Oakland Arena, often referred to as the Oakland Coliseum Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Oakland, California, United States, and one of two venues within the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Complex. Opened in 1966, the Oakland Arena was originally the location of the California Seals of the Western Hockey League (WHL), later of the National Hockey League (NHL), until their move to Clevel
- Venue
- Oakland Arena
- Town
- Oakland, US
- Capacity
- 19,596
Oakland Arena, often referred to as the Oakland Coliseum Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Oakland, California, United States, and one of two venues within the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Complex. Opened in 1966, the Oakland Arena was originally the location of the California Seals of the Western Hockey League (WHL), later of the National Hockey League (NHL), until their move to Cleveland in 1976. The arena served as home to the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1971 to 2019, excluding a period of extensive renovations during the 1996-97 NBA season. 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. 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 Daly City, as the Coliseum was unavailable at the time. The 2017 championship was the first time that a Bay Area team won a title in their home venue since the Oakland Athletics in the 1974 World Series. The arena's 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