Top 5 Must Do / Must See / Must Experience

• NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships
• "Born Yesterday" at the Hale Centre Theatre
• Get a Taste of Sundown Cookout
• Experience the Flight of a Lifetime
• Julio César Chávez Campeones

Mesa - Miles from Ordinary

Welcome to Mesa, Arizona – a city with a progressive vision for the future. It’s a city that provides the advantages of a thriving metropolis while maintaining the feel of a suburban environment. A place where the sun shines and the people are friendly. A place where great food, recreation and jobs are abundant. And, while taking advantage of Mesa’s attractive lifestyle, more than 460,000 people call Mesa home. As one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities and the third-largest in the state of Arizona, Mesa enjoys the best in a variety of amenities: restaurants with every type of food you can imagine, parks within easy walking distance from home, a variety of sports facilities that cater to athletes young and old, highly rated golf courses for every skill level, a diversity of special events and Mesa’s ever-popular Chicago Cubs Spring Training baseball.

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NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships

Officials from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) awarded Mesa host duties for the 2010 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships, May 12-15, with practice rounds beginning May 10-11, 2010. The tournament will be held at Longbow Golf Club and co-hosted by Mesa Sports Tourism & Development and Grand Canyon University. Newly formed Mesa Sports & Tourism Development, operated by the Mesa Convention & Visitors Bureau, worked in tandem with Grand Canyon University and Phoenix Regional Sports Commission to secure the event. More about the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships

Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum

The Superstition Mountain Museum collects, preserves and displays the artifacts, history and folklore of the Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction and the surrounding region. Perhaps nowhere in the entire United States is there an area full of legend, history and intrigue as the rugged 160,000 acre Superstition Mountain range in Central Arizona. The 12 acre Museum site offers untold photo opportunities with it's reproductions of 19th Century businesses including a Wells Fargo office, stage coach stop, barber shop, assay office and other displays of authentic relics of the 1800's. More about the Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum

"Born Yesterday" at the Hale Centre Theatre

Born Yesterday is one of America's original screwball comedies! Harry Brock is a business tycoon who goes to Washington trying to break into the "special interest" business with an ethically challenged senator. He realizes that his fiancee, Billie Dawn, may need a makeover to fit his new inside-the-beltway image. To ensure that Billie gets properly "culturefied," Brock hires a D.C. journalist to give the seemingly dim-witted blonde a crash course in politics, history, literature, and—of course—true love. This play from the Golden Age of comedy proves that times haven't changed. Experience the feeling of Broadway at the Hale Centre Theatre. More about "Born Yesterday" at the Hale Centre Theatre

Staying in Mesa

Mesa is a thriving and dynamic city with plenty of places to stay! It’s easy to find the perfect place to rest and recharge with all the different options Mesa has to offer. Choose from more than 60 hotels offering rooms with all the latest amenities, or stretch your vacation budget even further at one of Mesa’s affordable motels. Looking to keep your accommodations mobile? Mesa has plenty of RV parks and RV resorts to fit your tastes. Wake up with the sun on your face and wind in your hair at several campgrounds in the Mesa area. No matter your vacation plans Mesa has the ideal retreat, giving you easy access to all the wonderful sports, restaurants and things to do in Mesa, Arizona! More about Staying in Mesa

Get a Taste of Sundown Cookout

Come and experience the desert under the stars. Catch a mule-drawn hay wagon into the desert and dine chuck wagon style. Enjoy live country western music, line dance and 2-step instructions, cowboy games, cowboy storytelling, marshmallow roast, and much more fun! Menu includes your choice of Mesquite-Grilled T-Bone Steak, BBQ Chicken, BBQ New York Pork Steak, or Vegetarian Dinner with Cowboy Beans, Baked Potato, Old Timer's Bread, Warm Apple Pie, Hot Coffee, Iced Tea and Lemonade. Sundown Cookouts are held every Saturday night throughout April! More about Sundown Cookout

Golf in Mesa

Mesa is a golfer’s paradise! With more than 300 days of sunshine every year, golfers can get that prized hole-in-one…without risking a rain-out. Practice your putt on one of Mesa’s many world-renowned golf courses featuring breathtaking views of sweeping vistas. Set against the natural beauty of Mesa’s rugged mountains and blue western skies, Mesa offers a setting for golf enthusiasts that’s second to none. Looking for a little help before hitting the fairway, or do you want to hone your skills? Learn to golf like the pros with one of Mesa’s golf instruction options. Swing on over to enjoy the splendor of the desert and winding, lush green fairways in Mesa, Arizona! More about Golf in Mesa

A Ponderosa Gardens Wedding

Ponderosa Gardens Wedding and Reception Centre at the Rockin’ R Ranch is one of the most popular wedding and private party locations in the Southwest. they will help you plan your wedding or private function in your own authentic Old-West town among towering trees and lush gardens and surrounded by ponds and streams and natural waterfalls. Or choose to hold your event in the “Ponderosa”, an elegant, two-story Victorian ranch house. In amongst our streams, waterfalls and serene lush gardens is our Rotunda Gazebo, a wonderful backdrop for the bride and groom's ceremony or maybe a photo op location ... the choice is yours! More about A Ponderosa Gardens Wedding

Experience the Flight of a Lifetime

We deliver the most realistic hard-charging fun-filled air combat experience available in the industry. Our real military fighter pilots provide an authentic tactical briefing, air combat flying experience, formation, high-speed low-altitude fly-by and comprehensive debriefing to every participant. You take the controls flying multiple real air combat engagements against your adversary. Only the bullets are simulated. All missions are flown in the Extra 300L, the world’s highest performance certified aerobatic airplane, equipped with a gunsight, smoke, dual controls, true-to-life sound and a multi-view audio/video system that records every flight. More about the Flight of a Lifetime

Julio César Chávez Campeones

After months of anticipation, six-time world boxing champion and Mexican icon, Julio César Chávez, opened Julio César Chávez Campeones, a one-of-a-kind boxing-themed restaurant and entertainment venue on November 10, 2009. Julio César Chávez Campeones is a 30,000 sq. ft. family entertainment venue with an authentic Mexican restaurant, arcade games and kid’s area, a sports bar and a cultural events center of the greatest icon of all time from Mexico. Come and have fun with your family, at Southwest corner of Country Club & Southern in Mesa! More about Julio César Chávez Campeones

120 N. Center
Mesa, Arizona 85201
Tel: (480) 827-4700
Toll Free: (800) 283-6372
Fax: (480) 827-4704
Internet: www.VisitMesa.com

Milt Fort
Director, Sales & Marketing
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Group Sales Manager
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