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AP Photo/Eric Gay
An NBA record 68,323 fans watched the San Antonio Spurs host the Golden State Warriors at the Alamodome on Friday.
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Save. Breakup. Atmosphere.
Official attendance tonight for the Spurs-Warriors in the Alamodome is 68,323 😱 pic.twitter.com/hjQl75f6Dv
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Incredible scene in the Alamodome 😮
Warriors-Spurs now on ESPN! pic.twitter.com/b8lX5efyaK
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Spurs and Warriors play in the Alamodome tonight
Energy is on TEN 🔥
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This view of the Alamodome record crowd for the Spurs-Warriors 🤯 pic.twitter.com/NmOJHOOgxI
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A record 65,000+ in the Alamodome 🤯
San Antonio showed up. pic.twitter.com/M0RJly3SNT
Steve Helwick @s_helwick
The atmosphere in the Alamodome is unreal pic.twitter.com/OCIl7H2rrc
Warriors star goaltender Stephen Curry commented on the atmosphere at halftime.
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“The energy is amazing” 🗣️
Steph after a half in front of the Alamodome’s record crowd tonight. pic.twitter.com/w1wxoi8RTD
The Spurs ended up losing 144-113, but the result seemed almost secondary to the scene in San Antonio.
Spurs are celebrating their 50th season as a franchise dating back to their ABA days, and as part of that Birthday party, they made a one-night return to their old home. They played in the Alamodome from 1993 to 2002 and won the 1998-99 NBA Championship during that time.
Most Alamodome seats were closed when Spurs originally played at the venue, but they still consistently drew more than 20,000 people per season, averaging a peak of 22,449 fans during the campaign 1994-95. San Antonio opened up more seats in the 1999 NBA Finals and drew 39,554 fans in Game 2 against the New York Knicks.
The previous record for most fans at an NBA game was 62,046 on March 27, 1998, when Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 89-74 at the Georgia Dome.
