 San Jose is sticking with its winning team—Team San Jose, a unique public/private company that is the current operator and manager for the San Jose McEnery Convention Center and Cultural Facilities. The San Jose Mayor and City Council voted to extend the city’s contract with this locally-based group for another five years, noting that Team San Jose has served the city well by increasing revenues 67 percent by bringing more events and visitors to San Jose.
Team San Jose, Inc., a public benefit corporation was formed in December 2003 in response to the City of San Jose’s Request for Proposals for the management and operations of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center and other  cultural facilities in downtown San Jose. The facilities included in the five year contract are the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the Civic Auditorium, Parkside Hall, South Hall, the Center for Performing Arts, California Theatre and the Montgomery Theatre.
"I welcome the valuable support and input of the City Manager's Office who has helped us create a successful model that serves San Jose and our customers well," said Dan Fenton, CEO of Team San Jose and San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau.
In addition to facility management, Team San Jose has formed unique partnerships with all the leading hospitality  and entertainment providers in the city, including the San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau, local hotels, labor and cultural arts leaders.
"Labor's partnership with the arts community, hotels, the CVB and the City has demonstrated real value to the City Council, but, more importantly, to the residents of San Jose," said Phaedra Ellis Lamkins, Executive Director, South Bay Labor Council. "The working people who make the Convention Center run stand behind this model and help make San Jose the best convention destination in the United States."
Additional direction included creating performance measures to evaluate the impact of tourism on the community  through hotel room nights, visitor spending and creating benchmarking opportunities to compare San Jose to competing destinations. Team San Jose has created a single point of contact for new and returning customers, combining the Event Coordinators with the Catering staff and creating a seamless and flexible service environment to better meet the needs of meeting and event planners.
 "San Jose hotels have seen improved business under Team San Jose's leadership," said John Southwell, Vice President of Dinapoli Capital Partners, owners of the San Jose Hilton and Crowne Plaza San Jose. "This approach has worked well for our community and will be important as we look to support convention center expansion."
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