The Golden State Warriors won a court battle on Tuesday that could lead to the franchise breaking ground on a new arena in San Francisco within the next few months.

An appeals court rejected a last bid to keep the Warriors from relocating to the Mission Bay area of San Francisco.

"We’re very pleased by the Appellate Court’s ruling," said Rick Welts in a statement. "We engaged in an extensive public planning process and we were approved by every board, agency and regulatory body we went before.

"Now our project has been upheld by the trial court and the court of appeals. This decision clears the path for us to build a new state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue and bring the Warriors back home to San Francisco.

"We look forward to breaking ground soon.”