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The American Bank Center is a Convention Center and 8,156-seat multi-purpose arena in Corpus Christi, Texas. The "ABC," as it is known, is a renovated and expanded version of the city's old Bayfront Convention Center. The renovation was completed in early 2005. The facility serves host to many conventions, concerts, performances, and sporting events. The arena is home to the Corpus Christi Rayz ice hockey team and the Corpus Christi Hammerheads indoor football team, as well as the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Islanders men's and women's basketball teams. In addition to the convention facilities and arena, the American Bank Center also features the Selena Auditorium, named after the late Tejano star Selena Quintanilla Pérez. The American Bank Center is located in Corpus Christi's Bayfront Arts and Science Park. An arena is a circular or oval shaped (or sometimes rectangular) public space (akin to a classical amphitheatre), designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. ... Corpus Christi skyline from harbor. ... The Corpus Christi Rayz are a minor-league ice hockey team based in Corpus Christi, Texas affiliated with the Central Hockey League. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... A team comprises any group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. ... The Corpus Christi HammerHeads are a professional arena football team. ... Indoor football in the sense contemplated here is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas. ... Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, often Texas A&M-CC, is one of the states fastest growing four-year universities and the only university in America located on its very own island. ... Selena Quintanilla Pérez (born Selena Quintanilla, April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995) was a Mexican-American singer of Tejano music whose skyrocketing career ended abruptly. ...


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