Located in Maricopa County, Arizona, Glendale, Arizona is listed as a city of 250,000 citizens. The NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes and the NLL’s Arizona Sting have both played in Glendale since the Glendale Arena opened in early December 2003.
Known as the Antique Capital of Arizona, Glendale, Arizona has credit from both a 2004 edition of Sunset Magazine and a 1998 edition of USA Today which proclaims Glendale, Arizona to have the largest collection of antiquities and antique shops in Arizona.
Glendale is also the home to the up coming singer Jordin Sparks, and was the original home to the NASCAR driver and country singer Marty Robbins. There will be an extension to the Valley Metro light rain by 2011 for Glendale, AZ.