In its heyday, the 215,000-square-foot arena — originally known as the Oakland Civic Auditorium — hosted Martin Luther King Jr., as well as performances by Elvis Presley, James Brown ...

OAKLAND, Calif ... The ornate exterior served as a gateway to a lavish 1,900-seat auditorium, an even larger 45,000 square foot arena. A maze of empty ballrooms, event spaces, and meeting ...

In 2023, they did a show at the 3,040-capacity Paramount Theater in Oakland. On Friday, although all the upper sections of the 19,000-capacity Oakland Arena were blocked off, the rest of the venue ...

BTS was the first K-pop act to headline Oakland Arena, and six years later, the venue has become the Bay Area’s unofficial home for K-pop. Since 2018, Oakland Arena has hosted 17 K-pop concerts ...

IVE opened up the “Show What I Have” tour stop on Saturday night inside Oakland Arena with thousands screaming and doing the K-pop-show tradition of waving light sticks to their hit single ...

As fans began to fill Oakland Arena to pay tribute to the man who earned the nickname "The Man of Steal," Lola Leal from Hayward said it really wasn't something she could miss. "Oh, I have to be ...