Cow Palace

Opened in 1941

About Cow Palace

Cow Palace is recorded as an NBA and NHL arena in Daly City, California. It opened in 1941. Its recorded capacity is 12,953. Former tenants include San Francisco Warriors (NBA, 1963–1964) and San Jose Sharks (NHL, 1992–1993).

Appears in

87th longest single tenancy (1 years) of the 100 longest on record in hockey arenas
77th longest single tenancy (1 years) of the 85 longest on record in NHL arenas

Venue Information

Capacity

12,953

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1941

Address

2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City, California 94014

Elevation

98 ft

30 m above sea level

Operator

California Department of Food and Agriculture

Address derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Capacity by layout

Layout	Seats	Source
General	12,953	Wikidata
Concert	16,500	Wikipedia
Basketball	14,000	Wikipedia
Hockey	13,550	Wikipedia

Seating capacity depends on how the building is laid out for each event. Figures are the best sourced claim per layout.

Teams

Home seasons at Cow Palace by team, 1941–1993. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
San Jose Sharks While based here: 2 seasons · 28-129-7 regular season · no postseason trips NHL · 1992–1993 Territory map on ImperialismMap Cow Palace 1992–1993 SAP Center 1994–present	NHL	1992–1993
San Francisco Warriors While based here: 2 seasons · 79-81 regular season · 1 postseason trip NBA · 1963–1964 Territory map on ImperialismMap Philadelphia Arena 1947–1952 Philadelphia Civic Center 1953–1962 Cow Palace 1963–1964 San Francisco Civic Auditorium 1965–1971 Oakland Arena 1972–2019 Chase Center 2020–present	NBA	1963–1964

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Cow Palace?

The capacity of Cow Palace is 12,953.

When was Cow Palace built?

Cow Palace opened in 1941.

Who operates Cow Palace?

Cow Palace is operated by California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Where did the San Jose Sharks play after Cow Palace?

After leaving Cow Palace in 1993, the San Jose Sharks moved to SAP Center in 1994.

Where did the San Francisco Warriors play before Cow Palace?

Before moving to Cow Palace in 1963, the San Francisco Warriors played at Philadelphia Civic Center from 1953 to 1962.

Where did the San Francisco Warriors play after Cow Palace?

After leaving Cow Palace in 1964, the San Francisco Warriors moved to San Francisco Civic Auditorium in 1965. They played there until 1971.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Address.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity, concert layout, Capacity, basketball layout, Capacity, hockey layout.

Location

Coordinates: 37.7067, -122.4186

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Candlestick Park	1960–2015	1.8 mi
Cox Stadium		3.5 mi
Seals Stadium	1931–1959	4.2 mi
Chase Center	2019–	4.6 mi
Kezar Stadium	1925–1989	4.6 mi
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium	1915–	5.0 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.