The SAP Center is San Jose's home for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. The center is also the city's major concert venue. It was named "Arena of the Year" in 2005 and 2007 by concert industry magazine Pollstar. The center was built from 1991 to 1993.

The SAP Center was formerly known as the San Jose Arena (1993-2001), the Compaq Center (2001-2002) and the HP Pavilion (2002-2013).

The building hosts 41 San Jose Sharks games per year, with the exception of special events such as the 2015 game that took place at Levi's Stadium in nearby Santa Clara, California. It also hosts 9 games of the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League annually.

The SAP Center has also been the performance venue for many top recording artists, including Madonna, Shania Twain and Miley Cyrus.

San Jose Sharks at SAP Center, photo credit Reddit user egisto13 on /r/sanjose

The arena is one of the former homes of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association, the site of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1996, the NHL All-Star Game in 1997, the Ultimate Fighting Championship 139 in 2011, and a frequent site of World Wrestling Entertainment events, including WWE's 1998 Royal Rumble, 2001 SummerSlam and 2007 Great American Bash pay-per-view cards. In 2015, WWE held its annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in the SAP Center, as well as 2 WWE Raw live events.

SAP Center at San Jose website: http://www.sapcenteratsanjose.com/

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