Talk:Oakland Arena

The Arena
Most people simply refer to it as The Arena. 24.4.131.142 20:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Grateful Dead
There are mentions of many artists that have played the Arena, but no mention of the Dead. According to DeadBase, this is the single most played venue by the Grateful Dead, including many of their New Year’s runs, for example. I know there is mention of the band on the Philly Spectrum page, because they were the band/artist to play there the most. I don’t know if any of this is worth adding to this page or not, but I thought that I would at least bring it up... 170.141.177.198 (talk) 20:47, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Question
Wasn't Skidmore Owings and Merril somehow involved with the architecture of the arena? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.13.139 (talk) 19:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Plans for the future?
Are there any plans for the future of the facility if the Warriors do indeed move back to San Francisco? For example, would there be an effort to attract other tenants, or would the facility be slated for demolition? 108.246.206.139 (talk) 02:29, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Use of "the"
While it may be common for many people to call it "the Oracle Arena", it's actually not correct and both primary and secondary sources pretty consistently refer to it as "Oracle Arena" without "the". The same is true for most other arena and stadium names. Unless "the" is specified in the name of the facility, it rarely should be included.
 * June 3, 2016 ESPN article: "Game 2 is Sunday night at Oracle Arena..."
 * Oracle Arena website: "the" is used as part of "the Oracle Arena and O.co Coliseum complex", but elsewhere says "Oracle Arena celebrated its grand opening on November 9..." and "Home of the Golden State Warriors NBA basketball team Oracle Arena is Northern California’s premiere sports and entertainment venue!"
 * A-to-Z Guide: "The" is used with "The Oracle Arena staff" but elsewhere, "Oracle Arena will not assume the responsibility...", "Binoculars are permitted at Oracle Arena events...", "For a list of upcoming events at Oracle Arena...", "...located on the Event Level of Oracle Arena...", etc. --JonRidinger (talk) 23:18, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Tenant years
The Warriors listing for their years as a tenant should stay at "1971–present". Even with the renovation, the Warriors were still the primary tenant of the arena; they simply did not play games there during the 1996–97 season. As for "present", that should stay as is until the Warriors actually move to Chase Center. That is scheduled to be in 2019, but a lot can happen between now and then and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. That's true for any facility that is facing imminent replacement (such was the case for Sleep Train Arena until the end of the 2015-16 season). Just wait for it to actually happen before changing the date. A future date should never be added except in the articles about facilities planned or under construction. --JonRidinger (talk) 03:13, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The Chase Center has opened, as of September 3, 2019. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 03:05, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Naming rights extension?
According to the article and elsewheres, Oracle's naming rights should have expired in 2016. Presumably there was an extension of the deal? I poked around and couldn't find any mention of this, which presumably should be a matter of public record.--NapoliRoma (talk) 00:51, 9 January 2019 (UTC)