Warriors 2019 Opening Night At SF Chase Center Shows More Empty Seats Than 2018 Oracle In Oakland
ONN – Warriors 2019 Opening Night At SF Chase Center Shows More Empty Seats Than 2018 Oracle In Oakland
The 2019 Golden State Warriors open their season in the brand new Chase Center in San Francisco. With that, there should be a sitting, noisy, sell-out crowd. Instead, there are too many visible empty seats.
To see the proof of the difference, I went back to a year and 2018 Golden State Warriors NBA Opening Night Game at Oracle Arena in Oakland. Hard to find a large swath of empty seats in the building. And the crowd was excited.
The Warriors made a bad bet on San Francisco from the standpoint of filling the seats with “Oakland-style” fans. They’re, well, San Francisco fans: not totally engaged and itching to go someplace else by halftime.
Let’s see if the situation gets any better, but I doubt it. On the bright side, the Warriors scored a record $2 billion in sponsorships.
Stay tuned.
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