Scottsdale Arizona Attractions

A city of 238,000 that proudly makes a plausible claim to be "The West's Most Western Town," Scottsdale, Arizona sprawls across about 220 square miles in the Grand Canyon State's famous Valley of the Sun. This is a place where clouds rarely obscure the vision of a breathtaking cerulean sky: The typical year in Scottsdale has more than 300 days of sunshine.
Founded as an agricultural outpost in 1888 by General Winfield Scott and his brother, George Washington Scott, the town was originally known as Orangedale before changing its name to honor its founders. Through the industrial miracle of irrigation the once-desolate area blossomed, with orange groves and nut trees flourishing under the radiant sunshine.
Since 1951, Scottsdale's growth has been simply astounding: It has expanded from a tiny farming town of about 2,000 people into a modern and progressive city. It has never abandoned its proud pioneering heritage, however. Old Scottsdale hearkens back to pioneer days with its wooden sidewalks, blacksmith shop, mission, church, and the 1909 Little Red School House, now home to the Scottsdale Historical Society Museum. Rawhide Wild West Town is the state's largest western theme attraction, with a replica of a frontier town, stagecoach and burro rides, gunfights, petting ranch, museum, gold panning, and country music and food. People with an appetite for history and authentic culture can arrange day trips to Kinishba and Tuzigoot or Canyon de Chelly, which are prehistoric pueblo villages.
Scottsdale is a nationally recognized art mecca with more than 125 art galleries, the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, the Scottsdale Artists School, and a variety of public artworks, primarily downtown. The Fleischer Museum is dedicated to the American Impressionism California school of art, which flourished from the early twentieth century until the 1940s. The town boasts the world's largest art gallery, the Scottsdale Celebration of Fine Art, which routinely presents the work of 125 fine artists and crafts persons from across the country. The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, located in the city's Old Town district, houses modern and contemporary works from around the world. The House of Broadcasting, Inc. celebrates Arizona's radio and television history.
Other museums of interest in Scottsdale include the Buffalo Museum of America, with collections relating to the buffalo, and the Heard Museum North, focusing on Native American artists.
Scottsdale's showcase for the performing arts is the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, where symphonies and Broadway plays are performed. Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre presents children's, main stage, and professional productions.
While there are no major league sports teams in the city, Scottsdale is the spring training home of the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball team. Scottsdale Stadium is also one of the playing sites for the Arizona Fall League, where the stars of the future vie for a shot at Major League Baseball in the Arizona Fall League competition.
Professional golf has an enthusiastic following in Scottsdale. January's Phoenix Open Golf tournament is held at Scottsdale's Tournament Players Club; it attracts the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour's finest players to one of the most respected national tournaments. All the major senior golfers come to The Tradition at Desert Mountain Senior PGA Tournament at Desert Mountain Golf Club in April. One of Scottsdale's more unique golfing events is the Scottsdale Celebrity Chef Golf Invitational in May.
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