HP Pavilion at San Jose hosts an average of 190 events a year, including many non-sporting events. In 2006, the HP Pavilion sold the most tickets to non-sporting events of any venue in the Western United States, and the fourth highest total in the world, after Madison Square Garden in New York City, the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. [1]
The arena regularly hosts concerts by numerous performers and has played host for major 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, and the Dew Action Sports Tour.
HP Pavilion has been rumored to be the new home of the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise if the city of Sacramento or a private developer can't come up with funding for a new venue in Sacramento.
- January 18-21, 1996 - 1996 United States Figure Skating Championships
- January 18, 1997 - 47th National Hockey League All-Star Game
- January 18, 1998 - WWF Royal Rumble
- March 28, 1999 - 1999 NCAA Women's Final Four
- August 19, 2001 - WWF SummerSlam
- August 18, 2002 - ArenaBowl XVI
February 16, 2004 - Linkin Park Meteora World Tour.June 6, 8–9, 2004 - Madonna performs three sold-out shows on her Re-Invention World Tour.- March 10, 2006 - Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie - Largest recorded audience for a legal mixed martial arts event in California [2]
May 30-31, 2006 - Madonna performs two sold out shows on her Confessions Tour.July 19, 2006 - Unholy Alliance Tour- March 22–24, 2007 - 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball West Regional
- July 22, 2007 - WWE Great American Bash 2007
- August 15–18, 2007 - 2007 USA Gymnastics Visa Championships
December 4, 2007 - The Return of The Spice Girls World Tour.June 19, 2008 - George Michael performed for one last time 25 Live Tour.March 7, 2009 - Joel Julio vs. James KirklandApril 12, 2009 - Britney Spears performed a sold out concert during her The Circus Starring: Britney Spears tour.- August 15, 2009 - Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg - First female headlined MMA event
August 18, 2009 - Green Day performs on their 21st Century Breakdown TourSeptember 2, 2009 - AC/DC performs on their Black Ice World Tour
Fictitious events
- April 9, 1998 - Ed, portrayed by Matthew McConaughey, drives a zamboni at a San Jose Sharks game in the movie EDtv [3]
- ^ "2006 Year End Ticket Sales (pdf)" (PDF). Pollstar. January 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ Gross, Josh (2006-03-10). "Record Crowd Witnesses Legal MMA in California". sherdog.com.
- ^ "FilmInAmerica.com - EDtv". Retrieved 2008-08-24.
HP Pavilion at San Jose hosts an average of 190 events a year, including many non-sporting events. In 2006, the HP Pavilion sold the most tickets to non-sporting events of any venue in the Western United States, and the fourth highest total in the world, after Madison Square Garden in New York City, the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. [1]
The arena regularly hosts concerts by numerous performers and has played host for major 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, and the Dew Action Sports Tour.
HP Pavilion has been rumored to be the new home of the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise if the city of Sacramento or a private developer can't come up with funding for a new venue in Sacramento.
- January 18-21, 1996 - 1996 United States Figure Skating Championships
- January 18, 1997 - 47th National Hockey League All-Star Game
- January 18, 1998 - WWF Royal Rumble
- March 28, 1999 - 1999 NCAA Women's Final Four
- August 19, 2001 - WWF SummerSlam
- August 18, 2002 - ArenaBowl XVI
February 16, 2004 - Linkin Park Meteora World Tour.June 6, 8–9, 2004 - Madonna performs three sold-out shows on her Re-Invention World Tour.- March 10, 2006 - Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie - Largest recorded audience for a legal mixed martial arts event in California [2]
May 30-31, 2006 - Madonna performs two sold out shows on her Confessions Tour.July 19, 2006 - Unholy Alliance Tour- March 22–24, 2007 - 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball West Regional
- July 22, 2007 - WWE Great American Bash 2007
- August 15–18, 2007 - 2007 USA Gymnastics Visa Championships
December 4, 2007 - The Return of The Spice Girls World Tour.June 19, 2008 - George Michael performed for one last time 25 Live Tour.March 7, 2009 - Joel Julio vs. James KirklandApril 12, 2009 - Britney Spears performed a sold out concert during her The Circus Starring: Britney Spears tour.- August 15, 2009 - Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg - First female headlined MMA event
August 18, 2009 - Green Day performs on their 21st Century Breakdown TourSeptember 2, 2009 - AC/DC performs on their Black Ice World Tour
Fictitious events
- April 9, 1998 - Ed, portrayed by Matthew McConaughey, drives a zamboni at a San Jose Sharks game in the movie EDtv [3]
- ^ "2006 Year End Ticket Sales (pdf)" (PDF). Pollstar. January 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ^ Gross, Josh (2006-03-10). "Record Crowd Witnesses Legal MMA in California". sherdog.com.
- ^ "FilmInAmerica.com - EDtv". Retrieved 2008-08-24.