The Provident Credit Union Event Center, formerly and more commonly known as the Event Center Arena, is a complex consisting of an
indoor arena and a fitness club on the main campus of
San Jose State University
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sy ...
in downtown
San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popu ...
. The Event Center was built in 1989 for the purpose of supporting and providing entertainment as well as recreational opportunities for the student body and university community. The facility is home to the
San Jose State Spartans
The San Jose State Spartans are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent San José State University. SJSU sports teams compete in the Mountain West Conference (MW) at the NCAA Division I level, with football competing in the Football B ...
men's and women's
basketball
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teams, which both compete in the
Mountain West Conference
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.
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Event Center at SJSU is the premier mid-sized venue in Northern California. The Event Center was designed to accommodate many different events, including musical concerts, sporting events, conferences and corporate parties. The facility has played host to numerous national entertainment acts such as
Rage Against the Machine
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,
Eric Clapton,
Jerry Garcia Band
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,
George Lopez
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,
Drake
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,
Wiz Khalifa
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,
Kelly Clarkson
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,
Conan O'Brien,
Korn, and
Pearl Jam. It also hosts the fall and spring convocation ceremonies for both the College of Engineering and the College of Business at San José State University. It also played host to
NXT
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on the Friday before
WrestleMania 31
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, as well as the 5th annual
NFL Honors
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The television special is held the night before the Super Bowl (except 2022 when it was held on a Thursday) at the game's host city and on the network carryi ...
on the eve of
Super Bowl 50
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. Both WrestleMania 31 and Super Bowl 50 were played at
Levi's Stadium
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, and the NFL Honors and the Super Bowl both aired on CBS.
Annually, the Event Center hosts the
FIRST Robotics Competition
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Silicon Valley Regional. The San Jose State University Career Center also uses the arena to host its fall and spring career fairs, which generally feature hundreds of potential employers for students of San José State University.
The Event Center also had a fully equipped gym which included a basketball and racquetball court, as well as a weight room for students. It has since been shut down as it was replaced by a far larger, $130 million facility next door in 2019.
In August 2019, the university reached an $8.1 million, 20-year deal with Provident Credit Union to rename the Event Center Arena to Provident Credit Union Event Center.
See also
*
List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas
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* List (surname)
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
References
External links
San Jose State University Event Center Official Site
Indoor arenas in California
College basketball venues in the United States
Gymnastics venues in California
Sports venues in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Jose State Spartans basketball
Sports venues in San Jose, California
1989 establishments in California
Sports venues completed in 1989
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