HP Pavilion at San Jose
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| Former names | San Jose Arena (1993–2001) Compaq Center at San Jose (2001–02) |
| Location | 525 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose, California 95113 |
| Coordinates | 37°19′58″N 121°54′4″W / 37.33278°N 121.90111°WCoordinates: 37°19′58″N 121°54′4″W / 37.33278°N 121.90111°W |
| Broke ground | 1991 |
| Opened | 1993 |
| Owner | City of San Jose |
| Operator | HP Pavilion management |
| Surface | Ice (Wood or other flooring can be overlaid.) |
| Construction cost | USD 162.5 million |
| Architect | Sink Combs Dethlefs Huber, Hunt & Nichols |
| Capacity | 19,190 Concerts 18,500 Basketball 17,562 Ice hockey[1] 11,386 tennis |
| Tenants | |
| San Jose Sharks (NHL) (1993–present) San Jose Sabercats (AFL) (1995–2008) Golden State Warriors (NBA) (1996–1997) San Jose Stealth (NLL) (2003–2009) San Jose Grizzlies (CISL) (1994–1995) San Jose Rhinos (RHI) (1994–1997) SAP Open (tennis) (1994–present) |
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The HP Pavilion at San Jose, formerly known as Compaq Center at San Jose and San Jose Arena is an indoor arena located at 525 West Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California. The arena is also commonly called The Shark Tank or The Tank, both of which come from its primary tenant, the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] History
Plans for an arena in San Jose go back to the mid-1980s, when a group of local citizens formed Fund Arena Now (FAN), a group dedicated to getting an indoor arena built in the city. The group spent much of its time pushing city officials to build such a structure while at the same time selling the possibility of the building to interested groups, namely NHL and NBA franchises. In the late 1980s, then-San Jose mayor Tom McEnery met with FAN and helped to make their plans reality. Eventually, a measure was introduced that would allocate local taxes toward building an arena in San Jose's growing downtown, which would be voted on June 7, 1988.[2] The measure passed by a narrow margin: 73,409 to 64,140.[3] The plans for the arena would eventually be one of the reasons that George and Gordon Gund would locate their new Bay Area NHL franchise in San Jose, which would eventually become the San Jose Sharks.
Construction of the arena began in 1991, and was originally slated to open in 1992. The construction ran into a rather sizable delay, however, when the management for the San Jose Sharks realized the arena had been designed for community use, and that it needed a drastic redesign to upgrade the arena to NHL standards. Most notably, the original arena design had no luxury suites or a press box, with the introduction of the former to the original plans would have reduced the arena's seating capacity to 14,000. The time taken to redesign the arena delayed the opening of the building to 1993, forcing the Sharks to play an additional season at the Cow Palace.[4]
The arena opened in 1993 as the San Jose Arena. In 2001, naming rights were sold to Compaq, and the facility became Compaq Center at San Jose; the geographic identifier was needed because at the time, there was a Compaq Center in Houston. After HP purchased Compaq in 2002, the company chose to name the arena the HP Pavilion (as opposed to HP Center or HP Arena), a clever moniker given to the venue after one of HP's prevalent 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 scoreboard similar to that of the TD Banknorth Garden, home of the Boston Bruins of the NHL.[5]
With the addition of the new scoreboard and sound system, the existing control room was transformed into an additional luxury suite. A new video control room was constructed on the lower level of the arena. The sound console was moved to the broadcast pit, joining Sharks TV, Sharks radio, and visiting TV. Visiting radio was moved to an auxiliary location in the catwalk on the bench side of the arena.
[edit] Tenants
HP Pavilion at San Jose houses the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. It is also the venue for the annual SAP Open men's tennis tournament.
The facility has also been home to the Golden State Warriors of the NBA during reconstruction of the Oakland Coliseum Arena, and the defunct San Jose Rhinos of RHI, San Jose Grizzlies of the CISL and San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League. It was also formerly home to the San Jose Stealth of the National Lacrosse League.
[edit] Other events
It hosts an average of 190 events a year, including many non-sporting events. In 2006, the HP Pavilion sold the most tickets 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, the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.[6]
The arena has hosted many World Wrestling Entertainment events in the past. Most notably the WWE's Royal Rumble in 1998 and the WWE's SummerSlam in 2001. It also held WWE's The Great American Bash in 2007.
The arena has hosted concerts by major acts such as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, the KISS Reunion Tour, Andrea Bocelli, Alicia Keys, David Bowie, Ciara, T.I., Celine Dion, Luis Miguel, Gloria Estefan, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Linkin Park, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Bon Jovi, U2, Gwen Stefani, P!nk, Ashley Tisdale, Jonas Brothers, The Cheetah Girls, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bryan Adams, Blue Man Group, Brooks & Dunn, Panic at the Disco, Metallica, Genesis, Kanye West, Lil' Wayne, Danity Kane, The Pussycat Dolls, Shakira, Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin, Justin Timberlake, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, RBD, Cher, The Spice Girls, Britney Spears, NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, Maná, Slipknot, Jennifer Lopez, Tina Turner, Marc Anthony, Lupe Fiasco and Green Day.
HP Pavilion has also played host for other sporting events, such as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the NCAA Basketball tournament (known as March Madness), the Pac-10 women's basketball championship, and the Dew Action Sports Tour.
HP Pavilion has been rumored to be the new home of the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise if the city of Sacramento or a private developer can't come up with funding for a new venue in Sacramento.
[edit] Notable events hosted at HP Pavilion
- January 18-21, 1996 - 1996 United States Figure Skating Championships
- January 18, 1997 - 47th National Hockey League All-Star Game
- January 18, 1998 - WWF Royal Rumble
- March 28, 1999 - 1999 NCAA Women's Final Four
- August 19, 2001 - WWF SummerSlam
- August 18, 2002 - ArenaBowl XVI
- February 16, 2004 - Linkin Park Meteora World Tour.
- June 6, 8–9, 2004 - Madonna performs three sold-out shows on her Re-Invention World Tour.
- March 10, 2006 - Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie - Largest recorded audience for a legal mixed martial arts event in California[7]
- May 30-31, 2006 - Madonna performs two sold out shows on her Confessions Tour.
- July 19, 2006 - Unholy Alliance Tour
- March 22–24, 2007 - 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball West Regional
- July 22, 2007 - WWE Great American Bash 2007
- August 15–18, 2007 - 2007 USA Gymnastics Visa Championships
- December 4, 2007 - The Return of The Spice Girls World Tour.
- June 19, 2008 - George Michael performed for one last time 25 Live Tour.
- March 7, 2009 - Joel Julio vs. James Kirkland
- April 12, 2009 - Britney Spears performed a sold out concert during her The Circus Starring: Britney Spears tour.
- August 15, 2009 - Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg - First female headlined MMA event
- August 18, 2009 - Green Day performs on their 21st Century Breakdown Tour
- September 2, 2009 - AC/DC performs on their Black Ice World Tour
- September 17, 2009 - Pink performs on her Funhouse Tour with a dislocated shoulder.
[edit] Fictitious events
- April 9, 1998 - Ed, portrayed by Matthew McConaughey, drives a zamboni at a San Jose Sharks game in the movie EDtv[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Pollak, David. "The futility of chasing Marleau-Heatley rumors — plus an economic update from HP Pavilion". Working The Corners. San Jose Mercury News. http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2009/09/10/the-futility-of-chasing-marleau-heatley-rumors-plus-an-economic-update-from-hp-pavilion/. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
- ^ Purdy, Mark (2008-07-07). "Arena vote 20 years ago made San Jose a real city". San Jose Mercury News. p. 1A.
- ^ Cameron, Steve (1994). Feeding Frenzy! The Wild New World of the San Jose Sharks. Taylor Publishing Co.. pp. 43,51–52.
- ^ Cameron, Steve (1994). Feeding Frenzy! The Wild New World of the San Jose Sharks. Taylor Publishing Co.. pp. 51–56.
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- ^ "2006 Year End Ticket Sales (pdf)" (PDF). Pollstar. January 17, 2007. http://www.pollstarpro.com/specialfeatures2006/2006%20Year%20End%20Top%20100%20Arena%20Venues.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ Gross, Josh (2006-03-10). "Record Crowd Witnesses Legal MMA in California". sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=4109.
- ^ "FilmInAmerica.com - EDtv". http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/EDtv/production.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
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| Preceded by Cow Palace |
Home of the San Jose Sharks 1993 – present |
Succeeded by current |
| Preceded by Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena |
Home of the Golden State Warriors 1996 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Oracle Arena |
| Preceded by Fleet Center |
Host of the NHL All-Star Game 1997 |
Succeeded by General Motors Place |
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