San Jose Repertory Theatre mortgage. On June 11, 2014, San Jose Rep ceased operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy. San Jose Rep was founded by James P. Reber in 1980 (originally as San Jose Repertory Company). James Reber was born in Butte, Montana, and was raised in the Santa Clara Valley. He returned home after having been the first employee of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival (now California Shakespeare Theatre in Orinda, California) as business manager and general manager. San Jose Rep was formed as San Jose’s first resident professional theatre (originally called San Jose Repertory Company), the Rep soon became the fastest growing regional
San Jose Convention Center San Jose Convention Center The San Jose McEnery Convention Center (popularly known as the San Jose Convention Center) is a convention center in San Jose, California, United States. The facility is the largest convention center in Silicon Valley. It is named after Tom McEnery, a former Mayor of San Jose. The San Jose Convention Center opened in 1989, replacing a convention hall of the same name at City National Civic (then called the Civic Auditorium). The South Hall opened in 2005, and the main hall was renovated and expanded in 2013. Team San Jose manages the convention center along with