Forget courtside seats. In March 2026, a group of Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders got to eat a multi-course dinner on the Golden State Warriors’ home court at San Francisco’s Chase Center.
The event, called “Dinner on the Court,” cost either 25,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards® points or $250 — and to book, you needed to have a Chase Sapphire Reserve®. It happened on a non-game night, so the arena was empty except for the attendees.
Chase invited me as a media guest to participate in the event.
Decor and trophies on display at Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
This was the third event of its kind in San Francisco (Chase also runs similar events at New York’s Madison Square Garden). It’s also part of a broader trend, where more premium credit cards are offering access to curated experiences for cardholders.
What the evening looked like
The night began at the Chase Center’s JP Morgan Club, a lounge within the arena reserved for VIPs, where former Warriors players Festus Ezeli and Adonal Foyle mingled with guests.
Quail egg and caviar served at Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
Passed appetizers included fried quail topped with caviar and seared scallops.
The Sapphire Spritz, served at Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
The custom cocktail menu included Chase’s signature Sapphire Spritz, which is a fizzy, fruity cocktail.
(Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
Then, guests were escorted to the court, which was decked out with floral arrangements, dining tables and Warriors trophies.
A meal from State Bird Provisions served at Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
The dinner menu came from State Bird Provisions, a well-known San Francisco restaurant. (You can also find this restaurant on the Chase Sapphire Reserve® Exclusive Tables program, where Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders can use their $150 semiannual dining credit.)
A meal from State Bird Provisions served at Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
Courses included crab and the restaurant’s famous peanut milk.
Performers at Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
After dessert, an acrobatic troupe performed aerial silk and hoop routines on equipment rigged above the court.
(Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
Guests left with a gift bag worth roughly the value of the ticket price: a Chase-branded L.L.Bean bag ($40), State Bird Provisions cookbook ($40), artisan salt ($16), Andytown Coffee ($16), a Nike jersey ($150) and custom engraved tongs. (I photographed the items for this story, but didn’t take them home.)
Custom tongs given to attendees at Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
How to access events like this
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If you have the Chase Sapphire Reserve®, you can use points or cash to book members-only experiences like Dinner on the Court — one of the card’s lesser-known benefits.
To book events like these, logged-in Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders can go to Experiences.Chase.com. There, you can see events, including information about what day the tickets go on sale. Chase also typically emails details about upcoming events if you opt in to its mailing list.
Tickets tend to sell out fast, so it’s helpful to log on before they go on sale.
For this event, tickets were $250 or 25,000 points apiece, meaning you’d get a value of 1 cent per point if you paid with rewards. Since NerdWallet values Chase Ultimate Rewards® points between 1 cent and 1.8 centsapiece, you might be better off paying cash and saving your points for higher-value redemptions.
Other similar experiences have included events like dinner on the stage of The Public Theater in New York City with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Upcoming events include VIP tickets to the 2026 PGA Championship. Tickets for these events range in price from around $100 to over $1,000.
Dinner on the Court in March 2026 at the Chase Center in San Francisco (Photo by Sally French/NerdWallet)
One drawback: Actually snagging a ticket to this event was tough.
Tickets sold out the day they went on sale, and I heard from multiple friends who failed to get tickets. Chase only does this once a year, and there’s limited availability.
If you can nab a ticket, an experience like this might help to justify the Chase Sapphire Reserve®‘s premium annual fee of $795. But not every cardholder will be able to land a spot.
If you hold a Chase Sapphire Reserve®, watch the Chase Experiences portal and move fast when events like this go on sale, because they don’t last.
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