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Man who died at Phish concert identified. Warriors assure fans arena is safe - San Francisco Chronicle
Oct 19, 2021 1 min, 35 secs
Metallica fans are seen inside the Chase Center before the start of a Metallica concert in September.

This month, one person died at the Chase Center in a fall during a Phish concert.

Officials at San Francisco’s Chase Center, the home of the Golden State Warriors, are assuring fans that the venue is safe after one man died and two people were injured in separate incidents at a Phish concert Sunday.

Warriors and Chase Center spokesperson Kimberly Veale told The Chronicle that officials at the venue are awaiting the “findings of proper authorities” to determine what happened before commenting on the incidents.

show at Chase Center on New Year’s Eve, 2019, but left that concert early “because I was so freaked out at how steep it was,” he said Tuesday.

“We were walking around at intermission and most people weren’t aware of it,” Greavu said.

Dan Fitzsimmons of Kelseyville, who sat in the 219 section of the arena during Sunday’s concert, said he saw a man fall through a “large opening” in the section.

“The rows are so steep that when he began to fall, there was no stopping,” Fitzsimmons said, calling the arena “a death trap.”.

“When I first got the arena, my seat was up against the safety plexiglass,” Fitzsimmons said.

Incidents such as these are rare but do happen, said journalist Don Muret, who has reported extensively about the construction and operation of arenas and stadiums as senior editor of the industry journal VenuesNow.

A representative for the band Phish, which played at the venue on Saturday as well as Sunday, directed requests for comment back to officials at Chase Center.

Especially when alcohol or other substances are involved, Muret said, it can be difficult for fans to navigate venues that are already tough to get around.

“When the lights go down, sometimes you don’t see everything that’s going on,” Muret said

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