The D-backs announced on Sunday that all 15 Spring Training home games for both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies have sold out at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Tickets to the D-backs’ away games may still be available. Most of the tickets were claimed earlier this week during the teams’ presales. Any...
Read MoreDespite the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers behind the International Dark Sky Discovery Center project are beginning an $18-million capital campaign to get the facility off the ground. “It’d be the only facility in the world that relates the importance of dark sky preservation to the study of astronomy, the space program, the universe, and life...
Read MoreThe Fiesta Bowl and Desert Financial Credit Union announced Tuesday morning that the Fiesta Bowl Parade rescheduled for April 2021 has been cancelled. Organizers have replaced the event that draws more than 100,000 people to the streets of Central Phoenix with “Kindness Arizona,” a caravan of buses and cars that will hit the road...
Read MoreThe Arizona Country Thunder music festival has been postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic. “After consultations with government and health officials and continual monitoring of the COVID-19 related phases of re-opening in the state, it has become clear that this event cannot be held safely at this time,” the event’s website says. The...
Read MoreThe significantly scaled back 2021 Waste Management Phoenix Open tees-off this week in Scottsdale and it is going to look very different than in years past. Due to the pandemic, the tournament is only allowing a daily attendance of 5,000 spectators. CDC approved safety protocols will be in place, and many of the popular...
Read MoreThe Arabian Horse Association of Arizona (AHAA) is returning for the 66th annual Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show at WestWorld of Scottsdale. The world’s largest horse show runs Thursday, February 11 through Sunday, February 21, 2021. To ensure the safety of the riders and teams along with the community the show will be closed to the public. Instead,...
Read MoreThe pandemic has been hard for so many, including those involved with live theater productions. ASU Gammage in Tempe is looking ahead to the future when Broadway shows return to the stage, and the seats are filled with patrons once again. ASU Gammage was able to reschedule all but three of its shows that...
Read MoreThe Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) announced today a new partnership with the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa as the award-winning resort will host the top 100 pickleball players in North Americaduring the PPA’s Foot Solutions Grand Slam (previously the Mesa Grand Slam) Feb. 16-21. With an exciting winning purse of $70,000,...
Read MoreThe holidays may be over, but winter is sticking around for a few more months and a luxury Valley hotel is offering activities to enjoy what’s left of the season. The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess near Hayden Road and the Loop 101 is holding its “Winter at the Princess” event until March 21. People can...
Read MoreRipley’s Believe It or Not is bringing a picture of Albert Einstein made entirely out of toast and its other zany exhibits to Scottsdale next month. The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! will open at the Arizona Boardwalk on Feb. 9 and run through the summer of 2022, replacing the Titanic artifact...
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