Bay Area Sports Venues
AT&T Park
Called "baseball's perfect address", AT&T Park opened in 2000 as the home of the San Francisco Giants and immediately became a landmark in a city of landmarks. With sweeping views of the city and bay,
modern amenities, a top rated event management team, and a virtually unlimited array of creative options, it's your perfect
address for a unique and successful event no matter what your objectives.
HP Pavilion
The HP Pavilion at San Jose
handles more than 90 sporting events annually including more than 40
Sharks regular season home games, lacrosse, boxing, tennis, Arena
Football and Strikeforce. The building hosts 120 to 180 events every
year -- including Olympic athletes, Grammy award-winners and a variety
of family and children's favorites that account for more than 275 event
days.
Pollstar, the leading concert industry trade magazine nominated HP Pavilion at San Jose as “Arena of the Year” for 2005 and 2007. In 2007 Pollstar also recognized HP Pavilion at San Jose based on non-sports attendance as 4th in North America, top 10 in the world. Over the past 10 years, HP Pavilion at San Jose has consistently been in the Top 5 in North America and top 10 in the world.
This all adds up to unprecedented excitement as San Jose welcomes the arrival of the world's greatest names in sports and entertainment.
Monster Park at Candlestick Point
Although Candlestick Park
was built for the Giants, the Beatles played their last concert ever
there on August 29, 1966, and the NFL's 49ers have won so many Super
Bowls since they moved there in 1971 that the sign in the parking lot
said, "Home of the Super Bowl Champions," with almost no mention of the
primary tenants. Richard Nixon threw out the first ball at the first
game ever at the 'Stick, on April 12, 1960, then proclaimed it "the
finest ballpark in America."
Bill White, who later became the National
League president, got the first hit there. The Giants' Gaylord Perry
and Cardinals' Ray Washburn threw no-hitters there on the same weekend
- on September 17 and 18, 1968. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Giants
staged a memorable playoff for the National League pennant there in
1962, complete with a controversy over the Giants watering down the
infield to slow down basestealer extraordinaire Maury Wills. Mays broke
the all-time National League home run record at Candlestick Park on May
4, 1966, and he got his 3,000th hit there on July 18, 1971.
ORACLE Arena & Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
The Coliseum Complex is jointly owned by the City of Oakland and
Alameda County and managed by the Oakland Coliseum Joint Venture
(OCJV), owned in majority by SMG. SMG is the world’s leading company in
the private development and management of public assembly facilities,
including 170 properties in arenas, stadiums, convention centers,
performing arts centers and recreational facilities around the world.
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