SAP Center

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SAP Center at San Jose
The Shark Tank
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Former names San Jose Arena (1993–2001)[1]
Compaq Center (2001–02)
HP Pavilion (2002–13)
Location 525 West Santa Clara Street
San Jose, California
United States
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Public transit AmtrakAltamont Corridor ExpressCaltrainSanta Clara VTA Diridon Station
Owner City of San Jose
Operator San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises
Capacity Concerts: 19,190
Basketball: 18,543
Wrestling: 18,300
Ice hockey: 17,562[2]
Tennis: 11,386
Field size 450,000 square feet (42,000 m2)
Construction
Broke ground June 28, 1990[3]
Opened September 7, 1993
Construction cost $162.5 million
($266 million in 2024 dollars[4])
Architect Sink Combs Dethlefs
Prodis Associates
Project manager HuntCor[5]
Structural engineer John A. Martin & Associates[6]
Services engineer M-E Engineers, Inc.[7]
General contractor Perini Building Company[5]
Tenants
San Jose Sharks (NHL) (1993–present)
San Jose Barracuda (AHL) (2015–present)
San Jose SaberCats (AFL) (1995–2008, 2011–2015)
Golden State Warriors (NBA) (1996–1997)
San Jose Stealth (NLL) (2004–2009)
San Jose Grizzlies (CISL) (1994–1995)
San Jose Lasers (ABL) (1996–1998)
San Jose Rhinos (RHI) (1994–1997)
SAP Open (tennis) (1994–2013)

SAP Center at San Jose (formerly San Jose Arena, Compaq Center at San Jose and HP Pavilion at San Jose) is an indoor arena located in San Jose, California. Its primary tenant is the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, for which the arena has earned the nickname "The Shark Tank". It is also the home to the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League.[8]

History

Plans for a San Jose arena began in the mid-1980s, when a group of local citizens formed Fund Arena Now (FAN). The group contacted city officials and pursued potential sponsors and partners NHL and NBA. In the late 1980s, mayor Tom McEnery met with FAN and a measure to allocate local taxes for arena construction came up for a public vote on June 7, 1988, and passed by a narrow margin.[9][10]

Side view of the arena

Construction began in 1991 and was delayed after the San Jose Sharks requested an upgrade to NHL standards including the addition of luxury suites, a press box and increased seating capacity.[11] The arena was completed in 1993 under the name San Jose Arena. In 2001, naming rights were sold to Compaq, and it was renamed Compaq Center at San Jose. After HP purchased Compaq in 2002, the arena was renamed HP Pavilion, the same name as one of its computer models. It was announced in late April 2007 that the HP Pavilion at San Jose would be receiving several building improvements, including a new center-hung LED video display system from Daktronics similar to that of the TD Banknorth Garden, home of the Boston Bruins of the NHL.[12]

In June 2013, German software company SAP (co-founded by Sharks managing partner Hasso Plattner, who is also SAP's chairman of the board) purchased the naming rights to the facility in a five-year deal worth $3.35 million per year. The arena was renamed "SAP Center at San Jose" following the approval of the San Jose City Council.[13]

Events

In 2006, the SAP Center sold the most tickets (633,435) to non-sporting events of any venue in the Western United States, and the fourth highest total in the world, after Madison Square Garden in New York City (USA), the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester (UK), and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto (Canada).[14] The SAP Center hosted events for WWE such as the 1998 Royal Rumble, 2001 SummerSlam and 2007 Great American Bash. It also hosted the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, as well as the episode of WWE Raw the day after WrestleMania 31. It also hosted the first Raw after Rowdy Roddy Piper's death. Other events hosted at the arena include the 1996 United States Figure Skating Championships, the 47th National Hockey League All-Star Game in 1997, the 1999 NCAA Women's Final Four, ArenaBowl XVI in 2002, the 2007 USA Gymnastics Visa Championships, and UFC 139 on November 19, 2011. Intel Extreme Masters Season IX - San Jose in 2014[15] and Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose were held at venue.[16]

References

  1. ↑ 2011-2012 San Jose Sharks Media Guide
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  8. ↑ (July 10, 2013) [1] San Jose Sharks shark tank HP-pavilion Sap Center, USA Today
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Events and tenants
Preceded by Home of the
San Jose Sharks
1993 – present		 Succeeded by
current
Preceded by Home of the
San Jose Barracuda
2015 –		 Succeeded by
current
Preceded by Home of the
Golden State Warriors
1996 – 1997		 Succeeded by
The Arena in Oakland
Preceded by Host of the
NHL All-Star Game
1997		 Succeeded by
General Motors Place
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