The Golden State Warriors start the 2023-24 NBA regular season Tuesday evening by hosting the Phoenix Suns in San Francisco.

The 7 p.m. game at Chase Center, along with being the season opener, will be the first game former Warriors star Kevin Durant has played at that arena with fans watching.

After winning two championships with Golden State and then leaving in 2019, the same year the new arena opened, Durant played a game there in the 2020-21 season but fans weren’t in attendance due to COVID-19 protocols.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry appears in a promotional image for the team’s home opener in a screenshot of the team’s home page taken Oct. 24, 2023. Fans who attend the game can receive a free opening night T-shirt. (Screenshot via nba.com/warriors)

Fans at Tuesday’s game will receive a limited-edition Opening Night shirt.

The Warriors finished the 2022-23 season by bowing out in the Western Conference semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers after winning the championship the season prior.

More information about the team, including how to buy tickets for Tuesday’s game and others this season, can be found on the team’s website.

Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.