Glendale ( ) is a city in
Maricopa County,
Arizona
, USA
, located
about nine miles (14 km) northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2006
Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is
246,531.
The
NHL's Phoenix Coyotes and NLL's Arizona Sting began playing in Glendale when
Jobing.com
Arena
(formerly the Glendale Arena)
opened in December 2003. Also in Glendale is the new University of
Phoenix Stadium
, home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, which opened in
August 2006. In 2008,
Super Bowl
XLII was played there when the Giants faced the Patriots.
Both
venues are part of the Westgate City Center
development plan, meant to spur growth in the
sparsely inhabited Yucca district. The
Chicago White Sox and
Los Angeles Dodgers of
Major League Baseball both moved to
Glendale and share a facility, known as Camelback Ranch, for spring
training 2009.
Glendale bills itself as “Arizona’s Antique Capital,” with support
for its claim from both Sunset Magazine (
2004) and a 1998 article in USA Today.
Glendale
is home to the popular Arrowhead Towne Center
mall in the northwest part of the city.
Glendale
also is home to the metro Phoenix area's first medical school,
Midwestern, as well as a major post-graduate international business
school, the Thunderbird School of Global
Management
.
The city will have an extension of the
Valley Metro light rail transit line
when it is completed through the city in 2011.
Geography
Glendale is located at (33.538654, -112.186261) .
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of
55.8 square miles (144.4 km²), of which, 55.7 square
miles (144.2 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles
(0.2 km²) of it (0.13%) is water.
Downtown Glendale with Glendale
Glitters around Christmas
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 218,812
people, 75,700 households, and 54,352 families residing in the
city. The
population density was
3,929.5 people per square mile (1,517.3/km²). There were 79,667
housing units at an average density of 1,430.7/sq mi
(552.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 75.54%
White, 4.70%
Black or
African American, 1.45%
Native American, 2.74%
Asian, 0.13%
Pacific Islander, 11.97% from
other races, and 3.47%
from two or more races. 24.84% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race.
There were 75,700 households out of which 39.9% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were
married couples living together, 12.8% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families.
21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.8% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.33.
In the city the population was spread out with 30.1% under the age
of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to
64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $45,015, and the
median income for a family was $51,162. Males had a median income
of $35,901 versus $27,736 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$19,124. About 8.8% of families and 11.9% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 15.3%
of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.
Sports
The University of Phoenix
Stadium
Jobing.Com Arena
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Ground level of the stadium.
Glendale is the home to the
Arizona
Cardinals of the
National Football Conference
(NFL).
The
team formerly played at Sun Devil Stadium
on the campus of Arizona State
University
in nearby Tempe
, and in 2006
began playing at University of Phoenix Stadium. Designed by renowned architect Peter
Eisenman, the stadium was featured on
The History Channel TV series,
Modern Marvels because of
its roll-out natural grass field. The stadium hosted
Super Bowl XLII in 2008. Almost 1 year later
on January 18, 2009, it hosted the NFC Championship Game as the
Arizona Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 32-25 for the
franchise's first ever Super Bowl berth.
Jobing.com
Arena (formerly Glendale Arena) is adjacent to University
of Phoenix Stadium, and is the home of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well
as the Arizona Sting of the National Lacrosse League
(NLL).
In 2009, the
Los Angeles Dodgers
and the
Chicago White Sox began to
share a new spring training complex and stadium in Glendale.
Spearheaded by millionaire New York architect
Ron Elsensohn, it was recently announced that the 26th Annual
WrestleMania event will be held at
University of
Phoenix Stadium in the spring of 2010.
The
BCS National
Championship game also circulates to Glendale.
Education
There are a number of higher education campuses in Glendale.
Glendale Community
College and Glendale Community College North are members of the
Maricopa
County Community College District, while Arizona State
University has its West
campus just across the border from Glendale in west
Phoenix. Midwestern
University is a graduate college of medicine located in
Glendale.
Thunderbird School of Global
Management
is a graduate school specializing in international
management located in Glendale.
Many
school districts serve the
city of Glendale.
The following school districts serve the city:
- Unified school districts
- High school districts
- Elementary school districts
Notable Attractions
Glendale plays host to a variety of events throughout the year that
attracts thousands, including, but not limited to:
- Glendale Chocolate Festival (February every year)
- Glendale Glitters (December every year)
- Annual Glendale Jazz and Blues Festival
Notable Residents
See also
References
- http://www.glendaleaz.com/events/
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