Scottsdale Real Estate
Arizona
Scottsdale real estate offers some of the best choices in the American real estate market, regardless of whether you are looking for an apartment, condominium, single-family home, or land to realize your dreams for the future. Through USALifestyleRealEstate.com, you are guaranteed to find a qualified broker or real estate agent who can help you find a property that is a great real estate investment and matches your lifestyle.
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Arts and Entertainment
Cultural celebrations- 100+ art galleries
- Museums include the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, the Scottsdale Historical Museum, and the Heard Museum documenting American Indian arts and culture.
- Performing arts venues include the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and the Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre.
- Scottsdale Arts Festival was ranked as the No. 1 art event in the nation by AmericanStyle magazine in 2005, and was included in the magazine’s “2011 Essential Guide to Fairs and Festivals.”
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Golf Destination
200+ golf courses- 200+ golf courses in the area
- Whisper Rock Golf Course was Golf Digest’s top-rated Arizona course in 2005-2006 and was No. 4 on the list for 2011-2012.
- The Golf Club Scottsdale was named the best new private club in 2004 by Golf Digest.
- TPC Scottsdale is the permanent home of the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
- Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in nearby Gold Canyon is the site of the LPGA’s Safeway International hosted by Coca-Cola.
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Mountains
Sonoran Desert mountains- 32 mountain peaks and summits in the area
- 60+ miles (97 km) of hiking and mountain biking trails in the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
- Whitewater rafting in the Salt River
- Other activities: horseback riding, hot air ballooning, outdoor climbing
- Two of the area’s highest summits are Thompson Peak, measuring 3,892 feet (1,186 m), and McDowell Peak, measuring 4,034 feet (1,230 m).
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Gambling
4,600+ slot machines- Several casinos in the area
- 4,600+ slot machines and 150+ tables
- Casino Arizona at Talking Stick Resort & Casino has a full poker tournament schedule and will host the American Bridge Association 2011 Summer National Tournament.
- Bicycling, city life, equestrian, history, private communities, professional sports, retirement community, scenic, tennis, university city
Highlights
- The Phoenix/Scottsdale area was ranked No. 16 by residents for “quality of life” in the 2010 “America’s Favorite Cities” list published by Travel + Leisure.
- 8 million visitors annually
- Spring training home of the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball team
- Site of the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, one of the largest horse shows in the nation
- Site of the Parada del Sol Rodeo, which begins with the world’s largest horse-drawn parade
- The New York Times called Scottsdale one of the nation’s “hippest and most happening” places.
- The Scottsdale Culinary Festival is organized by the Scottsdale League for the Arts and is the longest-running culinary festival in the nation.
- Nearby cities and towns: Mesa; Phoenix; Gold Canyon; Tempe; Tucson (2 hours)
FAST FACTS
Population | 217,385 (4.4 million in metropolitan area) |
Size | 184 square miles (477 km2) |
Climate | Scottsdale’s weather is generally hot and dry with occasional late summer thunderstorms. |
Nearby Airports with Hub Connections | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX): Direct connections include Anchorage (ANC), Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Charlotte (CLT), Chicago (ORD), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Detroit (DTW), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Honolulu (HNL), Houston (IAH), Las Vegas (LAS), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), Orlando (MCO), Philadelphia (PHL), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Washington, DC (IAD) |