HP Pavilion - San Jose, California
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N 37° 19.940 W 121° 54.040
10S E 597388 N 4132306
Nicknamed the Shark Tank, this is the home arena for pro hockey team San Jose Sharks, and a venue for other sporting and entertainment events.
Waymark Code: WM5EM9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2008
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Excerpts from wiki:
"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.
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..."
It seats more than 17,000 people for hockey games, more than 19,000 people when configured for concerts, and hosts an average of 190 events per year.
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