Lair Pregame Family Zone at Cal Women's Basketball

Join us at noon on Sunday, December 15 at Alumni House in Berkeley!

Let’s have some fun before we cheer on Cal Women’s Basketball!

Come and enjoy prizes, face painting, games, and other family-friendly fun. We’ll serve light snacks, beer and wine (21 and older), and non-alcoholic drinks.

This event is FREE and open to all! Come connect with Lair campers, the Lair team, Lair staffers, and some friends from Cal Women’s Basketball. Like the Lair, we welcome all!

We ask that you register just so we can get a head count. Game tickets can be purchased at link below.

Sign-Up for Pregame Family Zone

Cal Women's Basketball team standing with kids for a photo on the basketball court at the Lair of the Bear

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 Austin Peay Governors 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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Cal Women's Basketball team posing together outdoors on a large granite rock.

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

Cal Women's Basketball team posing by archery haybales at the Lair of the Bear

Kids making s'mores at a Lair open house event at Alumni House

Cal Women's Basketball player making a shot on the court at Camp Gold.

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

Four Lair staffers posing with four Cal Women's basketball players, holding a banner with a photo outdoors at the Lair of the Bear

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

Cal Women's Basketball players and campers playing basketball together at the Lair of the Bear

A child getting his face painted by a Lair staffer

Cal Women's Basketball couch and two young campers at the Lair of the Bear

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

Cal Women's Basketball players doing archery at the Lair of the Bear

A staffer drawing with face paint on the back of a child's hand

Cal Women's Basketball coach speaking with a microphone during a campfire at the Lair

A family of 5 smiling during a Lair open house event at Alumni House

Cal Women's Basketball coach and two players smiling at camp

A Lair staffer crouched to talk to a toddler during a Lair open house event at Alumni House

Cal Women's basketball player standing and smiling with a Lair camper

A Lair staffer instructing archery to a younger girl with her bow raised.

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