HP Pavilion

The HP Pavilion, commonly called the Shark Tank or just The Tank after its primary tenant or less often as San Jose Arena after its former name, is an indoor sports stadium located at 525 West Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California.

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Stadium - San Jose, California

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Named after the computer company Hewlett-Packard in a naming rights arrangement, the HP Pavilion houses the following sports teams:

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Hewlett-Packard - Naming rights

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• NHL - Ice Hockey - San Jose Sharks
• NLL - Lacrosse - San Jose Stealth
• AFL - Arena Football - San Jose SaberCats

The arena opened in 1993 as San Jose Arena. Later, 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 after its product.

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1993 - Compaq - Compaq Center - Houston - 2002

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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 and San Jose Grizzlies of the CISL. It has also been used for other sporting events, such as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and one of the venues for the NCAA Basketball tournament (known as March Madness).

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Golden State Warriors - NBA - Oakland Coliseum Arena - San Jose Rhinos - RHI - San Jose Grizzlies - CISL - Figure Skating - NCAA - Basketball - March Madness

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In 2001 the HP Pavilion hosted WWE SummerSlam. On this night The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship.

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HP Pavilion - WWE SummerSlam

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The arena is one of the most active NHL venues. It hosts an average of 184 events a year, including many non-sporting events. For the nine month period ending September 30, 2004, the HP Pavilion had sold the most tickets to non-sporting events of any venue in the United States, and the third highest in the world.

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September 30 - 2004 - United States

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