Lair Pregame Family Zone at Cal Women's Basketball

Lair Pregame Family Fun Zone at Cal Women's Basketball

Join us at noon on Sunday, December 7 at Alumni House in Berkeley!

Let’s have some fun before we cheer on Cal Women’s Basketball as they play the San Jose State Spartans! Come and enjoy prizes, face painting, games, and other family-friendly fun. We’ll serve light snacks and drinks. Connect with Lair campers, the Lair team and staffers, and some friends from Cal Women’s Basketball.

This event is FREE and open to all, so bring friends! We ask that you register using the link below so we can get a head count.

We hope you’ll choose to join us at the game after the Family Fun Zone event. Scroll down this page for the link to purchase discounted game tickets and get a glimpse of the team’s 2025 retreat at the Lair by watching this fun video!

Sign-Up for Pregame Family Zone

The Cal Women's Basketball team sitting together on a large rock and smiling with trees in the background.

Lair Pregame Family Zone Details

The Lair Pregame Family Zone opens at 12:00 p.m. at Alumni House in Berkeley. We will have light snacks and drinks for everyone, plus activities like making s’mores and face painting for kids. Our pregame festivities will wrap up around 1:30 p.m. Then we’ll walk just a few steps over to Haas Pavilion where our Lair crew will cheer for the Golden Bears as they take on the San Jose State Spartans at 2:00 p.m.

Our pregame event is free, yet we hope you’ll join us in supporting the team at the game. If you purchase your discounted game tickets in advance, we can all sit together. Tickets will also be available on-site before the game, but possibly not in our section.

This event will be a great one to which to bring friends who are new to the Lair. The team has supported the Lair, and we hope you’ll join us in supporting Cal Women’s Basketball!

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Kinds around a table playing Jenga at a Lair open house event at Alumni House

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A child getting his face painted by a Lair staffer at a Lair open house event

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Young child and a Lair staffers smiling and eating s'mores at a Lair open house event at Alumni House

Cal Women's Basketball Coach Charmain holding a microphone and standing, speaking at the campfire at the Lair.

Kids and Lair staffers smiling and eating s'mores at a Lair open house event at Alumni House

Cal Women's Basketball team and several kids posing together on the basketball court outdoors at the Lair of the Bear

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