19-745: 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". 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 from
38-630: A charity celebrity exhibition match of League of Legends benefiting The Cybersmile Foundation . France-based Team EnVyUs decided to withdraw from the Counter-Strike tournament because of flight delays resulting from security concerns following the November 2015 Paris attacks . The winners of both the European and North American League of Legends Championship Series , Fnatic and Counter Logic Gaming respectively, were invited to
57-528: A multitude of spectators. The word derives from Latin harena , a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome , Italy, to absorb blood. The term arena is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl , but such a facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with
76-545: A new center-hung system from Daktronics that doubled the surface of the old video display system was debuted ahead of the 2022-23 NHL season. The four main LED displays measure approximately 23 feet high by 41 feet wide and the size of the 14 newly installed displays total at more than 9,300 square feet of surface area. In April 2023, construction was announced on a new 10,000-square-foot penthouse lounge, with seven suites and three rows of regular seating being converted to accommodate
95-421: Is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre , musical performances , and/or sporting events . It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate
114-617: The 2002 , 2007 , and 2017 NCAA men's basketball tournaments; as well as first- and second-round games of the 2010 , 2013 , and 2019 tournaments. Mixed Martial Arts events have played a big role at the SAP Center. The MMA organization Strikeforce held many events in San Jose beginning with Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie in 2006, then Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg in 2009, through 2012 with Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier . The first Bellator MMA organization event at SAP
133-513: The NHL and NBA . In the late 1980s, mayor Tom McEnery met with FAN, and subsequently a measure to allocate local taxes for arena construction came up for a public vote on June 7, 1988, passing by a narrow margin. In 1991, soon after construction began, the NHL granted an expansion franchise to San Jose. After it was discovered that the arena would not be suitable for NBA or NHL use as originally designed,
152-605: The TD Garden , home of the Boston Bruins of the NHL. 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 US$ 3.35 million per year. The arena was renamed "SAP Center at San Jose" upon approval by the San Jose City Council . In September 2022,
171-636: The Sharks requested an upgrade to NHL standards, including the addition of luxury suites , a press box , and increased seating capacity . In 1993, the arena was completed and initially named the "San Jose Arena". For the 1996–97 NBA season, the arena served as home to the Golden State Warriors while their regular home court in Oakland (now known as Oakland Arena ) was under renovation. In 2001, naming rights were sold to Compaq , and it
190-568: The arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. The annual US Figure Skating Championships have been staged here in San Jose five times now — 1996, 2012, 2018, 2021 and 2023. SAP Center has also hosted WWE Pay Per Views. Royal Rumble (1998) , SummerSlam (2001) , The Great American Bash (2007) , Payback (2017) took place where Braun Strowman defeated Roman Reigns in the main event. TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2018) took place at SAP Center. Indoor arena An arena
209-619: The arena housed introductory media activities for the event. The SAP Center hosted games 3, 4, and 6 of the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals in the Sharks' first appearance in franchise history, with the Cup being presented to the series-winning Pittsburgh Penguins after game 6. In 2012 and 2016, the arena played host to the USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials. The arena was the host to the West Regional semifinals and finals of
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#1732772968312228-445: 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 and Intel Extreme Masters Season X – San Jose were held at the venue. Prior to Super Bowl 50 in nearby Santa Clara ,
247-464: The facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium . Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces and seating capacities found in stadiums, are generally not referred to as arenas in North America. There is also the sport of indoor American football (one variant of which is explicitly known as arena football), a variant of the outdoor game that is designed for
266-790: The project. With the new premium seating completed, the arena's total attendance capacity for hockey games changed from 17,562 to 17,435. 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 (US), the Manchester Arena in Manchester (UK), and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (Canada). Other events hosted at
285-538: The type of event. Football (be it association , rugby , gridiron , Australian rules , or Gaelic ) is typically played in a stadium, while basketball , volleyball , handball , and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of the larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions. The home of the Duke University men's and women's basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but
304-644: The usual smaller playing surface of most arenas; variants of other traditionally outdoor sports, including box lacrosse as well as futsal and indoor soccer , also exist. The term "arena" is also used loosely to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such a location, often with the specific intent of comparing an idea to a sporting event. Such examples of these would be terms such as "the arena of war", "the arena of love" or "the political arena". Intel Extreme Masters Season X %E2%80%93 San Jose Intel Extreme Masters Season X – San Jose ( IEM San Jose for short)
323-588: Was Bellator MMA & Glory: Dynamite 1 in September 2015 and since has held 6 total events with the most recent being Bellator 199 on May 16, 2018. SAP Center has also been the host of premiere MMA promotion the UFC . The first event was UFC 139 on November 19, 2011, then UFC on Fuel TV: Muñoz vs. Weidman on July 11, 2012, UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez on April 20, 2013, and most recently UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown on July 26, 2014. On September 18, 2016,
342-550: Was a video game esports tournament occurring on November 21–22, 2015 in San Jose , California , US. It was the first tournament of 10th season of the Intel Extreme Masters and featured League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments. There was a combined US$ 175,000 prize pool across both games. In the case of the latter it was the first Counter-Strike event an IEM since IEM Season VI in 2012. Mark Cuban and Brian Krzanich played
361-639: Was renamed "Compaq Center at San Jose" (not to be confused with the Compaq Center (formerly The Summit) in Houston, Texas ). After HP purchased Compaq in 2002, the arena was renamed "HP Pavilion", the same name as one of its computer models . In late April 2007, it was announced 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
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