The SAP Center has gone through many different names in the past 25 years. From the San Jose Arena (1993–2001) to the Compaq Center (2001–02) to the HP Pavilion (2002–13) — but through it all, it has always been the Shark Tank. So, it only made sense to Jeff McMillan, his partner Gary Musgrave and artist Jake Kazakos that a tribute mural to the SAP Center should feature the iconic Shark head.
“Thousands and thousands of acts have been through there,” said McMillan. “We tried to represent prominent women, prominent men, good sports teams, lettering, graphics, ethnicities because San Jose is a pretty diverse town anyways, we really wanted to represent everybody and their cultural impact on the city and what they’ve done for the city.