{"id":189449,"date":"2025-08-31T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189449\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:53:16","slug":"the-chase-center-renamed-ballhalla-during-valkyries-games-takes-on-a-distinct-purple-vibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/189449\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chase Center, renamed \u201cBallhalla\u201d during Valkyries games, takes on a distinct purple vibe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In their inaugural season, the Golden State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/06\/29\/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-san-francisco-chase-center-curry-lacob-ballhalla-roaracle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valkyries have drawn sellout crowds<\/a> night after night as fans flock to see the Bay Area\u2019s newest team. The characters who arrive at Chase Center showcase the cultural cache the Valkyries have already amassed mere months into their existence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Golden State Valkyries fans dress like the female warriors the name represents as they cheer for their strong, bold and fierce Valkyries as they battle the Dallas Wings at the Chase Center in San Francisco on July 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5688\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SJM-L-PURPLEWWL-0831-2online.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12179445\" \/>Golden State Valkyries fans dress like the female warriors the name represents while cheering for their strong, bold and fierce Valkyries as they battle the Dallas Wings at the Chase Center in San Francisco on July 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The Golden State Valkyries' Janelle Sala\u00fcn (13), left, and Kate Martin (20) perform their team introduction ritual, bathed in purple light, to hype up the fans before their game against the Dallas Wings at the Chase Center in San Francisco on July 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5692\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SJM-L-PURPLEWWL-0831-1online.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12179443\" \/>The Golden State Valkyries\u2019 Janelle Sala\u00fcn (13), left, and Kate Martin (20) perform their team introduction ritual, bathed in purple light, to hype up the fans before their game against the Dallas Wings at the Chase Center in San Francisco on  July 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Valkyries' VeronicaBurton (22) takes a shot agains The Las Vegas Aces' Chelsea Gray (12) and The Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson (22) in the third quarter at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"6136\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BNG-L-VALKYRIES-0807-50online.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12179735\" \/>Golden State Valkyries&#8217; Veronica Burton (22) takes a shot against the Las Vegas Aces&#8217; Chelsea Gray (12) and A&#8217;ja Wilson (22) at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The Chase Center, a.k.a Ballhalla, is filled with the cheers of Golden State Valkyries' fans after Valkyries forward Cecilia Zandalasini (24) sinks a basket against the Dallas Wings on July 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5096\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SJM-L-PURPLEWWL-0831-5online.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12179451\" \/>The Chase Center, a.k.a Ballhalla, is filled with the cheers of Golden State Valkyries\u2019 fans after Valkyries forward Cecilia Zandalasini (24) sinks a basket against the Dallas Wings on July 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Golden State Valkyries' Janelle Sala\u00fcn (13) fights for the ball against The Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson (22) at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5068\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SJM-L-PURPLEWWL-0831-51online.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12179764\" \/>Golden State Valkyries\u2019 Janelle Sala\u00fcn (13) fights for the ball against the Las Vegas Aces&#8217; A&#8217;ja Wilson (22) at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Naomi Johnson, of Oakland, shows off her team spirit as she takes on the role of a true Valkyries fan after grabbing some food during the Golden State Valkyries game against The Las Vegas Aces at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"6442\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SJM-L-PURPLEWWL-0831-4online.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12179450\" \/>Naomi Johnson, of Oakland, shows off her team spirit as she takes on the role of a true Valkyries fan after grabbing some food during the Golden State Valkyries game against the Las Vegas Aces at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Fans turn on their phone lights during a break at a Golden State Valkyries game against The Las Vegas Aces at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"4842\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SJM-L-PURPLEWWL-0831-60online.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12179838\" \/>Fans turn on their phone lights during a break at a Golden State Valkyries game against the Las Vegas Aces at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In their inaugural season, the Golden State Valkyries have drawn sellout crowds night after night as fans flock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[1339,2473,1370,6983,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-189449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state-valkyries","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-photos-and-videos","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115123716601520935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}