On Tuesday morning the nine-member board of the Tourism and Sports Authority will pick a site in Tempe to build the new stadium for the Arizona Cardinals because the site is more beneficial to a broader number of business interests than a site in the West Valley, according to several people close to the selection.
Although no official notice has been given, the consensus among experts, politicians and consultant is that Tempe has the edge over the West Valley based on its abundance of resorts, hotel rooms, restaurants and other amenities that will help the new stadium become an entertainment mecca that is capable of attracting non-football related events.
The proposed site in Tempe is at the northeast corner of Loop 202 and Priest Drive, just north of the Tempe Town Lake, a two-mile long ,man-made lake that's zoned for millions of square feet of commercial development, including hotels, office and retail space. The site is less than a mile from the vibrant Mill Avenue, which has some of the most successful retail space in the city and more consistent pedestrian traffic than any other place in the Valley. There are thousands of hotel rooms within just a few miles of the proposed site.
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