return to private practice.[from wikipedia]

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Third Street Face, Of The Chase Center, Warrior's Basketball, San Francisco, California, As A Sport Stadium, As A Place

Third Street is a north-south street in San Francisco, California, running through the Downtown, Mission Bay, Potrero Point, Dogpatch, and Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhoods. The road turns into Kearny Street north of Market Street and connects into Bayshore Boulevard south of Meade Avenue. It was formerly called Kentucky Street in the Dogpatch and Railroad Avenue in the Bayview.[from wikipedia]

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Warriors Way Face, Of The Chase Center, Warrior's Basketball, San Francisco, California, As A Sport Stadium, As A Place

South Street was renamed to Warriors Way, between third street and Terry A.Francois Boulevard. The north face of the Chase Center faced this newly named Warriors Way.


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