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The
Philadelphia Warriors were a charter member of the Basketball
Association of America. Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946-1947
season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one. (The BAA
became the National Basketball Association in 1949.) The team was
founded by Eddie Gottlieb, the long-time promoter of the Philadelphia
Sphas (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association), one of the mainstays of
the original American Basketball League. Gottlieb retained ownership of
the ABL Sphas until that league disbanded in 1955. The Warriors are one
of only three original BAA/NBA teams still in existence, the others
being the Boston Celtics and New York Knickerbockers. The Oakland Arena (known by the NBA as Arena in Oakland) is an indoor arena in Oakland, California, United States. It was originally constructed as the Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1966. Over the years, though, the stadium became increasingly outdated, lacking the luxuries of newer arenas. Rather than building a new arena in Oakland - or, for that matter, in San Francisco or San Jose, as some wanted - the decision was made to proceed with a $121 million renovation that tore down much of the old arena, leaving the external walls, roof and foundation, along with a few other features, intact, and then building a new seating bowl within the older confines, similar to what was done to the KeyArena in Seattle. The renovation began in mid-1996 and was completed in time for the Golden State Warriors to return in the fall of 1997 (they played the intervening season at the San Jose Arena). The new arena sits 19,596 for basketball and 17,000 for ice hockey. It hosted WCW SuperBrawl 1999 and the 2000 NBA All-Star Game.
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