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Santa Ana Star Center
Santa Ana Star Center is an 8,000-seat multipurpose arena in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a suburb of Albuquerque. It is home to the New Mexico Scorpions of the Central Hockey League and an announced expansion team in af2, a division of the Arena Football League. The af2 franchise will be owned, in part, by Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher.
The arena was completed at a cost of $47 million USD and opened on October 21, 2006. The Scorpions played their first home game there on October 27, falling to the Arizona Sundogs 3-1 in front of a sellout crowd.
Santa Ana Star Casino purchased the naming rights to the arena in a five-year, $2.5 million deal signed in July 2006. The arena was previously known as Rio Rancho Events Center.
Santa Ana Star Center is located near the intersection of Unser Boulevard and Paseo del Volcan. The arena is part of a larger "City Centre" project which also includes a new City Hall.
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