Over the final decade, Sharks staff proprietor Hasso Plattner has invested greater than $100 million to take care of and improve the city-owned facility, regardless of having no obligation to take action. Notable enhancements embrace a brand new heart hung scoreboard and 360-degree LED ribbon board, a brand new ice-making plant, enhanced safety programs, improved air move air flow and circulation, a number of updates to the meals and beverage expertise to make sure faster transactions and shorter strains, a brand new premium expertise dubbed the NetApp Celly Lounge, and many extra.
“The Sharks have been proud to play in San Jose for the last 30+ years and look forward to another 25 more,” mentioned Jonathan Becher, President of Sharks Sports & Entertainment. “While we have consistently invested our own funds to maintain the city-owned SAP Center and intend to continue doing so, this partnership with the City of San Jose will bring much-needed renovations and improvements for arena guests, the teams, and performers.”
SSE will proceed to handle and function SAP Center on behalf of the City of San Jose all through the time period of the agreement.
Since opening its doorways in September 1993, SAP Center has proudly welcomed greater than 50 million friends by way of its doorways to greater than 5,000 occasions, producing practically $10 billion of financial profit to downtown San Jose by filling resort rooms and downtown eating places and companies.
Annually, the Sharks, SAP Center, and Sharks Ice at San Jose (@sharksice) common roughly 2.5 million guests to its venues, supporting 2,740 jobs and contributing practically $300M million in financial impression to the City of San Jose.
“From their first face-off in 1991 to the roar of the Tank today, the Sharks have become a cornerstone of San José’s identity,” mentioned Mayor Matt Mahan. “Together, we’re investing over half a billion dollars to bring world-class amenities to SAP Center — cementing downtown as a premier hockey destination and world-class stage for headline acts.”
Keeping the Sharks in San Jose additionally reinforces the Sharks dedication in making a optimistic impression in our area people. Since its inception in 1994, the Sharks Foundation (@sjscommunity) has positively impacted the lives of near 10 million residents all through Northern California, empowering youth by way of schooling and wellness applications whereas advancing equitable entry to hockey for all. Sharks Sports & Entertainment community-based applications will proceed to help metropolis beautification initiatives, together with the Sharks Community Connections Mural Project, and the newly adopted areas in Arena Green West and the Guadalupe River. As half of the brand new agreement, the Sharks have dedicated to contributing an extra $12 million for group advantages over the time period of the brand new agreement.
“The San Jose Sharks are a powerful economic engine and a source of pride for our city,” mentioned Leah Toeniskoetter, President & CEO of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce. “This long-term agreement to keep the Sharks in San Jose through 2051 ensures continued vibrancy in our downtown, supports thousands of jobs, and reinforces San Jose’s identity on the international stage of sports and entertainment.”
Since opening in September 1993, SAP Center at San Jose has been the preeminent group gathering place, offering greater than 30-years of sports activities and world-class leisure for the City of San Jose and its residents and serving to bolster the town’s declare because the “Capital of Silicon Valley.”
In addition to serving as the house to the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks, SAP Center has hosted the 2016 Stanley Cup Final, NHL All-Star Games in 1997 and 2019, world-class U.S Gymnastics occasions (2007, 2012, 2016, and 2023), U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1996, 2012, 2018 and 2023), the NCAA males’s basketball match seven instances (scheduled once more in 2026) and the ladies’s NCAA Women’s Final Four in 1999, ATP tennis tournaments from 1994- 2013, league championships with indoor soccer’s Bay Area Panthers and the San Jose SaberCats, and curler hockey’s San Jose Rhinos – to call just a few.
As one of the nation’s busiest and most profitable indoor arenas, practically each performer conceivable has come to San Jose together with Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Vicente Fernandez, Beyonce, ATEEZ, Elton John, Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Jay-Z, The Three Tenors (Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and Jose Carreras), Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Simon & Garfunkel, Lady Gaga, Prince, Drake, Adele, Luis Miguel, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, U2 …. and the checklist goes on and on.