Editing Alamodome (section)

===NBA basketball===
The Alamodome's ability to easily accommodate basketball made it attractive to then-Spurs owner [[Red McCombs]], who had been looking for some time for a larger arena to replace their longtime home, [[HemisFair Arena]]. The Spurs moved to the Alamodome after the [[1992–93 NBA season]]. They played nine seasons in the Alamodome from 1993 to 2002, including their first NBA championship season, which was played against the [[New York Knicks]] in 1999.

During the regular season, most of the upper level was curtained off. However, on certain weekends and when popular opponents came to town, the Spurs expanded the Alamodome's capacity to 35,000 by opening three portions of the upper level. More sections of the upper level were opened for the playoffs, expanding capacity to 39,500. Attendance was 39,514 for Game 1 of the [[1999 NBA Finals]] and 39,554 for Game 2.

Though the late 1990s saw the Spurs soar in popularity, the decision was made to move the team out of the spacious stadium and build a new arena. While the Alamodome had been designed to accommodate basketball, it was primarily a football stadium. As the years passed, Spurs management and fans grew increasingly dissatisfied with its poor sight lines and cavernous feel. Part of the problem was the manner in which the Alamodome was configured for basketball. The basketball court was at one end of the venue with temporary stands on one side of the court, leaving over half of the stadium curtained off (the same problem and configuration existed for the [[Detroit Pistons]] in the mid-1980s during their tenancy at the [[Pontiac Silverdome]]). Television broadcast trucks were usually set up on the unused half of the playing surface.  By comparison, more modern domed stadiums that can accommodate basketball, such as [[AT&T Stadium]] in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]], place the basketball court in the center of where the football field would be, allowing for much larger attendances. Additionally, the Spurs tied up the Alamodome for most of the winter and spring due to their deep playoff runs (they only missed the playoffs once in their nine years there). With the Alamodome booked solid well into April, it was difficult to accommodate conventions, concerts or even a prospective football team. Moving the Spurs out of the Alamodome opened up more contiguous dates allowing the facility to schedule more events, though it has yet to host a Super Bowl. The Spurs moved to the new [[SBC Center]] after the [[2001–02 NBA season|2001–02 season]].

The [[1996 NBA All-Star Game]] was played in the Alamodome.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/recap_1996.html Michael Jordan wins the MVP, as the East prevails in San Antonio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211235029/http://www.nba.com/history/allstar/recap_1996.html |date=2007-02-11 }}, NBA.com.</ref>

The Spurs hosted the [[Golden State Warriors]] at the Alamodome to celebrate their 50th anniversary in San Antonio on January 13, 2023, marking the first NBA game held at the Dome since Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference semifinals. The game set a regular season single-game attendance record with 68,323 spectators.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Antonio Spurs set NBA regular-season game attendance record |url=https://www.nba.com/news/san-antonio-spurs-set-nba-regular-season-game-attendance-record |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 14, 2023 |date=January 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Neumann |first1=Thomas |title=Spurs Shatter NBA Single-Game Attendance Record vs. Warriors |url=https://www.si.com/nba/2023/01/14/spurs-break-nba-single-game-attendance-record-warriors-alamodome |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=January 13, 2023 |date=January 13, 2023}}</ref>