Apple’s long rumored, but non-existent tablet may see the light of day at a special event held at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in late January, according to reports. A blog posted on Wednesday at the Financial Times says that Apple reserved space for the special event, which will be held on January 26, 2010. This is the same space Apple has used in the past for several of its iPod announcements.

It’s important to note, that Apple has not confirmed or announced an event. In fact, Apple hasn’t confirmed the existence of a tablet.

However, industry analyst Gene Munster believes an Apple event is quite likely in the new year where Apple will introduce the tablet.

“We believe there is a 75 percent likelihood that Apple will have an event in January and a 50 percent chance that it will be held to launch the Apple Tablet. If Apple announced the Tablet in January, it would likely ship later in the March quarter.”

Munster also said that the event could be used to launch an iPod touch with a video camera or an Apple TV with a subscription service.