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Led by Golden State Warriors CEO and President Rick Welts, Bay Area media on Monday toured the mostly finished Chase Center, where the Warriors will tip off their new season with a preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 5.
The massive scoreboard — said to be the largest, by a considerable margin, in the NBA. The Chase scoreboard, developed by Samsung, is more than 9,699 square feet of screen space. The Sacramento Kings’ Golden 1 Center is reportedly in second place at 6,100 square feet. The Chase Center has almost 25 million pixels and 75 million LEDs.
The arena officially opens with a concert by Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony on Sept. 6.
The Warriors purchased the site in 2014, and Chase Center will be the only privately financed arena built on private property in the modern era of sports, according to the Warriors. The team claims that $14 million in tax revenues for the city of San Francisco will be generated by the arena.
The team also unveiled “Seeing Spheres,” a public art installation by artist Olafur Eliasson, outside Chase Center’s East Entrance.
