Coordinates | 3°8′51″N101°41′36″N |
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name | Cow Palace |
location | 2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City, California 94117 |
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opened | April, 1941 |
owner | California Department of Food and Agriculture |
former names | California State Livestock Pavilion |
tenants | San Jose Wolves (AIFA) (2010)San Francisco Warriors (NBA) (1962–1964), (1966–1971)San Francisco Seals (WHL) (1961–1967)San Jose Sharks (NHL) (1991–1993)San Francisco Spiders (IHL) (1995–1996)Grand National Rodeo (1941–present)1960 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball TournamentSan Francisco Fog (MISL) (1980–1981) |
capacity | Basketball: 12,953Ice hockey: 11,089 |
The Warriors lost to the Boston Celtics in the 1964 NBA Finals. The 1967 NBA Finals between Golden State and the Philadelphia 76ers saw three games held at the Cow Palace. The two NBA Finals games hosted by the Warriors in their 1974-75 championship season, because of other events at the Oakland Coliseum, were also held at the Cow Palace.
The San Francisco Shamrocks (PHL) called the Cow Palace home from 1977-1979. They won the championship their first season, but ended up disbanding in January 1979 part way through their second season.
The Major Indoor Soccer League came to the Cow Palace for the 1980-81 season, when David Schoenstadt relocated his Detroit Lightning there, renaming them the San Francisco Fog. After a dismal season with an 11-29 record and less than a thousand fans per game, Schoenstadt moved the franchise again, this time to Kemper Arena, where the team flourished as the Kansas City Comets.
More recently, the NHL's San Jose Sharks played their first two seasons of existence at the Cow Palace, although the NHL had previously rejected the building in 1967 as a home for the expansion California Seals franchise. From 1991 to 1993, the Sharks sold out every game played at the building, although its capacity for hockey games was just over 11,000. It was one of the last buildings to house a smaller than NHL-standard rink.
San Jose lost their first game at the Cow Palace to the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on October 5, 1991. Wayne Presley scored the first Sharks goal at the arena. Three nights later, San Jose won their first game in franchise history there, a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames.
The Sharks second season in the Cow Palace was highlighted by a 17 game losing streak and a league record 71 losses. The Sharks ended their run at the Cow Palace at the conclusion of the 1992-93 season with a 3-2 loss to eventual Campbell Conference champion Los Angeles on April 10, 1993. The team moved to the new San Jose Arena (now the HP Pavilion at San Jose) to start 1993-94 after going 22-56-4 at their first home.
At the Cow Palace, the Sharks recorded the franchise's first win, shutout (Arturs Irbe) and hat trick (Rob Gaudreau). The team also introduced their mascot, SJ Sharkie, on the Cow Palace ice in mid-1992 when he climbed out of the front of a Zamboni. He later bungee jumped from the rafters near the end of the 1st season.
In 1995, the IHL's San Francisco Spiders played their only season at the Cow Palace. Ironically, several players who played for the Sharks during their Cow Palace years suited up for the Spiders that year. Former Shark defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh actually scored the first goal in team history. The team was bounced in the first round of the 1996 Turner Cup Playoffs despite goaltender Stephane Beauregard winning the league's MVP that season. Due to poor attendance, the team ceased operations at the end of the 1995-96 season.
The Palace has also hosted wrestling events, most notably WCW's Superbrawl in 1997, 1998, and 2000 and WWE's No Way Out in 2004.
In 2010, the Cow Palace will once again have a regular sports tenant when the American Indoor Football Association's San Jose Wolves kick off.
During a 1973 concert by The Who, their drummer Keith Moon, passed out from an overdose of horse tranquilizers. A fan of the band, Scot Halpin, completed the group's set that evening.
The Allman Brothers Band played there on New Year's Eve, 1973, with The Grateful Dead members sitting in. The Grateful Dead also held a double bill, with Santana, on New Year's Eve 1976 and released a live CD, titled Live at the Cow Palace. They also recorded Dick's Picks Volume 24 here on March 23, 1974.
KISS and Cheap Trick played the Cow Palace on August 16, 1977. It was also the day that Elvis Presley died and KISS played Jailhouse Rock.
A majority of the songs on the album, Live Rust and the concert film, "Rust Never Sleeps", by Neil Young & Crazy Horse, were recorded during a concert at the Cow Palace on October 22, 1978.
In February 1979, Neil Diamond fell onstage and couldn't get up. Less than two days later, he underwent 14 hours of delicate surgery, to remove a nonmalignant tumor, located dangerously close to his spine.
Prince brought his Purple Rain tour to the Cow Palace for 6 sold out nights from February 27, 1985 - March 5, 1985. Sheila E. was the opening act. On the tickets it said "Wear Purple".
The arena played host to Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope Benefit Concert on June 4, 1986. The show was headlined by U2 and Sting and also featured Bryan Adams, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Joan Baez and The Neville Brothers.
Fleetwood Mac filmed both 12-13 December 1987 concerts at the Palace for a DVD, later released in 1988.
Live 105's 10-for-10 (10 bands for 10 bucks) was held there in the 1990s, featuring Beck, Orbital, CAKE and The Chemical Brothers, as well as 6 other bands.
DJ Tiesto brought his show to the Cow Palace on Saturday, November 21, 2009 and sold it out which was a huge concert for Electronic Dance Music.
On September 9, 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed this proposed sale of the Cow Palace overflow parking lot. Following the 2008 publicity associated with Leland Yee's failed bill, the Cow Palace board of directors entered exclusive negotiations with Cypress Equities for a 60-year lease to develop the proposed by Daly City. Due to the lack of progress, this agreement was subsequently terminated and negotiations then commenced with a Marin County based developer in early 2010.
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