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Filed Under:Basketball, Embarcadero, Golden State Warriors, Mission Bay, NBA, Piers 30-32, San Francisco, SurveyUSA
The venue will be located on Piers 30-32 on the waterfront in San Francisco. This area is in close proximity to BART, Caltrain and Muni stops, ferry terminals and the Bay Bridge, while also being located within easy walking distance of the Financial District in Downtown San Francisco. View preliminary concept designs, facts and area maps, here.

DESIGN CONCEPT FACTS

Venue Footprint: 170,000 square feet

Venue Height: 125 feet. For reference, AT&T Park is 183 feet to the light standard, 132 feet to the top of the seating bowl

Venue Seating Capacity: 17,500. For reference, the capacity of Oracle Arena is 19,596

Venue Total Square Footage: (excluding practice facilities and meeting rooms): 728,000 square feet

Practice Courts: 21,000 square feet

Community Event Room: 10,000 square feet

Parking Spaces: approximately 630. Piers 30-32 currently parks 1,500 cars

Retail: 90,000 square feet

Open Space: 333,000 square feet

Open Space as Portion of Total Site Area: 333,000 square feet out of 548,500 square feet. The Warriors are committed to no less than 50 percent of the site being dedicated to open space

Maritime Uses: Ferry landing, fire boat/fire station facility (accommodating three fire boats), water taxi landing, kayak docking

For more info, visit warriors.com/sf

(credit: Sn¿hetta & AECOM - official architecture team)

An artist's rendition of the new arena for the Golden State Warriors at Piers 30-32 in San Francisco. (Snøhetta & AECOM)


SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — After the Golden State Warriors announced they are opting to build a new arena in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood instead of the Embarcadero, a new KPIX 5 / SurveyUSA poll has found many city residents are supporting the plan.

The poll of 500 San Francisco adults found 68 percent support the idea of a new arena, while 17 percent said they are opposed and 15 percent are not sure.

Respondents are also overwhelmingly in favor of the Mission Bay location, with 65 percent of those surveyed in favor and 18 percent opposed.

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While the arena is receiving widespread support, San Francisco residents are also concerned about the height of buildings proposed along the waterfront. 36 percent of those surveyed said they are very concerned about building height, and another 29 percent said they are somewhat concerned.

On Monday, the Warriors said they have reached an agreement to buy a 12 acre parcel of land from Salesforce for an undisclosed amount. The land, which is near AT&T Park and the new UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, is bounded by Third Street, 16th Street, South Street, and Terry Francois Boulevard.

Previously, the team sought to build an arena on Piers 30-32, but faced opposition from neighborhood groups. Former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos, who led a group that opposed the Embarcadero plan, said Monday that he supports an arena in Mission Bay.

The poll has a margin of error +/- 4 percent.

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