San Francisco’s Golden State Warriors just captured its fourth championship in the last eight years, firmly establishing the team as a National Basketball Association (NBA) dynasty. But the path to this year’s win was possibly the unlikeliest in its history.
Just months prior the covid-19 pandemic, Warriors owners Joe Lacob, a Silicon Valley billionaire, and Hollywood power player Peter Guber formally opened the doors to the Chase Center, a new arena that reportedly cost $1.4 billion. The state-of-the-art facility is one of the NBA’s newest, and tops the cost of the tech-forward Barclays Center, which cost the Brooklyn Nets $1 billion to launch in New York City in 2012.
Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber hold the 2022 NBA Finals trophy.
Read the rest of this story on qz.com. Become a member to get unlimited access to Quartz’s journalism.
