The Spurs have played in San Antonio since 1973, but the franchise started six years earlier in Dallas as the Chaparrals, a charter member of the American Basketball Association. Counting those ABA years, the team has had seven regular homes: four in Dallas, Fort Worth and Lubbock, then HemisFair Arena, the Alamodome and, since 2002, Frost Bank Center.
Here is every home in order, with the years the team played there, what made each one matter and what stands on the site today. Each arena with a ThrillZing guide links to it.
Every Spurs Arena, 1967 to Today
- Dallas
- 1967–1970
State Fair Coliseum
The Spurs began as the Dallas Chaparrals, a charter member of the ABA in 1967, and count those years as their own. This 1955 arena on the Fair Park grounds was one of their Dallas homes, alongside Moody Coliseum.
Today: Still standing as the 8,513-seat Fair Park Coliseum
- University Park
- 1967–1973
Moody Coliseum
SMU's 1956 arena in the inner suburb of University Park. The Chaparrals played here through all six Dallas seasons, but the team was lucky to draw crowds in the hundreds.
Today: Still home of SMU basketball, renovated in 2013–14 and now seating 7,000
- Fort Worth
- 1970–1971
Tarrant County Convention Center
In 1970–71 the team became the Texas Chaparrals and tried to go regional, playing some home games in this 1968 Fort Worth arena and in Lubbock. The experiment failed, and the team went back to Dallas full-time.
Today: Now the Fort Worth Convention Center; its arena held a farewell event in September 2026 ahead of demolition planned for 2027
- Lubbock
- 1970–1971
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
The city-owned arena on the Texas Tech campus, home of Red Raiders basketball, was the Texas Chaparrals' other regional home in their one statewide season.
Today: Demolished in 2019 after the land went back to Texas Tech
- San Antonio
- 1973–1993
HemisFair Arena
San Antonio investors leased the team and moved it here in 1973 as the Spurs. In 1978 the roof was raised to add an upper deck. The last game was Charles Barkley's series-winning shot for Phoenix in May 1993.
Today: Demolished in 1995; an expansion of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center stands on the site
1993–2002A domed stadium built partly to meet the Spurs' demand for a bigger building, with a curtained-off upper deck for basketball. The Spurs won their first NBA title here in 1999 before a record Finals crowd.
Today: Still in use, home of the UTSA Roadrunners and the Alamo Bowl
Stadium history →- 2002–presentCurrent home
Built by Bexar County next to the Freeman Coliseum and opened in 2002 as the SBC Center, then AT&T Center until 2023. The Spurs won titles in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014 in their years here.
Visiting guide →
Spurs Arena FAQ
Where did the Spurs play before San Antonio?
In the Dallas area, as the ABA’s Dallas Chaparrals, at the State Fair Coliseum in Fair Park and SMU’s Moody Coliseum. For the 1970–71 season the team became the Texas Chaparrals and also played home games in Fort Worth and Lubbock, but the regional plan failed and it returned to Dallas full-time the next season.
Why did the Chaparrals move to San Antonio?
Crowds in Dallas were small, and after a losing 1972–73 season the owners put the team up for sale. With no credible offers, they leased it to a group of San Antonio businessmen led by Angelo Drossos and Red McCombs, who moved it to HemisFair Arena and renamed it the Spurs. The team was such a hit that the new owners bought it outright after one year, and it joined the NBA in 1976.
How many arenas have the Spurs had?
Seven: the State Fair Coliseum, Moody Coliseum, the Tarrant County Convention Center and Lubbock Municipal Coliseum in their ABA years before San Antonio, then HemisFair Arena (1973–1993), the Alamodome (1993–2002) and Frost Bank Center (2002–present). The Spurs returned to the Alamodome for a game on January 13, 2023, that drew an NBA regular-season record 68,323 fans.
Is HemisFair Arena still standing?
No. It was torn down in 1995, two years after the Spurs left, and an expansion of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center now stands on the site. The Alamodome and both Dallas arenas are still in use; Lubbock Municipal Coliseum was demolished in 2019.
Where do the Spurs play now?
At Frost Bank Center on San Antonio’s east side, which seats 18,418 for basketball. Bexar County voters approved it in November 1999, the same day the Spurs got their first championship rings. In November 2025, San Antonio voters approved a proposition to build a new downtown arena for the team.