Haas Pavilion

Always a great place to see a game, hardly a bad seat in the place and easy to move down to better seats if the games not packed, just like the old days! Great place to take the kids for a game without breaking your bank account.

Haas Pavilion, the home of the Bears. Men and women’s basketball is played at this facility. Location is easy to find, parking is located across the street from the gym and or find parking on the street. Great place to catch a college game, students are loud. The pavilion has great views, you actually feel as if your looking down on the players. Will continue going and looking forward to my next visit.
Go BEARS!!!

Welcome to Berkeley. This is Bear Territory.
Haas Pavillion is one of the most underrated venues in all of sports, and one of the oldest.
Home to California basketball and volleyball a few Pac-​8, Pac-​10 and Pac-​12 Championship teams have called this home.
New for the 2015 season is all new camera equipment, lights, scoreboard and stereo.
Roll on you Bears!

I am not a Cal alumnus, but always love public schools as I went to one myself. I have gone to 2 – 3 Cal Bears football games and 2 – 3 basketball games in the last 6 or so years. I never wear gear for the opposing team and I root for Cal.
The last time we went we took my son to a Cal basketball game. My son got squirmy, as all young boys do, and an old lady in her late 50’s or 60’s grabbed his leg, looked him straight in the eye and told him to stop moving around so much. Of course, as you’d expect, my son began to cry because he was 3 and we had to take him into the tunnel. I waited 5 minutes for my blood to cool and then told her that if she has issues, whether valid or not, that she should raise them with me and not a 3 year old and to never touch my son again.
… then yesterday, I took my wife, who is 7 months pregnant, my 14 year old girl and my son. The Cal basketball team played pretty poorly and it was clear they would lose so we got up to leave. A middle-​aged man who I am pretty positive had been «pre-​gaming» who sat right behind us yelled at us to sit down. I told him we got up because we were leaving. He said he «didn’t give a shit» and that «he was missing the game.»
These things are happening in the alumni section, not the student section.
I don’t get it. What’s wrong with people? Basketball games are for families too, not just for drunkards and curmudgeons.
I am pretty sure I won’t go back to Haas and won’t go to Cal basketball games.

Just attended the Cal women’s basketball game versus Louisville. To boost attendance, they were giving away tickets for a measly $ 1. It was in the nosebleed section but since this is a relatively small venue, even the cheap seats had a great view of the court.
Before the game, they had Oski wandering around the courtyard taking pictures with the fans. They had face painters and tiny hoops for the kids. They were also giving out free t-​shirts to the fans. At half time, they had Shaolin monks and their students perform martial arts acrobatics. There was a tiny girl of maybe 5 or 6 years old who was really giving it her all. The dance team and the band was also in attendance.
I remember taking finals in the old, pre-​renovated relic years ago. It was cold and drafty. Today’s facility was clean, bright and very accessible. Despite being disappointed that Cal lost the game today, I was impressed with everything the school did to support the team. I will be back.

It continues to amaze me how awful the sound system is. It is even more unintelligible than a BART train car’s.

Came here to watch the CAL basketball team & this was my first time here. This venue is a good size — it’s not the biggest venue but certainly bigger than my high school gym — so that’s good in my book.
All the employees that work here seem to be nice & probably go to school there. The venue was somewhat confusing at first but once you knew where you were seated it wasn’t so bad. Plus there is plenty of people to help you if you got lost. They are all wearing yellow and dark blue jackets.
The venue itself is nice. Very bright and clean. There wasn’t trash everywhere and the place seem to be kept up which is always nice to see in places like this. Parking was the only issue for this place. The parking lot right across the seat was for season pass holders only which is good to keep in min when paying for a season pass.
Parking on the street isn’t the easiest thing to find on an evening, so try and find public parking lots which are no more than $ 5 to park for a few hours, other than, I think it was a beautiful spot.

Haas Pavilion-​Cal Berkeley — 3 Stars: University of California-​Berkeley basketball pavilion. Nice venue for the Cal-​Bears, all above ground and right on the main campus. Seats are padded and easy on your fanny. Not known for its food, but Haas Pavilion is a nice upgrade from the old Harmon Gym. Parking is problematic, but then you are on the campus of Cal-​Berkeley, so don’t be surprised.

Who loves Haas Pavillion? EVERYBODY LOVES HAAS PAVILLION!
I think my favorite part about this place is that there are no bad seats. I don’t recommend the food, but if you’re coming to a college basketball game for the good eats, you probably wouldn’t be on Unilocal…
ProTip: For any but the most popular games„ buy the CHEAPEST seats possible and then just walk to any seat you would like. Nobody cares!

Well this place is an interesting smaller venue. I have been here primarily to shoot USC vs Cal Basketball. Consequently I have a different view of this place.
However many of the comments are standard to just the area and campus in general. For example parking for Haas Pavilion is ridiculously bad. I think they do it to encourage public transit on bart or the bus but I have no clue for sure. I have found parking on the street several blocks away from campus.
The will-​call and ticketing booths are not next to the pavilion. This makes it a bit difficult to get in, if you are not used to coming here and are unfamiliar with the process. It took me about 20 minutes to find where to go my first time here.
The restrooms reminded me of any other stadium restrooms, a bit below par but handling the workload barely. I know that they also have food and drink stands around the entire facility. These stands seem to crank out a lot of food but who knows what it tastes like as I haven’t had an opportunity to try the grub as I have always been
The view of the court to all of the seats seemed fairly uninterrupted and direct. I know from having looked up from the floor to the rafters.
The staff seemed extremely helpful and courteous! They offered to guide me to the press room so that I could transfer, upload, or send photos via WiFi. This would really help when I am under a deadline for submitting photos.
Overall though I see this place as a decent place for a game of hoops or a concert. Hope you enjoy a visit here.

In terms of college basketball arenas, it certain does the job. I can’t tell if it’s old – even though it is — -because of renovations, yeah building face lifts!
And forgive the Goldilocks reference, but it’s not too big, not too small — it’s just right. Overly robust college stadiums are just silly… and this one is clearly marked so you can’t really get lost or confused. Even I can make my way and back track if I need to do so.
The seating is padded so no uncomfortable butts afterward, and even though Cal lost last night, I still enjoyed myself immensely. There are obstructed views though farther up… just an fyi.
Admission: $ 1 admission for the youngins… otherwise $ 10 general admission for adults. They do serve food and beverages… most are of the fried or junky variety… so do what I do and byos.

After years of wanting to check it out, I finally went here for a Cal men’s basketball game in December of 2008 (Cal spanked Portland 81 – 61). My wife and I enjoyed ourselves, and we could easily see all the action (part of this had to do with the Pavilion being less than half full– a lot of students were away for winter break).
+The Pavilion is large (the seating capacity is 11,877), but intimate. It feels very cozy inside.
+The fans are cool (they’re loud, enthusiastic, and rarely obnoxious). There’s truly a home-​court advantage (the men are currently 13 – 0 at home this season, and are 1^st in the Pac-​12 with a 16 – 5 record).
+The awards displays around the Pavilion are nice and impressive.
+Every seat is a good seat (the seats are dark blue).
+The seats are comfortable and pretty easy to get to.
+It only takes 10 minutes to walk to the Pavilion from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station.
+The Pavilion is very close to Telegraph Avenue (there are also some good places to eat and shop near the BART station).
+Most tickets to sporting events are only $ 10-​$ 20.
+The atmosphere is nice, and everything is modern, including the restrooms (restrooms are finally being added to Memorial Stadium– fans shouldn’t have to use portables). Haas Pavilion was renovated in 1999 (it used to be named Harmon Gym– the seating capacity at Harmon was only about 7,000).
+Pete Newell Court really stands out, and the outside of the Pavilion was designed quite well.
+The employees are friendly, and they truly seem to like where they work (at one point, a food vendor I dealt with a few minutes earlier watched the game for awhile while eating a hot dog– I initially thought that the guy was being lazy, but the Cal game was part of a doubleheader, and so he was probably on break).
+The Cal band and the cheerleaders and Oski are always worth seeing (my dad and I like to make fun of Oski, but the mascot really is cute and lovable).
+/​-​Some nice Cal T-​shirts that I got for Christmas were purchased here. In general, though, not a large selection of merchandise is sold here (it’s better to go to the Cal Student Store or Bancroft Clothing Co.).
–As I expected, the walkways are a little narrow (I was happy to see that they’re wider overall than the ones at Oracle Arena– getting to your seat before or during a Warriors game can be a real pain). This is mainly an issue when games are over and everyone is leaving (this is what Henry S. is alluding to at the end of his review).
–The banners could be displayed better (this matters to me as a Cal alumni). They’re a little hard to see.
–The scoreboard is weak. It’s not very big, and the images could be clearer (a commercial I saw featuring Cal players looked terrible on the screen).
–The food is good, but the selection isn’t (you really only have hot dogs, polish sausage, nachos, and candy to choose from). The prices are okay (when I went, bottled water was $ 3, and hot dogs were $ 4).
–Parking in Berkeley is very limited. If you drive to the Pavilion, you’ll need to park on the street or in a parking garage (almost all the parking spaces on the U.C. Berkeley campus are reserved). If you go to a parking garage, expect to pay at least $ 6.
–As Sara A. has mentioned, the seats could be closer to the court. It’s easy to see everything, but the court does seem a bit distant if you’re not sitting really close to it.
On another note, the seats are just places to sit. They don’t have armrests or seatbacks (they’re comfortable regardless). They’re wide, but hopefully you won’t get stuck next to someone massive or who wants to stretch out behind you (the seating at Memorial Stadium is similar, but much more tight).
I look forward to going here again in the future. Haas Pavilion provides a beautiful and comfortable setting to watch a game.

Only giving it a 5 star not because I’m a Cal fan, but went there to see my my Wildcats take on the Bears in the 2010 season. WHAT A GAME!!! Arizona pulled out the win in a triple OT thriller 107 – 105.
There was this 60 year old drunk Cal fan who started just talked crap the entire game to my friends and myself. At the very end of the game when Cal lost «What kind of retarded parents would send their kids to UA?» Stay classy Cal.

Thanks to a friend, this is the place where I have developed my pride for my Alma Mater men’s basketball team 20 or so years since attending school and graduating from here. Go Cal Bears!

Be forewarned: seating in the upper levels isn’t exactly all that. If your row is a numbered row, and not a lettered row, you won’t have a seat back. It’s just benches up top. And they’re very cramped benches. So I guess the lack of a seat back maybe isn’t so bad, since someone’s lower appendages will be right up on you anyway.
Also, if you’re in the upper upper portion of the arena, your direct line of sight will be obstructed. That is, the gamefloor view is unaffected, but you won’t see any of the scoreboards.
All of those negatives, and the seat was still $ 35. Not cheap! A similarly-​priced ticket at Eugene’s Knight Arena, for example, provides you with an actual seat and a much better view of the entire arena.
Still a fun place to watch a game, though. Nice and small enough so that it’s usually packed. And I enjoyed the raucous crowd at the recent game against UCLA. Although I had to groan at the Bay Area’s ever-​present complex with southern California — a «BEAT LA» chant erupted as the game drew to a close. Whatever. GO BRUINS! U-​C-​L-​A-​FIGHT-​FIGHT-​FIGHT!

This place is a glorified high school gym. There’s not very much seating, and the benches are really cramped, so you’ll have someone’s knee jammed up into your back the whole game. They need to get the engineering students into this place and let them work some of their magic. The walkways around some of the midlevels are really narrow, without a lot of clear signage, so you have no idea where you’re supposed to be going. I also noticed that a lot of the athletic staff have their offices here? Maybe you could expand the pavilion and move their offices somewhere else. Is there even a dedicated student section? If there is, it’s hard to tell where.
This isn’t about Haas Pavilion itself, but the stuff they do at halftime during the basketball games. Man, I haven’t seen halftime activities this sad since … well, ever. You give $ 100 to a guy that can steer a remote control car around some cones and make a layup? Lame.

Gooooo Bears!!!
We watched the Berkeley women’s basketball team play hard vs UCLA.
Prices:
Adult tickets = $ 10
Youth tickets = $ 1*
*Special «Cal Kid’s Day» pricing on select days. It comes with:
*admission
*Cal Berkeley silly bands (first 500 kids)
*poster making
*face painting
*jumpy, bouncy fun
*kids’ basketball booth
*free team poster & special autograph signing
Next «Cal Kid’s Day» event will be on:
*2/​12– vs Washington State @7:30pm (adults wear pink & get in for $ 3)
*2/​26– vs Oregon State @7:30pm
Gooooo Bears!

I love this place! The floors are always squeaky clean and the environment makes you feel like a champion with athlete photos on the walls and trophies everywhere. My Cal spirit goes up by a lot when I step into this building. I also love the little corridor that connects the RSF with this building. It’s very convenient when you want to use the restroom of the RSF and using the corridor to Haas to use the restroom is much more convenient.

I can’t wait to watch the Women’s Basketball WNIT championship game here tomorrow! Going to Haas Pavillion has been great this season. Not only is watching basketball (men’s and women’s) great here, it’s more affordable and more entertaining than most other pro sports in the area.
And…now my kid wants to go to Cal Berkeley for college. How cool is that?!!

Came to my first mens Cal basketball game the other night and it was really fun! It was about a 10 – 15 minute walk from the Downtown Berkeley BART station but with all that’s going on around you it doesn’t feel like such a long walk.
The Pavilion itself was well lit, clean and not too crowded. We sat in Section 24 and they were good seats. Even though we sat high up I still felt connected tot he game and had a good view of the action.
My only complaint is that when the game was over it took a long time to get out of the stadium.