Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

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The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is an indoor arena in San Francisco, California currently named after Bill Graham. It was originally named the San Francisco Civic Auditorium.

It hosted the NBA's San Francisco Warriors from 1964 to 1967. The arena held 7,000 people and was built in 1915. It hosted the 1920 Democratic National Convention.

The venue has also hosted concerts by such artists as the Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Green Day, Snoop Dogg, Oasis, The Mars Volta, Velvet Revolver, Muse, Blink 182, The Killers, Madonna, Snow Patrol, Pearl Jam, Weezer, Primus, Tenacious D, Tool, Tori Amos and Tiësto.

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Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Preceded by Cow Palace	Home of the San Francisco Warriors 1964 – 1966	Succeeded by Cow Palace
Preceded by Mission Hills CC Rancho Mirage	Davis Cup Final Venue 1979	Succeeded by Malá Sportovní Hala Prague

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