The Golden State Warriors are scheduled to open their new arena in the Mission Bay area of San Francisco for the 2018-19 season, but they have to deal with some new litigation trying to stop them from doing so.
The opponents of the proposed arena, including the Mission Bay Alliance, are suing the team and the city of San Francisco to try and block the project, saying it "ignored crippling traffic and other environmental impacts in violation of California environmental laws."
“The City has avoided a thorough analysis of the project by relying on environmental review documents from 18 years ago,” Osha Meserve, an attorney representing the Mission Bay Alliance, said. “This strategy not only deprives the public of knowing the arena’s true impact — it violates CEQA’s core requirements.”
The Warriors released a statement on the matter, saying they expect the project to go on as planned:
"During three years of intense public scrutiny, the Warriors arena won approval from 100% of boards, agencies and commissions that considered the matter: the Board of Supervisors, the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure, the Mission Bay Citizens Advisory Committee, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and the Planning, Entertainment, Port and Public Utilities Commissions.
"The decision of our elected leaders to bring the Warriors home to San Francisco will be upheld by the courts, and this frivolous lawsuit brought by a secretive group of wealthy donors will fail."
Golden State currently plays in Oracle Arena in Oakland, where they've played since moving from San Francisco in 1971.
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