Fun in Phoenix

SplitPersonality1 · 04-29-2003, 10:55 PM

I am traveling to Phoenix for training in a couple of weeks and was wondering what to do, where to go etc.

Any ideas?

samifan24 · 04-29-2003, 11:17 PM

I wish I was going to Phoenix in a couple of weeks. That sounds great. Have fun and soak up some sun for me, Split.

Bad-example · 04-29-2003, 11:27 PM

Sorry to disappoint you, but I am pretty sure that fun was outlawed in Phoenix, just about the same time that the Cardinals moved there. Good luck!

Blade6119 · 04-30-2003, 01:27 AM

Mill avenue is a fun place at night if you are young...all the ASU chicks are at the clubs at mill avenue or around tempe...kinda tired right now and will try to give more places tomorrow...stick to tempe and scottsdale if you can....there the "nicer" areas...

Radii · 04-30-2003, 08:20 AM

If you're there over a weekend, go see the Grand Canyon. I went to a customer site in Phoenix for 2 weeks a few years ago, and drove up and spent the weekend at the Grand Canyon, was awesome.

If not, then yeah the ASU/tempe area is probably where everything's happening at. Or if you like baseball at all go see a D'Backs game

WussGawd · 04-30-2003, 08:37 AM

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Originally posted by Radii
If you're there over a weekend, go see the Grand Canyon. I went to a customer site in Phoenix for 2 weeks a few years ago, and drove up and spent the weekend at the Grand Canyon, was awesome.

If not, then yeah the ASU/tempe area is probably where everything's happening at. Or if you like baseball at all go see a D'Backs game

A few ideas downtown:
The D'Backs are good. Also, there are a lot of bars, restaurants in the downtown Phoenix scene that make it pretty fun, particularly on game nights.

Mill Avenue, Tempe. Lots of good college bars, restaurants, and did I mention that ASU coeds are some of the most beautiful around, and this time of year aren't wearing much? (It has always been my contention that heaven has nothing on Cady Mall at about midday near the fountains in May).

If you are into the museum thing at all, Phoenix boasts a couple of interesting ones: The Heard Museum contains a large collection of Native American art. Pueblo Grande Museum (a collection of ruins and artifacts from the Hohokam culture that occupied the Phoenix area about a thousand years ago).

A few other ideas for day trips, besides the Grand Canyon:

Sedona/Oak Creek Canyon: Gorgeous red rocks, aspen and pine, and just a couple of hours away from Phoenix

Jerome. A ghost town from Arizona's silver mining days.

Mogollon Rim. Pine trees a couple of hours drive from Phoenix.

Closer to Tucson:
Mount Lemmon (near Tucson)
Old Tucson Movie Studios

There's probably more, but I'm too addled this morning to write much more.

Hope this helps.

Balldog · 04-30-2003, 08:41 AM

Damn you guys, my temptation to just pack up and move to Phoenix was starting to fade.

Franklinnoble · 04-30-2003, 11:08 AM

Tiffany's Cabaret is nice.

digamma · 04-30-2003, 11:11 AM

Gotta throw in a Scottsdale mention. Lots of fun bars and you should grab a burrito at Dos Gringos.

Bank One is the best "modern" ball park I've seen. Definitely worth the trip.

04-29-2003, 11:17 PM	#2
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I wish I was going to Phoenix in a couple of weeks. That sounds great. Have fun and soak up some sun for me, Split. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

04-29-2003, 11:27 PM	#3
Bad-example College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: san jose CA	Sorry to disappoint you, but I am pretty sure that fun was outlawed in Phoenix, just about the same time that the Cardinals moved there. Good luck! __________________ Karaoke Katie drove the crowd wild Every time she'd sing they'd come in for miles Curtain came up, Katie came on Drinking like a lumberjack and singing Delta Dawn

04-30-2003, 01:27 AM	#4
Blade6119 Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Mill avenue is a fun place at night if you are young...all the ASU chicks are at the clubs at mill avenue or around tempe...kinda tired right now and will try to give more places tomorrow...stick to tempe and scottsdale if you can....there the "nicer" areas... __________________ *Underachievement* The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower. *Despair* It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. *Demotivation* Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people. http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

04-30-2003, 08:20 AM	#5
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	If you're there over a weekend, go see the Grand Canyon. I went to a customer site in Phoenix for 2 weeks a few years ago, and drove up and spent the weekend at the Grand Canyon, was awesome. If not, then yeah the ASU/tempe area is probably where everything's happening at. Or if you like baseball at all go see a D'Backs game

04-30-2003, 08:41 AM	#7
Balldog Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Macomb, MI	Damn you guys, my temptation to just pack up and move to Phoenix was starting to fade.

04-30-2003, 11:08 AM	#8
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Tiffany's Cabaret is nice.

04-30-2003, 11:11 AM	#9
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	Gotta throw in a Scottsdale mention. Lots of fun bars and you should grab a burrito at Dos Gringos. Bank One is the best "modern" ball park I've seen. Definitely worth the trip.

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