The Warriors are Committed to Moving Back to the West Side of the Bay

The current logo of the Golden State Warriors

The final logo of the San Francisco Warriors

It is expected that later this week, the Golden State Warriors will announce that after 40 years of being located in Oakland, California, they will be returning to San Francisco in a new arena that will be built alongside Piers 30-32 in the Embarcadero area, in a move scheduled for the 2017-18 season, per reports made by Fox Sports and CSN Bay Area. This move comes as no surprise, considering the recent move to acknowledge the team's history as the 2nd West Coast NBA team and brief history in San Francisco with their new logo, a return to the logo of the San Francisco Warriors. The main difference in the logos is that the color scheme is reversed, but the other big difference is the new logo has the Bay Bridge rather than the Golden Gate Bridge, possibly a reference to the team's future return to the West Bay.


There were previous rumors that the Warriors were going to move to a new arena next door to AT&T Park where the San Francisco Giants play in the South Bay, but that was rejected due to a ridiculous increase in traffic, causing no shortage of traffic in the months with no baseball season and an increase in traffic during the late fall and early spring. I love the move. The Warriors haven't been relevant since Chris Mullin was on the team, although they did have a brief bit of notoriety when they knocked off the #1 seed Dallas Mavericks as the #8 seed a few years ago.


Update: The mayor of Oakland has sent a letter to the owners of the Warriors pleading them to stay, but the Warriors say nothing will change their minds about the move. Additionally, the new arena is located 16 miles away from Oracle Arena, which should create very little additional driving time for fans in the East Bay, and shorter travel for fans in the South Bay. For reference, the distance between The Forum and Staples Center is 10 miles.