Dec. 30, 2006 - New Years Eve at Westgate |
For many years, the Fiesta Bowl block party in Tempe had been the place to be on New Years' Eve. With live entertainment in multiple venues and restaurants galore along Mill Avenue, there was no better place to be as the clock ticked toward midnight.
But with the Fiesta Bowl moving to Glendale, the Valley's best New Years' party has shifted west as well - to the Westgate City Center, near Glendale Avenue and Loop 101. Westgate not only includes both Jobing.com Arena, home of the Phoenix Coyotes and Arizona Sting, but also University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals and host in the next 10 days of both the Fiesta Bowl (Oklahoma vs. Boise State - both of which have fans by the busload already here) and the BCS Championship Game between Ohio State and Florida.
(Fun sidelight of life with the Ohio State crowd. When the Buckeyes were here to play Miami in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl for the BCS championship, Ohio State fans took over the balconies of Gordon Biersch on the northwest corner of 5th Avenue and Mill and Hooters on the southeast corner. They then spent most of an evening before the game shouting at each other ... OH ... IO! ... OH ... IO! Maureen should have been here.)
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers will headline the celebration that also features a Fireworks Display at midnight, 40’ Video Jumbotron, DJ’s, Dance Clubs, and a $250,000 Arizona Lottery give away during the evening. Westgate City Center will be one of the hottest New Years Eve destinations and will feature various levels of partying; including partying like a rock star in either of our clubs, overlooking the $5 million dollar Bellagio style “WaterDance” Fountain, stage and the events plaza.
Tickets range in price, depending on where you want to be. One interesting sidelight is the dance clubs will be inside the shells for the under-construction residential lofts at Westgate - a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dance the night away, unless the new owners invite you over for New Years' next year.
Westgate's first phase essentially is done but more is to come ... including a Margaritaville cafe, where I surely will be wasting away on more than one occasion. All I want is for Jimmy to come open this one as he has his others and I'll be happy.
(c) Jonathan Dalton, 2006 / Jonathan Dalton's Arizona Homes
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