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SACRAMENTO, CA - The Sacramento Kings will play their first 2016-17 regular season home game on Thursday, Oct. 27 against the San Antonio Spurs—marking the regular season reveal of Golden 1 Center, the most connected, sustainable and technologically-advanced indoor sports and entertainment venue in the world.

For most Kings home games this season, tip-off has been changed to 7:30 p.m. to allow Kings fans ample time to adjust to a downtown sports and entertainment environment and better serve the downtown corridor. Kings fans now have an extra 30 minutes to navigate to their pre-paid parking spots, ride public transit and utilize the arena’s bike valet station. In the coming weeks, the organization will release gameday transportation and parking information to inform fans on how to arrive at the new downtown arena, as well as a new team and arena app to enhance the game day experience with on-demand information on alternative transportation options, parking and more.

Sacramento begins its season in the Valley of the Sun with a matchup against Pacific Division rival Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Talking Stick Resort Arena (7 p.m. PST) before returning to northern California for the unveiling of Golden 1 Center versus San Antonio on Thursday, Oct. 27 (7:30 p.m. PST). Six of the club’s next nine contests will take place on the road, including an East Coast jaunt featuring a Halloween contest with Atlanta (Oct. 31) followed by tilts versus Miami (Nov. 1), Orlando (Nov. 3), Milwaukee (Nov. 5) and culminating in a visit north of the border for a matchup with 2016 Eastern Conference finalist Toronto Raptors (Nov. 6). The team returns west for home games against New Orleans (Nov. 8) and a nationally televised TNT game against the L.A. Lakers (Nov. 10), before departing on an overnight outing to Portland (Nov. 11) and then digs in for the first of four homestands spanning five or more games on the 2016-17 schedule.

The Kings will be featured on national television 11 times during the 2016-17 campaign, highlighted by a TNT Sports broadcast at Golden 1 Center as Sacramento plays host to the Los Angeles Lakers (November 10). ESPN will broadcast the November 18th tilt against the Clippers at Golden 1 Center. Sacramento plays to a national audience on nine occasions on NBA TV, highlighted by home contests versus Minnesota (Oct. 29), New Orleans (Nov. 8) and Washington (March 10).

SacKingZZZ wrote:This could be a positive. The Suns should be beatable if the Kings come in with any sort of chemistry from training camp, and that extra energy the next night considering it's a new building could give them that extra bump after a confidence building win the night before.