HP Pavilion
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- This article is about the sports arena. For information about the line of computers from Hewlett-Packard, see HP Pavilion (computer)
Named after the computer company Hewlett-Packard in a naming rights arrangement, the HP Pavilion houses the following sports teams:
- NHL - Ice Hockey - San Jose Sharks
- NLL - Lacrosse - San Jose Stealth
- AFL - Arena Football - San Jose SaberCats
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, San Jose Grizzlies of the CISL, and the San Jose Lasers of the ABL. It has also been used for other sporting events, such as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the NCAA Basketball tournament (known as March Madness), the Pac-10 women's basketball championship, the Dew Action Sports Tour, and the SAP Open men's tennis tournament.
The arena is one of the most active NHL venues. Of the current arenas in the league, "The Tank" is one of the more intimate and arguably, the noisest hockey venue since the Chicago Stadium. It hosts an average of 190 events a year, including many non-sporting events. For the nine month period ending September 30, 2004, the HP Pavilion sold the most tickets to non-sporting events of any venue in the United States, and the third highest in the world. HP Pavilion has had problems with the quality of the ice during Sharks games due to the mild, moist air in San Jose.
The arena has also hosted it's share of wrestling events, in particular WWE. WWE (then known as the WWF) hosted the 1998 Royal Rumble and in 2001 hosted WWE's (then known as WWF) summer event SummerSlam. In 2007, it will host WWE Judgment Day.
Notable events hosted at HP Pavilion
- January 18, 1997 - 47th National Hockey League All-Star Game
- January 18, 1998 - WWF Royal Rumble
- August 19, 2001 - WWF SummerSlam - remembered as the night The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship.
- March 10, 2006 - SVE: Frank Shamrock vs. Cesar Gracie - HP Pavilion hosted the largest recorded audience for a mixed martial arts event. Attendance was reported at 18,265 people. The prior record was 14,562.[link].
Trivia
The HP Pavilion was the site of the fictional 2006 Democratic National Convention in the television series The West Wing.The HP Pavilion was the site for a few scenes in the movie EdTV.
External links
| Current arenas in the National Hockey League | ||
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| Air Canada Centre | BankAtlantic Center | Bell Centre | Continental Airlines Arena | HSBC Arena | Madison Square Garden | Mellon Arena | Nassau Coliseum | Philips Arena | RBC Center | St. Pete Times Forum | Scotiabank Place | TD Banknorth Garden | Verizon Center | Wachovia Center | American Airlines Center | Arrowhead Pond | Gaylord Entertainment Center | GM Place | Glendale Arena | HP Pavilion | Joe Louis Arena | Nationwide Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome | Pepsi Center | Rexall Place | Savvis Center | Staples Center | United Center | Xcel Energy Center | |
| Current arenas in the Arena Football League | ||
| American Conference | National Conference | |
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| Allstate Arena | Delta Center | Gaylord Entertainment Center | HP Pavilion | Pepsi Center | Staples Center | Thomas & Mack Center | US Airways Center | Van Andel Arena | American Airlines Center | Frank Erwin Center | Kemper Arena | Nassau Coliseum | Nationwide Arena | Philips Arena | St. Pete Times Forum | TD Waterhouse Centre | Wachovia Center1 | Wachovia Spectrum2 | |
| 1The Philadelphia Soul play Sunday home games only at the Wachovia Center. 2The Philadelphia Soul play Saturday home games only at the Wachovia Spectrum. | ||
| Current arenas in the National Lacrosse League |
| Air Canada Centre | Blue Cross Arena | Glendale Arena | HP Pavilion | HSBC Arena | Pengrowth Saddledome | Pepsi Center | Rexall Place | Rose Garden Arena | Sears Centre | Wachovia Center | Xcel Energy Center |
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