SAN FRANCISCO — There are several road closures and rerouted bus lines planned in San Francisco ahead of NBA All-Star Weekend.
The events will be hosted at Chase Center, Moscone Center and Pier 48 in San Francisco and Oakland Arena in Oakland from Feb. 14 to Feb. 16. For those planning on visiting either city, public transportation options like BART and Caltrain are available, but certain Muni connections from their train stations to the arena in San Francisco may be impacted by the street closures.
“Our city is expecting a record number of visitors, spectators and participants attending these events,” San Francisco Police Department spokesman Evan Sernoffsky said in an email. “This is an exciting time for the City of San Francisco, which is ready to shine in the national spotlight.”
According to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority, the street closures will be in place from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. over the event-filled weekend. The main routes affected are the S Shuttle, T Third Street, 15 Bayview Hunters Point Express, 22 Fillmore, and 78X 16th Street Arena Express.
Several streets around Moscone Center will be closed from 6 a.m. Feb. 14 to 9 p.m. Feb. 16. Howard Street between Third and Fourth streets will be fully closed. The westernmost lane of Third Street between Howard and Folsom, the easternmost lane of Fourth Street between Howard and Folsom, and the northernmost travel and parking lane of Folsom between Third and Fourth streets will be closed. Between 6 a.m. on Friday and noon on Sunday, Minna Street between new Montgomery and Third streets will be closed.
Around Chase Center, several streets were closed in the weeks leading up to All-Star Weekend, all of which remain closed until Feb. 17. The closures include16th Street between Third Street and Terry A. Francois Boulevard and Warriors Way between Third Street and Bridgeview Way.
From 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 through Sunday, Feb. 14, Illinois Street between 16th and Mariposa street will be closed.
Three streets around Pier 48 will be closed from 6 a.m. on Feb. 13 until 2 a.m. on Feb. 17: Mission Rock between Third Street and Terry A. Francois Boulevard, Toni Stone Crossing between Third Street and Terry A. Francois Boulevard and Terry A. Francois Boulevard between Mission Rock and Toni Stone Crossing.
To account for the closures, Muni will be skipping some stops and providing alternate routes. Additional shuttle train service on the T Third Street Line between Chinatown-Rose Pak Station and Chase Center/Mission Bay will be running to accommodate increased ridership.
The agency will also be rerouting buses in the area, specifically the 15 Bayview Hunters Point Express, 22 Fillmore and 78X 16th Street Arena Express. These routes will be operating from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. each day between Friday and Sunday. More information about the street closures and alternate bus routes can be found at sfmta.com.
The San Francisco Police Department said that they will be fully staffed and have cancelled days off to have enough officers on hand. They will also be working with the San Francisco Fire Department and the Department of Emergency Management throughout All-Star Weekend and the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade.
“We are prepared to respond to any emergency in and around the event venues and parade route as well as the other districts throughout the city,” the department said.
SFPD also said that they do not have any information of any credible threats to San Francisco at this time.
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Oakland police said there are no planned street closures around Oakland Arena next weekend.
“We anticipate there will be an uptick in traffic around the area similar to that of any event that takes place at the arena,” the police department said in an email.
California Highway Patrol also said that there aren’t any planned road closures within their jurisdiction for the events, but they acknowledged that these kinds of events “are fluid and may require unplanned closures along the way,” CHP Sgt. Andrew Barclay said.
