The practical reason this is happening isn't mystical: Chase Center has Warriors and Golden State Valkyries games filling its calendar, which limits flexibility for touring acts that need a 15,000-seat room on a specific Tuesday in October. Oakland Arena has the dates. It's also historically cheaper to book for performers. The sound has drawn complaints for years — the room is a concrete bowl designed for basketball, not acoustics — so if you're sensitive to that, front-of-house center or lower bowl beats the upper deck by a meaningful margin.

If you're going to one of these shows: BART is genuinely the move. The Coliseum station exit drops you within walking distance, and post-show trains run late enough for most concerts. Avoid the Hegenberger Road parking lots unless you enjoy sitting in exit traffic for 45 minutes. Eat before you go — the arena food situation is standard-issue arena food.

With two hours, I'd BART in, skip the merch line at open, catch the full headliner set, and be on a train before the encore crowd clears.