Goodyear Ballpark

The Goodyear Ballpark, built in 2009, hosts the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds for their preseason practice and home games and has two very cool and unique features. The first and best is a mini-diamond, located beyond the right field foul line, for kids and families to play on during games. This space epitomizes a […]

Goodyear Skate Park

One of dozens of skate parks in Arizona, the Goodyear Skate Park is a favorite for skaters, thanks to a design that works for both amateurs and pro-skaters.For Goodyear’s concrete playground, SITE Design Group included a full-pipe capsule, a 280-foot-long snake run with multiple hips and extensions, an 11-foot-deep peanut bowl with traditional pool tile […]

Gotham City Comics & Coffee

Downtown Mesa has welcomed all sorts of geekery with open arms and Gotham City Comics & Coffee is no exception. Owners Kevin Johnson and Miguel Vega have made a haven for comic book lovers, the video game obsessed and anime aficionados at this comic book shop and coffee bar. The shop hosts video game tournaments, […]

Graffiti Shop

The name Graffiti Shop isn’t just a cool-sounding moniker at this Tempe smoke shop. It’s an open invitation to leave your mark on the walls and floor of the shop in marker or spray paint or whatever medium you’d like. Owner Lawrence Owenby – he’ll probably tell you he goes by “Larry” – has been […]

Great Arizona Puppet Theater

Great Arizona Puppet Theater is a non-profit professional puppet theater that was founded in 1983 as a touring company. And if you think that means the company has a lot of history, you should hear about the building in which they’re housed. Built in 1929, the beautiful Phoenix LDS 2nd Ward Church features Spanish Colonial […]