HP Pavilion
The HP Pavilion, commonly called the Shark Tank, is an indoor sports stadium located at 525 West Santa Clara Street in San Jose, California.
Named after the computer company Hewlett-Packard in a naming rights arrangement, the HP Pavilion houses the following sports teams:
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, its name replaced Compaq's.
The facility has also been home to the Golden State Warriors of the NBA, and the former San Jose Rhinos of the RHI. 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).
