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BestBets PHOENIX & CENTRAL ARIZONA SPECTATOR SPORTS SHOP • DINE EXPLORE Greater Phoenix is a member of that exclusive club of US metro areas with professional baseball, basketball, football and hockey teams. The nation’s oldest continuously run NFL franchise, the Arizona Cardinals kick off at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, which was designed to mimic the native barrel cactus. The National L e a g u e’s A r i zo n a Di a mondbacks batter up at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix. The Phoenix Suns Madden Media shoot hoops at US Airways Center—also in downtown Phoenix—as do members of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Mercury. The National Hockey League’s m Arizona State University fans cheer on their football Phoenix Coyotes take to team at Tempe’s Sun Devil Stadium. t h e i c e a t Jo b i n g . c o m Arena in Glendale. The Diamondbacks are joined annually by 15 other Major League teams for Cactus League Spring Training, and, in 2011, the city will host the MLB AllStar Game. Greater Phoenix can also claim major college basketball and football action with its Arizona State University Sun Devils, and the city hosts two college football bowl games annually (Fiesta Bowl and Insight Bowl) as well as the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) championship game every third year. ROBERT SILBERBLATT OFFBEAT AZ Tortilla Flat, population six, was a stagecoach stop in 1904. The reconstructed restaurant/saloon of this privately owned town is lined with dollar bills and other currency from its many international visitors. File Name: The Arizona Science Center, with a planetarium, large-screen theater and such exhibits as a huge sneezing Preflighted by: TB nose, is so much fun that adults asked for their own night there. Kids can interact with tide-pool creatures at Date: and be surrounded by glass walls of water. the Sea Life Arizona aquarium in Tempe11/15/10 The Children’s Museum of Phoenix caters to the 10 and under set with an array of Proof#: Processing Fee: playtime possibilities, while Mesa’s Arizona1Museum for Youth encourages budding artists. The Arizona Museum of Natural History, also in Mesa, has the largest collection of dinosaur fossils in Arizona. Mechanically inclined kids get a kick out of the Hall of Flame Fire Museum, featuring firefighting equipment through the ages, and the Commemorative Air Force Museum, displaying everything from whirlybirds to fighter planes. The Phoenix Zoo, voted one of the nation’s top five zoos for kids, and the Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium, with flume ride through its Pacific reef tank, are additional crowd pleasers. CityofChandler(AZOSVG11) Fun for Kids Discover award-winning dining, outdoor recreation, lively arts & culture, a vibrant historic downtown, golf, and unique events. Just 20 minutes from PHX Sky Harbor International Airport. Order your FREE destination guide today! 888-663-2489 visitChandler.com 32 Arizona 2011 Official State Visitor’s Guide http://www.visitChandler.com http://www.Jobing.com http://www.visitChandler.com

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