"HP Pavillion" is also the
cutesy marketing ploy perpetrated after the
HP-
Compaq merger upon the fan base of the
San Jose Sharks hockey team and the City of
San Jose in general.
Corporate naming rights has originally named the Arena the "Compaq Center" which was bad enough.
Most fans still simply refer to it as "The Shark Tank," which is way cooler.
from: http://www.hppsj.com/hppsj/building_information/facts_figures/
HP PAVILION AT SAN JOSE FACTS & FIGURES
- Site Location: Downtown San Jose, at West Santa Clara Street and Autumn Street
- Site Area: Approximately 17 acres
- Building Dimensions: Length - 425 by 425 feet; Height -117 feet; Internal Space - 450,000 square feet
- Exterior: Concrete; space frame steel truss; ribbed stainless steel siding; 10-story glass pyramid entry.
- Concrete Used: 33,000 cubic yards
- Structural Steel Used: 1,800 tons
- Glass Used: Approximately 40,000 square feet
- Electrical Wiring Used: Approximately 1.86 million feet or 353 miles
- Fuel, Water, Cooling, Heating and Sanitation Piping: 32 to 38 miles
- Length of Construction: Approximately 540 days
- Seating Capacity: 17,496 maximum; basketball 18,500; multi-purpose 16,000-20,000; hockey 17,483
- Parking: Approximately 1,600 spaces on site and up to 6,300 spaces within 1 mile of the Pavilion - VTA provides a free shuttle service from most garages to the Pavilion.
- Executive Suites: 65
- Cost: $162.5 million ($132.5 million funded by the City of San Jose; $30 million funded by HP Pavilion Management)
- Developer: Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Jose
- Owner: City of San Jose
- Builder: Perini Building Company, Western Division
- Construction Manager: HuntCor Inc.
- Architect: Sink Combs Dethlefs
- Pavilion Operator: HP Pavilion Management
- Primary Tenant: San Jose Sharks
Personal Opinion: I like it. (I attend 35-45 hockey games there a year, as well as a few boxing events.) They have good food for an arena, including Sushi and {Barbecue]; probably because of the Silicon Valley money in the area.
Smoking Areas are outside, but easy to get to.
For a full schedule of events happening at the HP Pavillion, go to
http://www.hppsj.com/