San Francisco Exposition Auditorium

Opened in 1915

About San Francisco Exposition Auditorium

San Francisco Exposition Auditorium is a former name of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, used 1915. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is recorded as an NBA arena in San Francisco, California. It opened in 1915. Its recorded capacity is 7,000. Its only tenant was San Francisco Warriors (NBA, 1965–1971). On our ranked lists it ranks 59th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names. It has also been known as San Francisco Civic Auditorium (1916–1991).

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Photo of San Francisco Exposition Auditorium
Photo by J. Ash Bowie. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

7,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1915

Address

99 Grove Street, San Francisco, California 94102

Elevation

61 ft

19 m above sea level

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.

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Teams

Home seasons at San Francisco Exposition Auditorium by team, 1915–1971. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.
Team League Years
San Francisco Warriors
While based here: 7 seasons · 251-318 regular season · 4 postseason trips
NBA · 1965–1971
  1. Philadelphia Arena 1947–1952
  2. Philadelphia Civic Center 1953–1962
  3. Cow Palace 1963–1964
  4. San Francisco Civic Auditorium 1965–1971
  5. Oakland Arena 1972–2019
  6. Chase Center 2020–present
NBA 1965–1971

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of San Francisco Exposition Auditorium?

The capacity of San Francisco Exposition Auditorium is 7,000.

When was San Francisco Exposition Auditorium built?

San Francisco Exposition Auditorium opened in 1915.

Where did the San Francisco Warriors play before San Francisco Exposition Auditorium?

Before moving to San Francisco Exposition Auditorium in 1965, the San Francisco Warriors played at Cow Palace from 1963 to 1964.

Where did the San Francisco Warriors play after San Francisco Exposition Auditorium?

After leaving San Francisco Exposition Auditorium in 1971, the San Francisco Warriors moved to Oakland Arena in 1972. They played there until 2019.

Sources

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

Historical Names

San Francisco Exposition Auditorium

1915 - 1915

Current

Location

Coordinates: 37.7785, -122.4174
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Nearby Venues

VenueYearsDistance
Seals Stadium 1931–1959 0.9 mi
Oracle Park 2000– 1.5 mi
USF War Memorial Gymnasium 1958– 1.8 mi
Chase Center 2019– 1.8 mi
Kezar Stadium 1925–1989 2.2 mi
Candlestick Park 1960–2015 4.8 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Read more on Wikipedia

Teams on Wikipedia

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

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