SAP Center At San Jose

The SAP Center  at San Jose, formerly known as HP Pavilion, Compaq Center at San Jose and San Jose Arena is an indoor arena, located at 525 West Santa Clara Street, in San Jose, California. The arena is also commonly called The Shark Tank or The Tank, both of which come from its primary tenant, the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. The SAP Center handles more than 90 sporting events annually, including more than 40 Sharks regular season home games, boxing, tennis, Arena Football and Strikeforce. The building plays hosts to 120-180 events every year -- including Olympic athletes, Grammy award-winners and a variety of family and children's favorites that account for more than 275 event days.Pollstar, the leading concert industry trade magazine, nominated it as “Arena of the Year” for 2005 and 2007. In 2007Pollstar also recognized the SAP based on non-sports attendance as fourth in North America and top-10 in the world.