Live Entertainment Venues

Chandler, Arizona

Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino near Chandler is the anchor entertainment venue for the Gila River resorts complex south of Phoenix — a Four Diamond resort offering concerts, comedy, and live shows in a destination gaming environment serving the Phoenix metro area's tribal gaming market.

5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd 85226

Flagstaff, Arizona

Orpheum Theater in downtown Flagstaff is a restored 1911 vaudeville venue presenting touring concerts and comedy for Northern Arizona.

15 W Aspen Ave 86001

Glendale, Arizona

State Farm Stadium is one of the most technologically innovative NFL stadiums in America — a Glendale stadium with a retractable roof and retractable natural grass field (the field rolls in and out on 68 gigantic steel trays) that has hosted the Super Bowl three times. Its extraordinary engineering achievement and its role as the home of the Arizona Cardinals in the most sun-drenched NFL market in America create a sports entertainment experience of unusual technological and atmospheric significance.

1 Cardinals Dr, Glendale, AZ 85305

Mesa, Arizona

Mesa Amphitheatre in downtown Mesa presents outdoor concerts and community events for the East Valley.

263 N Center St 85201

Mesa, Arizona

Mesa Amphitheatre is one of Arizona's most beloved outdoor concert venues — a 5,000-capacity open-air facility presenting outstanding concerts under the magnificent Arizona sky. Mesa's extraordinary growth into one of America's 40 largest cities and its remarkable downtown revitalization create a concert market that consistently supports outstanding outdoor entertainment programming.

263 N Center St, Mesa, AZ 85201

Mesa, Arizona

Mesa Arts Center is one of the most outstanding performing arts venues built in the 21st century — a stunning downtown Mesa complex of five theater and gallery spaces whose remarkable architecture (designed by Arata Isozaki) presents music, dance, theater, and visual art to the Phoenix metro's third-largest city. Its extraordinary artistic programming and architectural excellence make it one of the finest purpose-built contemporary arts centers in the American Southwest.

1 E Main St, Mesa, AZ 85201

Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona Federal Theatre (formerly Comerica Theatre) is Phoenix's most important mid-size indoor sports and entertainment venue — a 5,000-capacity theater presenting major concerts and sports entertainment for downtown Phoenix. Its extraordinary Downtown Phoenix location and its consistent programming of outstanding entertainment make it one of the most important mid-size venues in the Southwest.

400 W Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85003

Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona Financial Theatre is Phoenix's premier mid-size concert venue — a 5,000-capacity indoor hall in downtown that hosts the biggest touring acts below arena scale for the Phoenix metropolitan market. Named one of the top venues of its size in the country, it books rock, country, hip-hop, and pop acts year-round alongside stand-up comedy and Broadway touring productions in the Arizona capital's entertainment core.

400 W Washington St 85003

Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona Financial Theatre in downtown Phoenix presents major touring concerts and comedy in a 5,000-seat venue near Footprint Center.

400 W Washington St 85003

Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona Opera is one of the Southwest's most important opera companies — a Phoenix and Tucson company presenting full-scale productions for both of Arizona's major cities. Its extraordinary commitment to presenting world-class opera to Arizona's diverse and growing metropolitan populations and its consistent production of both standard repertoire and important new works create an opera company of genuine regional significance.

1131 N 1st St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona State Fair hosts some of the largest entertainment events in the Southwest — a major Phoenix fairground presenting country, rock, and pop concert headliners alongside the most complete state fair entertainment experience in the Southwest. The extraordinary Arizona heat that defines the desert Southwest creates a fairground entertainment culture uniquely shaped by the state's dramatic seasonal character.

19th Ave and McDowell, Phoenix, AZ 85009

Phoenix, Arizona

Celebrity Theatre is Phoenix's most distinctive concert venue — a 2,650-seat theater with a unique 360-degree rotating stage at its center, allowing every seat in the round to be within 70 feet of the performer. This architectural innovation creates an intimacy unmatched by any comparably sized venue in America, and major artists from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to today's top performers have used Celebrity Theatre for its uniquely personal concert experience. A Phoenix entertainment landmark since 1964.

440 N 32nd St 85008

Phoenix, Arizona

Celebrity Theatre is one of America's most unique concert venues — a Phoenix 360-degree rotating stage theater where every seat is within 75 feet of the performer in a truly intimate 2,650-capacity setting. Its extraordinary in-the-round design, which has presented Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and thousands of major performers since 1964, creates a concert intimacy available at no other major venue of similar capacity in America.

440 N 32nd St, Phoenix, AZ 85008

Phoenix, Arizona

Chase Field is the Arizona Diamondbacks' home — the first Major League Baseball stadium with a retractable roof and a natural grass field, solving the fundamental challenge of playing outdoor baseball in Arizona's extreme summer heat. The D-Backs' 2001 World Series championship (the most dramatically won championship in baseball history, with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th of Game 7) and Chase Field's innovative design create a baseball experience of considerable historical significance.

401 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

Crescent Ballroom is Phoenix's most beloved independent music venue — a 750-capacity downtown club with a rooftop bar, excellent tacos, and consistently adventurous indie, rock, and alternative bookings that have made it the cultural anchor of downtown Phoenix's creative renaissance. The venue's combination of great music, excellent food and drink, and an atmosphere that captures Phoenix's genuine creative community makes it the preferred destination for music fans who want more than the sterile casino showroom experience that dominates Arizona's entertainment landscape.

308 N 2nd Ave 85003

Phoenix, Arizona

Footprint Center is a 18,422-seat arena in downtown Phoenix — home to the NBA Phoenix Suns and WNBA Phoenix Mercury. A major concert venue for the Southwest, it anchors downtown Phoenix's entertainment corridor within the I-17/Camelback resort and gaming corridor and draws audiences from throughout the Southwest's robust tribal gaming market.

201 E Jefferson St 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to the Phoenix Suns and Mercury, presenting major touring concerts in an 18,000-seat arena anchoring the city's downtown entertainment district.

201 E Jefferson St 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

Footprint Center is home to the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury — an 18,422-capacity Downtown Phoenix arena where Charles Barkley's 1993 MVP season, Steve Nash's back-to-back MVPs, and Devin Booker's emergence as one of the game's greatest players have created generations of Phoenix basketball passion. The Mercury's four WNBA championships (the most in the Western Conference) and the extraordinary Phoenix basketball culture create a sports arena of considerable professional sports significance.

201 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

Herberger Theater Center is Phoenix's most important resident theater complex — a downtown multi-venue facility presenting Arizona Theatre Company, Actors Theatre Phoenix, and major theatrical productions. Its extraordinary role as the center of Phoenix's professional theater community and its consistent presentation of outstanding theatrical work create a theater center of genuine significance in the Southwest's most rapidly growing cultural market.

222 E Monroe St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

Musical Instrument Museum's Music Theater in north Phoenix presents intimate touring concerts alongside the world's largest global musical instrument museum.

4725 E Mayo Blvd 85050

Phoenix, Arizona

Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix is a restored 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival theater presenting touring concerts and Broadway shows.

203 W Adams St 85003

Phoenix, Arizona

Orpheum Theatre is Downtown Phoenix's most beautiful historic theater — a stunning 1929 Spanish Baroque Revival venue whose extraordinary plasterwork, painted ceilings, and magnificent interior create the most atmospheric theatrical setting in Arizona. Its extraordinary preservation and its consistent presentation of Broadway touring productions and major cultural events make it the most historically significant performing arts venue in Phoenix.

203 W Adams St, Phoenix, AZ 85003

Phoenix, Arizona

Symphony Hall is Phoenix's most important performing arts venue — a 2,312-seat downtown hall presenting the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Opera, and major cultural events. The Phoenix Symphony's extraordinary programming, its role as the cultural flagship of America's fifth-largest city, and Symphony Hall's consistent presentation of world-class classical music create a performing arts experience of significant national cultural importance.

75 N 2nd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

Footprint Center (formerly Talking Stick Resort Arena) is Phoenix's most important indoor concert venue — the 18,422-capacity home of the Suns and Mercury that presents the Southwest's largest arena concerts. Phoenix's extraordinary population growth into America's fifth-largest city creates a concert market of immense scale and diversity.

201 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phoenix, Arizona

The Van Buren in downtown Phoenix presents major touring concerts in a converted historic building, one of the city's most acclaimed mid-size venues.

401 W Van Buren St 85003

Prescott, Arizona

Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley presents touring concerts and minor-league hockey, the primary indoor arena serving central Arizona's Quad Cities region.

3201 N Main St 86314

Prescott, Arizona

Yavapai College Performance Hall in Prescott presents touring concerts and comedy serving the Quad Cities region of central Arizona.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Cactus League spring training venues present the most extraordinary collection of intimate professional baseball experiences in America — 15 MLB teams training in the Phoenix metro from February through March in purpose-built stadiums where fans sit within feet of major league players. Arizona's extraordinary desert climate, the Cactus League's remarkable concentration of teams, and the relaxed atmosphere of spring training create baseball entertainment of unusual intimacy and joy.

Salt River Fields, Scottsdale, AZ 85256

Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is one of Arizona's finest performing arts venues — a Scottsdale Civic Center complex presenting outstanding concerts, dance, and theater alongside the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Scottsdale's extraordinary per-capita wealth and its commitment to arts and culture create a performing arts audience of unusual sophistication and financial support.

7380 E 2nd St, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presents touring concerts, comedy, and dance in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale's arts district.

7380 E 2nd St 85251

Scottsdale, Arizona

Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre near Scottsdale is a 20,000-capacity outdoor venue presenting major touring concerts, the largest amphitheater in Arizona.

2121 N 83rd Ave 85305

Tempe, Arizona

Desert Financial Arena is the home of Arizona State Sun Devils basketball — a 14,198-capacity Tempe arena where the Pac-12's most storied basketball program plays before one of college basketball's most passionate fan bases. ASU's extraordinary campus life, its 90,000-student population, and the remarkable sporting culture of the Phoenix metro create college basketball games of unusual energy and entertainment value.

600 E Veterans Way, Tempe, AZ 85287

Tempe, Arizona

Marquee Theatre is Tempe's premier concert venue — a 3,000-capacity arena-style club near Arizona State University that books major national touring rock, metal, hip-hop, and electronic acts for the Phoenix metropolitan area's enormous young adult market. Serving the country's largest public university enrollment market with over 75,000 ASU students, Marquee Theatre provides the high-energy concert experience that defines Tempe's Mill Avenue entertainment corridor and the broader South Phoenix college town entertainment ecosystem.

730 N Mill Ave 85281

Tempe, Arizona

Marquee Theatre on Mill Avenue in Tempe presents touring rock and electronic acts in a mid-size general-admission venue near ASU.

730 N Mill Ave 85281

Tempe, Arizona

Sun Devil Stadium is one of college football's most dramatically situated venues — a Tempe stadium carved into the natural volcanic rock formation of "A" Mountain, creating the most geologically unique stadium setting in NCAA football. The stadium's remarkable natural setting, the blazing Arizona sun, and the ASU Sun Devils' passionate fan base create college football games of unusual atmospheric intensity.

S McAllister Ave, Tempe, AZ 85287

Tucson, Arizona

Arizona Theatre Company is the Southwest's most important professional theater company — the only theater presenting full seasons in both Phoenix and Tucson, making it the flagship of Arizona's remarkable theatrical culture. Its extraordinary commitment to presenting the finest American drama and major world premieres to Arizona's two major cities creates a theater company of unusual geographical scope and artistic ambition.

330 S Scott Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701

Tucson, Arizona

Centennial Hall at the University of Arizona is Tucson's most important performing arts venue — a 2,533-seat university theater presenting UA Presents' extraordinary season of world-class dance, music, and theatrical performances. UA Presents's extraordinary programming (bringing some of the world's most important dance companies and classical musicians to the Sonoran Desert) creates a performing arts experience of national significance in one of America's most culturally rich university communities.

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

Tucson, Arizona

McKale Center is the home of Arizona Wildcats basketball — a 14,545-capacity Tucson arena where "Bear Down" and the legacy of coaches Lute Olson (four Final Fours, 1997 National Championship) create one of college basketball's most passionate fan cultures. Tucson's extraordinary connection to its university and the Wildcats' remarkable basketball tradition create sporting events of genuine community-defining significance for southern Arizona.

Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85721

Tucson, Arizona

Rialto Theatre is Tucson's most celebrated concert venue — a beautifully restored 1920 movie palace on Congress Street that has been transformed into one of Arizona's finest mid-size concert halls. With its ornate 1920s design preserved and enhanced for modern concert production, Rialto books the finest touring indie, folk, electronic, and rock artists for a Tucson community that combines University of Arizona students, retirees, and a uniquely diverse desert arts culture that makes Tucson one of the most interesting entertainment markets in the American Southwest.

318 E Congress St 85701

Tucson, Arizona

Rialto Theatre in downtown Tucson is a restored 1920 vaudeville theater presenting major touring concerts, a cornerstone of the city's downtown entertainment district.

318 E Congress St 85701

Tucson, Arizona

The Gaslight Theatre in Tucson presents campy melodrama musical comedy shows year-round, a beloved local institution for family entertainment.

7010 E Broadway Blvd 85710

Tucson, Arizona

The Loft Cinema presents independent and art-house film screenings alongside live music events, a Tucson cultural institution since 1972.

3233 E Speedway Blvd 85716

Tucson, Arizona

Kino Sports Complex serves Tucson's minor league baseball and major sports entertainment — a modern Tucson facility that has presented spring training, minor league baseball, and major events for Southern Arizona. Tucson's extraordinary position at the gateway to Mexico creates a baseball market deeply connected to Latin American players and the cross-border cultural exchange that defines Arizona's most cosmopolitan city.

2500 E Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ 85713

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Music Hall at the Tucson Convention Center presents the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and touring Broadway productions in downtown Tucson.

260 S Church Ave 85701

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Symphony Orchestra is Arizona's oldest professional performing arts organization — a Tucson institution presenting outstanding classical music in the state's most culturally rich smaller city. Tucson's extraordinary University of Arizona connection, its remarkable Mexican and Native American cultural influences, and the TSO's consistent artistic excellence create a symphony of genuine community cultural significance.

2175 N 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705