Contact Information

One SBC Center • San Antonio, TX 78219
Phone: (210) 444-5000
Tickets: Ticketmaster.Com
Home Court: SBC Center (18,797)
Team Colors: Metallic Silver, Black

Broadcast Information
Radio: WOAI (1200 AM): Bill Schoening
KCOR (1350 AM - Spanish): Paul Castro
Television: KENS (Channel 5)
KRRT (Channel 35)
Cable: FOX Sports Net Southwest, NBA League Pass

Historical Information

In the summer of 1973, after the wealthy North Texas based owners of the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association (founded in 1967) found their team doomed to yearly mediocrity, the team was leased and eventually moved to the Alamo City.

A group of as many as 36 San Antonians assembled and were convinced that getting the team permanently was San Antonio's best chance to get a professional sports team. Led by four San Antonio business leaders- John Schaefer, Red McCombs, Art Burdick and Angelo Drossos, the group purchased the team outright and the San Antonio Spurs were born.

According to league records, the first game in Spurs franchise history was a 121-106 loss to the San Diego Conquistadors on October 10, 1973 in front of 5,879 loud fans at the old HemisFair Arena in downtown San Antonio.

On June 17, 1976, the Spurs were officially accepted into the NBA along with three other ABA franchises – the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pagers and the, then nicknamed, New York Nets.

On May 28, 1989 San Antonio business man Red McCombs, who was part of the original ownership group, sold his interest in the Denver Nuggets and became sole owner of the Spurs after purchasing the team from fellow investors. The price? $47 million.

In 1993, the The Spurs made team history when they fell to the Phoenix Suns 102-100 in Game Six of the
Western Conference Semifinals. As fortune would have it, the game was the last the team would play on their home court at HemisFair Arena. The "noisiest arena in pro-basketball" had been their home since they moved to South Texas in the summer of 1973. The next season, and for many years to come, the Spurs called San Antonio's Alamodome home.

On March 26, 1993, a group made up of 22 local investors purchased the Spurs. The CEO of San Antonio-based Holt Companies, Peter Holt- along with his wife Julianna Hawn Holt- bought into the Spurs ownership group in 1996. Holt became chairman of the board later that year.

It was also in 1996 that the NBA All-Star Game was held in the Spurs' home dome. The East beat the West 129-118 in front of 36,037 screaming hoops fans in San Antonio.

Three years later, in 1999, the Spurs defeated the New York Knicks 4-1 in the NBA Finals to claim the first NBA Championship- a journey 26-years in the making. The Spurs thundered through the playoffs with an impressive 15-2 mark- the second highest playoff winning percentage in NBA history. The Spurs also became the first former ABA franchise to ever advance to the NBA Finals. The silver and black are just the ninth team in NBA history to win the NBA Championship in their first appearance at the league finals. San Antonio clinched their trophy on June 25 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Spurs led the NBA in attendance on multiple occasions during their stay at the Alamodome. During their final season at the Dome in 2002, the team drew a total of 906,390 fans for their 41 regular season home games for an impressive average of 22,107 per game.

More than two years after Bexar County voters approved the building of the proposed SBC Center Arena. The Spurs opened the state-of-the-art facility in November of 2002. This is now the home to the former NBA Champions.

Built in what architects call “ranch tech” style, the SBC Center is home to many diverse events due in part to its various seating capabilities. When the Spurs play, an 18,797 fan basketball configuration is used.

On June 15, 2003 the Spurs defeated the New Jersey Nets to captured their second NBA Championship. The Spurs used a 19-0 fourth quarter run to seal the 88-77 Game 6 victory in front of their home SBC Center crowd.

The Spurs won their third NBA title in seven seasons on Thursday, June 23, 2005 by outlasting the Detroit Pistons 81-74 in Game 7. The NBA Finals swelled in intensity and thrills through two weeks to the second half of the clincher, when Duncan finally put on a performance worthy of a player with his resume, skills and hardware collection

Duncan is the only player who was on all three of coach Gregg Popovich's championship teams in San Antonio - and with three MVP awards in the finals, he joined Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal in an exclusive fraternity.