Oakland Arena

About Oakland,

• Oakland Arena is an indoor arena located in Oakland, CA, USA.




• 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 Oakland Coliseum.




• Oakland Arena seats 19,596 fans for basketball.




• The arena was the home of the Golden State Warriors from 1971 to 2019, except the one-year hiatus while the arena was undergoing 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 first crowd filled Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on September 18, 1966 when the AFL’s Oakland Raiders played the Kansas City Chiefs.




• The adjacent arena celebrated its grand opening on November 9, 1966 when the Oakland Seals met the San Diego Gulls for an NHL game.




• In the following 48 years, the Oakland-Alameda County Arena and Coliseum Complex has hosted a spectrum of events in both the sporting and entertainment industries including concerts, circus, boxing, rodeos, religious speakers and ice shows.




• Audiences numbering nearly 100 million have made Oakland Arena and RingCentral Coliseum the premier sports and entertainment facilities in Northern California.




• In October 1995, RingCentral Coliseum began an extensive renovation.




• The $120 million project included the addition of 22,000 new seats, 90 luxury suites, two private clubs and two state-of-the-art scoreboards.




• Oakland Arena followed in June 1996 with a $100 million renovation.




• This project involved the complete demolition and concurrent redesign of the building’s interior.




• Capacity was increased by more than 4,000 to a maximum of 19,200 occupancy, plus 72 luxury suites and three exclusive clubs were added.




• In 2006, the Golden State Warriors and Oracle Corporation announced a naming agreement, turning the Oakland Arena into the Oracle Arena until 2019.