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Exploring Arizona

Glendale, AZ

THIS SPORTS MECCA, KNOWN AS THE SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, IS HOME TO THE UPCOMING 2023 SUPER BOWL, 2024 MEN’S FINAL FOUR AND ANNUAL FIESTA BOWL. CHAMPIONS PLAY HERE!

Westgate Entertainment District

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PLANNER PERSPECTIVE

“We could not be more thrilled to partner with the City of Glendale on Section 7. Their flexibility, hospitality and overall professionalism is second to none. There is no city in America that we would rather host this event in than Glendale, Arizona.”

— Matt King, Chief Operating Officer, Position Sports Organizer of Section 7 Basketball Tournament

Gila River Arena

With 16 hotels and growing Glendale offers more than 1,800 room nights including on-trend, boutique-style properties. Glendale is located 20 minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport offering nonstop service to more than 114 domestic cities and 24 international destinations.

POPULAR ACTIVITIES

Westgate Entertainment District The “District of Fun” is a premier entertainment destination for live events, business, concerts, sporting events, celebrations, and a $6 million Bellagio-inspired dancing water feature.

FACILITY SPOTLIGHT

State Farm Stadium

Football, Sporting Events, and Festivals

Delivering a world-class experience for fans, event organizers and participants. The stadium offers an innovative approach to sports facility design by incorporating the first retractable natural grass playing field in North America. It is also the first completely retractable roof to operate at an incline. The stadium’s exterior skin of shimmering metal panels reflects the shifting desert light.

Camelback Ranch - Glendale

Spring Training, Baseball Tournaments, Sporting Events

Home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox, this spring training facility offers 10,000 stadium-seats and 3,000 lawn seats. The 141-acre campus has 118,000 square feet of clubhouse space with four major league and eight minor league practice fields.

Gila River Arena

Sporting and Entertainment Events

This state-of-the-art multipurpose facility hosts national and international chart-topping recording artists and a variety of sporting events. The arena features two separate concourses on two seating levels, providing guests with non-restricted views of the action. The arena features an intimate seating bowl with modern amenities and anchors Westgate Entertainment District.

VISIT GLENDALE

Eveline Vanda, National Sales Manager 623-930-2954 evanda@VisitGlendale.com www.VisitGlendale.com

Foothills Recreation & Aquatics Center

Volleyball Tournaments Camelback Ranch –Glendale

Basketball Tournaments

FACILITIES • 8 Sports Venues • 14 Football & Soccer Fields • 24 Baseball Fields ACCOMODATIONS • 16 Hotels • 1,800+ Guest Rooms • 600,000+ sq. ft. of Event Space ENTERTAINMENT • Tanger Outlets – 90+ High End Shops • Westgate – 40+ Restaurants • Gila River Arena – A-List Concerts LOCATION • Over 300 Days of Sunshine • 20 Minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor Int’l Airport • 4 Hours from the Grand Canyon

9494 W. Maryland Ave., Third Floor | Glendale, AZ 85305 877.800.2601 | VisitGlendale.com | #VisitGlendaleAZ

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