Golden State Warriors’ New San Francisco Arena Approved by Board

December 9th, 2015 by Adam Wells Leave a reply »
Winning the 2015 NBA championship and their first 23 games this season is providing the Golden State Warriors with plenty of perks, including steps to get a new arena built in San Francisco. 

According to Carolyn Tyler of ABC 7, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-0 to approve an environmental impact report. 

San Francisco mayor Ed Lee released a statement, per J.K. Dineen of the San Francisco Chronicle, proclaiming his excitement at the vote and at potentially bringing the Warriors back to San Francisco:

This new, privately financed, state-of-the-art Golden State Warriors event center rounds out Mission Bay as an incredible and diverse ecosystem of technology, health care, science and, now, entertainment. The Warriors are inspiring a new generation of fans throughout the Bay Area. I can’t wait to welcome them home to San Francisco.

Dineen added the proposed arena will be an 18,500-seat venue that will cost $1 billion. Despite Lee's enthusiasm, there are hurdles standing in the way of making the arena a reality. 

According to SI.com, the Mission Bay Alliance, made up of Universi ...

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