Sports and Events

Major league sports teams for Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, and Football plus NASCAR and PGA Tour events makes Arizona a mecca for sports fans.

The Diamondbacks (MLB), Phoenix Suns (NBA), Cardinals (NFL) and Coyotes (NHL) all play within a 30-40 minute drive from the condo.

Arizona is a popular location for Major League Baseball spring training, as it is the site of the Cactus League. (The only other location for spring training is in Florida.)

The Cactus League is a big draw for both locals and visitors. Arizona is also home to two other baseball leagues, Arizona Fall League and Arizona Winter League.

Golf Fans: Scottsdale is known as a premier destination in the United States for golf. In all, the city is home to more than 200 area courses offering layouts that range from the rolling green fairways of traditional courses, to desert golf designs.

Due to its numerous golf courses, Arizona is home to several stops on the PGA Tour, most notably the Phoenix Open (all the big names are there including Tiger), held at the TPC of Scottsdale, and the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club.

Race fans should be sure to check out NASCAR events at Phoenix International Raceway. currently The PIR hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the Indycar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series.

Recreation and Outdoors:

Hiking, rock climbing and other similar outdoor activities are enormously popular throughout the Phoenix-area, in large part to the immediate accessibility of mountain areas within or very near the city limits.

Citizens flock ritually to local favorite Camelback Mountain, located in the eastern section of Phoenix, just adjacent to Scottsdale, as well as the McDowell Mountains in the more recently developed McDowell-Sonoran Preserve, at the city's northeastern fringes.

The city is the spring training home of the San Francisco Giants, who practice at Scottsdale Stadium in Downtown Scottsdale. Scottsdale Stadium also hosts the Scottsdale Scorpions, a minor league baseball team in the Arizona Fall League.

Our condo's amenities include access to tennis courts, pools, a fitness area and more.

Annual Events and Fairs

The Scottsdale Jaycees Parada del Sol, an annual month-long event where cowboys and cowgirls from across the nation converge in Scottsdale to participate in this cultural and historical event.

The Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show has been a tradition since 1955. Today, the show attracts thousands of visitors and tourists, to see nearly 2000 purebred Arabian and Half-Arabian horses competing for various prizes and recognition.

Every January for nearly forty years, the city has been home to the Barrett-Jackson Auto Show.

In what is considered to be the longest continually running festival of its kind in the nation, the Scottsdale Culinary Festival is held annually during April. Though many of its individual events are held city-wide, they concentrate in the downtown area.

Also see: Arts & Culture for more things to do in Scottsdale.