Venue: Provident Credit Union Event Center
Town: San Jose, US
Capacity: 4,600

The Provident Credit Union Event Center, formerly and more commonly known as the Event Center, is a complex consisting of an indoor arena and a fitness club on the main campus of San José State University (SJSU) in downtown San Jose, California. 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 men's and women's basketball teams, which both compete in the Mountain West Conference. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Event Center at SJSU is the premier mid-size venue in Northern California. The Event Center was designed to accommodate many different events, including musical concerts, sporting events, conferences and corporate parties. The Event Center also housed a fully equipped student recreation center, which comprised basketball and racquetball courts and a weight room, before it was replaced in 2019 by a much larger, $130 million facility located next door to the arena. Prior to the Event Center's inception, SJSU's men's basketball team used to play at the San Jose Civic Auditorium and the Spartan Gym (nka Yosh Uchida Hall). Talks for a better basketball arena started when head coach Bill Berry arrived in 1979, and during a time when Spartan Gym became increasingly overcrowded with bookings to utilize its buildings for recreation. Funding for the arena started in 1982 and an official announcement, from SJSU, to build the arena came in March 1984 as a recreation and events center that would serve the basketball and women's volleyball teams, host concerts, have a recreation facility, and have a 50-meter indoor swimming pool. The arena was initially proposed to have a seating capacity of 10,000 for concerts and 7,500 for basketball games. Construction began in October 1986. The arena held its grand opening in September 8, 1989 seating "6,000 for concerts and 5,000 for athletic ev