OAKLAND ARENA

The first crowd filled Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on September 18, 1966 when the AFL's Oakland Raiders played the Kansas City Chiefs. The adjacent arena celebrated its grand opening on November 9, 1966 when the Oakland Seals met the San Diego Gulls for an NHL game... In the following 48 years, the Oakland-Alameda County Arena and Coliseum Complex has hosted a spectrum of events in both the sporting and entertainment industries including concerts, circus, boxing, rodeos, religious speakers and ice shows. Audiences numbering nearly 100 million have made Oakland Arena and Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum the premier sports and entertainment facilities in Northern California.

Also known as: Oakland

Primary location: Oakland United States