The first game at Oracle Arena was 53 minutes late because the stadium wasn’t done yet SF Gate
Officials at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena weren’t worried about moving up the timeline for the brand-new stadium’s first-ever sporting event. They wanted to kick things off with a Western League hockey game, even though it would mean completing the arena two months ahead of the original schedule. In the weeks before, the local media fretted and teased, expressing deep skepticism that the arena would be ready for a hockey game on Nov. 9, 1966. Now, with just a few Warriors games remaining in Oakland, we dug into the archives to find out more about the first game held in what is toda…
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