A great time
by EGS on 3/14/24SAP Center at San Jose - San JoseEven though it was a loss, it was an exciting game.
Venue
Official Ticket Marketplace of the San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks History
The California Golden Seals played at the Oakland Coliseum from 1967–1976 before relocating to Cleveland. While a failure at the box office and on the ice, the Seals sowed the seeds for the Sharks' arrival some 15 years later. With Wayne Gretzky's trade to Los Angeles in 1988, hockey fever spread across non-traditional markets, and San Jose was among the first cities into which the league ventured.
The Sharks initially played at the Cow Palace in Daly City in 1991 before moving into their current home, the SAP Center, in 1993. The new digs agreed with the team, as they experienced an NHL record 58-point increase over the prior season. Early stars such as Sergei Makarov, Pat Falloon and the Latvian duo of Sandis Ozoliņš and Artūrs Irbe gave the Sharks an early level of respectability.
Gaining a reputation as giant-killers, the upstart Sharks dispatched the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings in the 1994 Western Conference Finals and the Presidents' Trophy-winning St. Louis Blues in 2000. The Sharks continued to flirt with success for the next decade, riding the talents of such star players as Owen Nolan, Marco Sturm, Evgeni Nabokov, Patrick Marleau, and Joe Thornton.
The Sharks went on to win the Presidents' Trophy again in 2009, and have captured a total of six Pacific Division titles and appeared in the Western Conference Finals four times.
San Jose Sharks Team Info
Conference: Western
Division: Pacific
Year Founded: 1991
Team Colors: Teal, Orange, Black
Team Rivals: Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche
San Jose Sharks at SAP Center
The San Jose Sharks have made the SAP Center in San Jose their home since 1993. The "Shark Tank," as it is affectionately known, is one of the most raucous buildings in the league. In 2006, the SAP Center, which also hosts concert events year-round in addition to hockey, sold 633,435 tickets to non-sporting events — the most out of any venue in the Western United States and fourth-highest in the world.
The San Jose Sharks’ 2023–24 regular season kicks off in October at home as the Sharks face off against the reigning Stanley Cup Champions Vegas Golden Knights. The Sharks play their final game of the regular season at Scotiabank Saddledome against Pacific Division opponents the Calgary Flames. Here’s a list of key games to keep an eye on:
Tickets for the 2023–24 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the San Jose Sharks.
The Sharks have made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Final (in 2016), but have never won.
The seating map for SAP Center can be viewed here.
Even though it was a loss, it was an exciting game.
I don't really care for the in-house announcer. I forget her name. Also: It takes some years for me to to get to know the players, and after 20+ years as a season ticket holder who gave up his seats last year, I know almost none of the players. The turnover has been so rapid, it will take a long time for me to get comfortable with the team again. And to invest that time, they have to start winning.
The arena is a special place to watch a professional hockey game. From the moment you walk in, the attendants are respectful helpful and act like they are glad you are there. The arena is spotless, and food and beverage choices are plentiful. The best part of the experience is the Sharks won!
I bought 4 tickets 3rd row to surprise my friends. I flew in from Hawaii then I got sick and the other three in my party decided not to go because I looked too sick. Very disappointed wanted badly to see a game with my friends. I guess i need to consider ticket insurance next time since i am out $600.00. Just suck all the way around
The experience was great overall but on my second game against New Jersey, it was impossible to acceed to my bar code. I finally needed to talk to a San José sharks worker and they submitted me a pass for the game. Hopefully we were in advance at the game and could use part of our time to find a solution to this problem.
It was a great experience except for some of the prices of the food and the fact that the food I tried was less than warm or cold. Definitely loved the hockey game, but for the price of the food was not worth eating there.
I have not been to a sharks game in a few years. I had so much fun. The arena was clean, helpful ushers everywhere, parking was great but the only thing was water was 6.19 a bottle. Loved the crowd ne one was rude. Seats were great.
Me and my family really loved it and enjoyed the game to the fullest.
The game itself wasn’t very good, BUT I had arranged (paid for) for Sharkie to meet my 6 year old grandson and that was a WONDERFUL experience for him. Many thanks to the Sharks organization for offering an opportunity to have Sharkie make a personal visit to his fans!
Until the Sharks start playing aggressively again, I will not buy tickets again.