Kezar Pavilion

$ 9 to watch my kid sit on a bench during a high school basketball game?
I can get standing room only seats cheaper at an A’s game
Kezar is still an amazing place to play! You might as well be in a field house in the midwest. It has character than takes you back in time in San Francisco sports history.
All the greats played here: Payton, Kidd, Lin, Phil Smith, and now each Summer the Summer league plays here.
take in a game if you can. try and find Street parking though. $ 11 for a packed lot is expensive

Kezar Pavilion was built in 1924 adjacent to Kezar Stadium on the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park. Not too shabby-​lookin’ gymnasium for a 91 year old venue, if you ask me.
It was home of the University of San Francisco Dons and even the University of Santa Clara Broncos for a brief period of time. It’s probably more famous as the home of the Bay Bombers of the original Roller Derby fame from 1961 to 1973. I would love to have witnessed all the shenanigans that occurred here during that time, especially in the locker rooms.
Not only basketball and roller derby, it’s also been used for boxing, pro-​wrestling (fake wrestling), real wrestling, numerous indoor sports and concerts. It seats about 4,000 on wooden benches and it has a very intimate atmosphere.
That intimate atmosphere is magnified during the Pro-​Am season during the summer. This is the only place where you can watch professional, semi-​pro and NBA players up close without paying for a penny. You can also catch rising stars like Aaron Gordon, Jason Kidd and more before they went on to college and became legends. That list of players keeps growing and growing every summer.
Due to the league’s open roster policy; you can expect a superstar-​caliber player play on any given night. If you’re lucky, that player could be Damian Lilliard, Tyreke Evans, Jeremy Lin, Mitch Richmond, Matt Barnes and Baron Davis to name a few that have set foot on its hallowed grounds. And when all the stars are lined up right, you may catch Steph Curry suiting up and shooting threes from Half Moon Bay. Yeah, that happened last summer.

Best part of all, it’s FREE.

Great place to come watch free basketball games during Pro-​Am season. Once in awhile NBA players like Steph Curry come out to play when they are in town.