SAP Center
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Arena in 2008 when it was known as HP Pavilion at San Jose
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| Former names | San Jose Arena (1993–2001) Compaq Center at San Jose (2001–2002) HP Pavilion at San Jose (2002–2013) |
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| Address | 525 West Santa Clara Street |
| Location | San Jose, California |
| 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 |
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    Diridon Station
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| 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 Tennis: 11,386 |
| Field size | 450,000 square feet (42,000 m2) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June 28, 1990 |
| Opened | September 7, 1993 |
| Construction cost | US$162.5 million ($269 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Sink Combs Dethlefs Prodis Associates |
| Project manager | HuntCor |
| Structural engineer | John A. Martin & Associates |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Perini Building Company |
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San Jose Sharks (NHL) (1993–present) San Jose Grizzlies (CISL) (1994–1995) SAP Open (tennis) (1994–2013) San Jose Rhinos (RHI) (1994–1997) San Jose SaberCats (AFL) (1995–2008, 2011–2015) Golden State Warriors (NBA) (1996–1997) San Jose Lasers (ABL) (1996–1998) San Jose Stealth (NLL) (2004–2009) San Jose Barracuda (AHL) (2015–present) |
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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.
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.
Construction began in 1991. Soon after the NHL granted an expansion franchise to San Jose, it was discovered that the arena would not be suitable for NBA or NHL use as originally designed. The Sharks requested an upgrade to NHL standards, including the addition of luxury suites, a press box and increased seating capacity. 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.
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