SAP Center
525 West Santa Clara Street, San José · about 17,435 seats · sports, concerts · Home of San Jose Sharks
Open SAP Center on the mapThis week
- Don Omar "The Last King World Tour" Concert Ticketmaster ↗
- Mon Laferte - Femme Fatale Tour Concert Ticketmaster ↗
- LIVE 105 Presents The Smashing Pumpkins: The Rats in a Cage Tour Concert Ticketmaster ↗
Indoor and busy all year: Sharks hockey runs from October to April.
Next week
- San Jose Sharks vs. New York Islanders Sports Ticketmaster ↗
- San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Sports Ticketmaster ↗
- Pancho Barraza - Al Natural Tour 2024 Concert cancelled Ticketmaster ↗
- San Jose Sharks vs. Nashville Predators Sports Ticketmaster ↗
Nothing listed for next week.
Listing from Ticketmaster, as of Nov 4, 2026 (UTC). Week runs Monday to Sunday, San Francisco time.
Getting there
- Caltrain and regional rail
- San Jose Diridon · about 6 min on foot · ACE, Caltrain
Arriving
San Jose Diridon station, across the street, is served by Caltrain, ACE and Capitol Corridor; VTA light rail stops at Diridon and at San Fernando Street & Delmas Avenue.
The on-site lot (about 1,500 spaces) is entered from Santa Clara or Julian Street and usually opens two hours before; Caltrain permits aren't valid when SAP Center runs the Diridon lots.
The entrances are North and South; bags up to 20 x 14 x 11 inches are X-rayed, larger ones are not allowed, and there's no bag check.
Written from the venue’s own visitor pages; gates and policies change, so check sapcenter.com before you go.
From across the Bay Area
By transit, from anywhere in the Bay Area: Caltrain to San Jose Diridon, across the street; ACE and Capitol Corridor stop there too.
| From | Drive, best case | Taxi meter, about |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland (downtown) | 53 min · 41.4 mi | $139 |
| Berkeley | 63 min · 46.4 mi | $155 |
| Richmond | 68 min · 53.9 mi | $179 |
| Walnut Creek | 60 min · 47.3 mi | $158 |
| Dublin / Pleasanton | 43 min · 32.3 mi | $109 |
| Fremont | 29 min · 18.9 mi | $66 |
| Daly City | 56 min · 44.7 mi | $150 |
| San Mateo | 39 min · 30.5 mi | $103 |
| Palo Alto | 28 min · 19.0 mi | $66 |
| San José | 1 min · 0.3 mi | $5 |
| Marin (Larkspur) | 78 min · 61.7 mi | $205 |
Drive times are OSRM’s on empty roads, the same best-case figure as the map’s suburban lens; game nights run far slower. The taxi figure is the SFMTA taxi meter rate ($4.15 plus $3.25/mi, as of 2026-10) on that distance, the only published benchmark; rideshare prices aren’t published and surge after events. The meter’s $4.15 includes the first fifth of a mile, so these taxi figures run about $0.65 high; a taxi from SFO adds a $6.00 pick-up fee, and tolls and tip are extra. With Clipper or a contactless card, a second agency within two hours (BART to Muni, say) costs up to $2.85 less. A Muni day pass is $5.70.