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MESA ARIZONA 101 Things To Do Photo by Mike Reyno Minutes from Phoenix & Scottsdale . Miles from Ordinary Apache Greyhound Park Arizona Hall of Fame Museum Arizona Theatre Company 2551 W.Apache Trail 1101 W.Washington St. 502 W.Roosevelt St. Apache Junction,AZ 85220 Phoenix,AZ 85007 Phoenix,AZ 85003 Phone:480-982-2371 Phone: 602-255-2110 Phone: 602-256-6995 Experience the thrills and excitement of Housed in the 1908 Carnegie Library. The state’s leading professional theater greyhound racing. www.casinocity.com/ Exhibits: “The Works of Lon Megaree: company presents six productions each us/az/apachegr.html Preservation of a State Treasure,” season at the Herberger Theater Center. “My Name is Arizona.” www.dlapr. www.herbergertheater.org Apache Trail and lib.az.us/museum/hof.htm Superstition Mountains Barleen’s Arizona Opry Hwy. 88, 65 miles round trip Arizona Mills Dinner Show The Apache Trail is one of the most 5000 Arizona Mills Circle 2275 E. Hwy. 60 Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre – West popular day trips from the Phoenix- Baseline and I-10 Freeway Apache Junction,AZ 85219 Mesa metro area.Visitors can follow Tempe, AZ 85282 Phone:480-982-7991 the footsteps that Indians and hopeful Phone:480-491-9700 Generous portions of tender, slow- Broadway Palm Dinner prospectors took over 100 years ago. A dynamic mix of 175 value retailers, cooked roast beef, mashed potatoes Theatre – West restaurants and entertainment venues. 5246 E. Brown Rd. SM and country gravy, corn, cole slaw Arizona Mills brings Shoppertainment and rolls are served to your table. Mesa,AZ 85205 to the Southwest. www.arizonamills.com Branson-style entertainment begins at Phone: 480-325-6700 7:30pm. www.familyontheweb.com/ Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre–West Arizona Museum for Youth arizonaopry is a 500-seat dinner theatre.The season 35 N. Robson runs from October through September Mesa,AZ 85201 and includes timeless classics and Phone:480-644-2467 Bead Museum 5754 W.Glenn Drive contemporary masterpieces including A child-oriented fine arts center featuring Crazy For You, Sounds of Christmas, Singin’ changing art exhibits and unique hands- Glendale,AZ 85301 in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, on art activities for children.Voted Phone: 623-931-2797 Smokey Joe’s Café, Annie and Yesterdays. one of the best museums for children This unique specialist museum was www.broadwaypalmwest.com in the United States by USA Today. founded in 1984 by Gabreille Liese and www.ci.mesa.az.us/amfy/ houses an international collection of over Canyon Mountain Entertainment 100,000 beads, and beaded artifacts. 7464 E. Main St. Arizona Science Center www.thebeadmuseum.com/home.asp Mesa,AZ 85207 600 E.Washington St. Phone: 480-654-3700 Phoenix,AZ 85004 Besh-Ba-Gowah Full-service, live performance production Phone: 602-716-2000 Archaeological Park company. Celebrity impersonators and Explore 350 hands-on exhibits, a five- 150 N. Pine St. theme shows. Single act to full-size story theater and a planetarium in a Globe Comm. Center, Jess Hayes Rd. Vegas shows. Corporate and convention Superstition Mountain Hiking unique setting. www.azscience.org Globe,AZ 85501 entertainment – our specialty. Phone: 928-425-0320 www.canyonmountainentertainment.com Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Toll-Free: 800-804-5623 Apache Trail Tours 2021 N. Kinney Rd. 14th century Salado Indian ruins with Casa Grande Ruins Goldfield Ghost Town Tucson,AZ 85743-8918 museum, 15-minute video presentation, National Monument P.O. Box 6146 Phone: 520-883-1380 ethnobotanical garden, reconstructed Phone: 520-723-3172 Apache Junction,AZ 85278-6146 The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is rooms depicting ancient lifestyles. Casa Grande Ruins is the tallest and Phone:480-982-7661 a zoo, natural history museum, aquarium ajnet.ci.apache-jct.az.us/aainruin.htm most massive Hohokam structure known. Custom Wild West adventures for and botanical garden all in one place. Designated as a national monument in families or groups including Jeep tours, www.desertmuseum.org Biosphere 2 Center 1892. www.nps.gov/cagr hiking treks, gold panning excursions, Oracle Rd. and Hwy. 77 at mile “Steak-outs,” Lost Dutchman’s Gold Arizona State Parks marker 96.5, 200 miles round trip Casino Arizona at Salt River Fever Rally, overnight camping and more! 1300 W.Washington St. Toll-Free: 800-828-2462 Loop 101 and McKellips Rd. www.apachetrailtours.com Phoenix,AZ 85007-2929 This beautiful visitors center blends sci- Loop 101 and Indian Bend Rd. Phone:602-542-1996 ence exhibits, college campus, research Phone:480-850-7777 Arizona Capitol Museum Experience the hiking trails of Arizona, center, hotel, restaurant and conference Over 100,000 square feet dedicated to 1700 W.Washington St. including the Arizona Trail which, when center to offer a unique, one-of-a-kind the greatest variety of gaming in Arizona. Phoenix,AZ 85007 complete, will be a continuous 750-mile experience in learning about our planet. Never a dull moment with top-rate Phone: 602-542-4675 non-motorized trail from the Arizona/ www.bio2.edu/ entertainment that ranges from country 1900 capitol building with period offices Mexico border to the Arizona/Utah to rock, from magic to theatre, from restored to look the way they did at state- border. www.pr.state.az.us/partnerships/ Bob Bondurant School of old to new. www.casinoaz.com hood. USS Arizona Silver, State Symbols. trails/statetrails.html High Performance Driving www.lib.az.us/museum/capitol.htm P.O. Box 51980 Challenger Learning ASU’s Gammage Auditorium Phoenix,AZ 85076-1980 Center of Arizona Arizona Cardinals Arizona State University 21170 N. 83rd Ave. Phone:480-961-0143 Peoria,AZ 85382 8701 S. Hardy Dr. P.O. Box 870105 Toll-Free:800-842-7223 Tempe,AZ 85284 Tempe,AZ 85287-0105 Phone:623-322-2001 Located at the Firebird International This program pays tribute to the Phone:602-379-0102 Phone: 480-965-5062 Raceway Complex, this is the place you The NFL Arizona Cardinals play their Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Challenger Seven by perpetuating can learn to drive like professionals. their legacy through the education and home games at Sun Devil Stadium Gammage seats 3,000 and presents a www.bondurant.com in Tempe, 10 minutes from Mesa. year-round season of nationally touring motivation of America’s youth.The www.azcardinals.com Broadway musicals, plus much more. center was designed to inspire and Excellent group discounts/packages Boyce Thompson encourage enthusiasm for space science available. www.asugammage.com Arboretum State Park among all ages. www.azchallenger.org Arizona Diamondbacks 37615 Hwy. 60 401 E. Jefferson St. Arizona Temple Visitors Center Superior,AZ 85273-5100 Chandler Center for the Arts Phoenix,AZ 85004 Phone:520-689-2811 Phone:602-514-8400 525 E. Main St. 250 N.Arizona Ave. The 2001 World Series Champions play Mesa,AZ 85201 Discover the intricate beauty and many Chandler,AZ 85224 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix.This Phone:480-964-7164 faces of the oldest botanical garden in Phone: 480-782-2680 stadium seats 48,000 fans and is equipped The Arizona Temple is a noted landmark Arizona. ag.arizona.edu/bta/ The elegant complex features three with a retractable dome for fans to enjoy with beautifully manicured gardens stages, with total seating capacity both indoor and outdoor baseball. throughout the grounds. of 1,560, ample parking and just one www.azdiamondbacks.com block from the San Marcos Resort. www.chandleraz.org/html/events/ page two arts.html Chicago Cubs HoHoKam Park Desert Dog Hummer Adventures Firebird International Raceway 1235 N. Center St. P.O. Box 17647 20000 Maricopa Rd. Mesa,AZ 85201 Fountain Hills,AZ 85268 Box 5023 Phone:480-964-4467 Phone:480-837-3966 Chandler,AZ 85226 Located on Center between Brown and Breathtaking views of Arizona.The Phone: 602-268-0200 McKellips in Mesa.The practice facility thrill of four-wheeling on full- or half- Enjoy group outings, hospitality and is at Fitch Park, Sixth Street and Center. day tours. www.azadventures.com family gatherings with season-long www.cubspringtraining.com/ NHRA Winston drag racing, IHBA drag- stadium.html Desert Voyagers boat racing, car-club events and more. Guided Rafting Tours Commemorative Air P.O. Box 9053 Fleischer Museum Force Museum Scottsdale,AZ 85252 17207 N. Perimeter Dr. 2017 N. Greenfield Rd. Phone:480-998-7238 Scottsdale,AZ 85255 Mesa,AZ 85213 Toll-Free:800-222-RAFT (7238) Phone: 480-585-3108 Golfland/Sunsplash Phone:480-924-1940 Explore the Upper Salt River at water Art museum primarily dedicated to The Arizona Wing, adjoining Falcon level. Half-day tours and “high and dry” American Impressionism, California Field at the corner of McKellips and historical interpretive tours also available. school-late 19th century/early Goldfield Livery Greenfield roads, has been entrusted www.desertvoyagers.com 20th century.Also Russian/Soviet 4650 N. Mammoth Mine Rd. with the restoration care and display Impressionism-cold war era. Apache Junction,AZ 85219 of “Sentimental Journey,” considered Detours of Arizona Phone:480-982-0133 to be the most authentically restored 615 W.Portobello Ave. Fort McDowell Casino Enjoy horseback riding near the Mesa,AZ 85210 Two miles north of Shea Blvd. on Superstition Mountains. Hourly, flying B-17 in the world today. the Beeline Hwy. www.arizonawingcaf.org Phone:480-633-9013 daily and overnight rides available. Toll-Free:866-438-6877 Phone:480-837-4371 www.okcorrals.com/ We take fun very seriously. Customized Toll-Free:800-THE-FORT Cosanti Foundation Experience that winning feeling every Paolo Soleri’s Cosanti Foundation Southwestern tour experience with Golfland/SunSplash expert guides. www.detoursaz.com day with 475 slot machines, live keno, 155 W.Hampton Ave.