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For the Mannheim, Germany arena, see SAP Arena.
For the Munich, Germany arena, see SAP Garden.
The SAP Center at San Jose (originally known as San Jose Arena and the 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".[9]
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The Shark Tank | |
Former names | San Jose Arena (1993–2001)[1] Compaq Center (2001–2002) HP Pavilion (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 |
Public transit | |
Owner | City of San Jose |
Operator | San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises |
Capacity | Concerts: 19,190 Basketball: 18,543 Wrestling: 18,300 Ice hockey: 17,435[2] Tennis: 11,386 |
Field size | 450,000 sq ft (42,000 m2) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | June 28, 1990[3] |
Opened | September 7, 1993 |
Construction cost | $162.5 million ($379 million in 2023 dollars[4]) |
Architect | Sink Combs Dethlefs Prodis Associates |
Project manager | HuntCor[5] |
Structural engineer | Martin/Martin, Inc.[6] |
Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc.[7] |
General contractor | Perini Building Company[5] |
Tenants | |
San Jose Sharks (NHL) (1993–present) San Jose Grizzlies (CISL) (1994–1995) SAP Open (tennis) (1994–2013) San Jose Rhinos (RHI) (1994–1997, 1999) 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) (2015–2022) Bay Area Panthers[8] (IFL) (2022–present) |
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