other events hp pavilion at san jose hosts an average of events a year including many non sporting events in the hp pavilion sold the most tickets to non sporting events of any venue in the western united states and the fourth highest total in the world after madison square garden in new york city the manchester evening news arena in manchester and the air canada centre in toronto the arena regularly hosts concerts by numerous performers and has played host for major sporting events such as the u s figure skating championships the ncaa basketball tournament known as march madness the pac women's basketball championship and the dew action sports tour hp pavilion has been rumored to be the new home of the sacramento kings nba franchise if the city of sacramento or a private developer can't come up with funding for a new venue in sacramento