Got Kids? Go Play – This Saturday – Jan. 30
Ok folks – if you love your family – you will LOVE the opportunity to truly play, play, play in Mesa this Saturday at the Community Day of Play event at the Red Mountain Park. The weather says high-60s and NO RAIN so it should be fun for all. Put on an extra sweater – or just work up a sweat and it will be no problem!
The cost is $8 with proceeds going to the Foundation for Mesa Parks and Recreation. Time is noon to 4 p.m. and there will be inflatable rides, bounce houses, obstacle courses, carnival games, a petting zoo, food and music. All games are geared towards children from preschool to 8th grade. The proceeds will go towards awarding scholarships to children who cannot afford summer recreation programs.
So do good – plan for some serious play and enjoy Mesa this weekend! For location details and more infomtion visit here.
Add comment January 26, 2010
♪♬ Take Me Out To The Ball Game ♪♬
…..GoGo Ginger here….. and ready for a fantastic 2010!!!
My favorite time of year is fast approaching (spring!!). The boys of summer are preparing to make their way to Arizona to play major league baseball in the Arizona Cactus League.
The Arizona Cactus League encompasses 15 of Major League Baseball’s teams. They come out to Arizona for the weather…..as do our visitors.
The teams in Arizona this year are:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox
Kansas City Royals
Angels Baseball
Los Angeles Dodgers
Milwaukee Brewers
Oakland A’s
San Diego Padres
Seattle Mariners
San Francisco Giants
Texas Rangers
You can visit our website and get detailed information and links to all that is the Cactus League, download team schedules and find out how to purchase tickets to the games. http://www.visitmesa.com/spring-training/
Cubs-Spring Training @ Hohokam Stadium
At http://www.visitmesa.com/ you can also check into hotel packages as well as other activities and attractions to see and do before or after a ballgame.
….Play Ball!!! GoGo Ginger….
Add comment January 6, 2010
Happy Holidays
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and all the seasons to follow in the New Year.
Sending you desert warmth and joyful holiday wishes,
Mesa Convention & Visitors Bureau
Add comment December 21, 2009
Midnight Madness IN MESA
…..GoGo Ginger here…..
I am not a shopper…but I am a night owl. I just learned that I can be productive and prepare for the holidays, this Thursday/Friday at Midnight!!
Get a jump start this holiday season and shop Fiesta Mall and Superstition Springs Center at midnight on November 27th. Simply purchase $100 or more from 12am-3am and receive a free $50 Westcor gift card. Supplies are limited, so we encourage everyone to shop early.
Department store hours do vary, but most specialty stores will be open and would LOVE to see YOU!
In addition to the $50 Westcor gift card, guests can enter for a chance to win a $1,000 Westcor gift card. We’ll be drawing the lucky winners who must be present to win at 3am, 5am and again at 5 pm. The lucky winners must be present to win.
Doors will open at MIDNIGHT on Black Friday and the shopping continues at both centers all day until 9:00pm. For more information on the Day After Thanksgiving, visit www.westcor.com or the mall links directly:
Fiesta Mall: www.shopfiesta.com
Superstition Springs Center: www.superstitionsprings.com
…..GoGo Ginger looks forward to seeing you there!!!
Add comment November 25, 2009
VisitMesa.com is Mobile!
VisitMesa.com is mobile! Now you can find useful information while you’re on the go. Make your next visit to Mesa convenient as you search for your favorite places to eat, golf, and stay.
Search any of these categories:
- Dining & Nightlife
- Golf
- Group Outings
- Meeting Facilities
- See and Do
- Sports & Recreation
- Where to Stay
Other useful categories:
- Weather
- Airports
- What’s New
- Brochures
- Contact Us
- Get Social (Media)
- More coming soon!
There are no tricky urls to remember, just type http://www.Visitmesa.com in your mobile device’s web browser and you will enjoy the ease and speed of our mobile site.
Add comment November 13, 2009
Just Plane Fun!!
Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force
Mesa, AZ
Home of Sentimental Journey
Recently I boarded a bus with local tourism professionals and we did a whirlwind tour or Mesa. One of our stops included the C.A.F. Museum that I hadn’t been to in about 3 years. So it was great to get out and see new planes in the hangar. While the wing boasts the B-17G aircraft, Sentimental Journey at their crown jewel, there are many others to look as well as the gift shop.
Sentimental Journey
What did I learn?? I learned the secret to the picture of Betty Grabel on the side of the plane. Everyone assumes that the over the shoulder glance was just to be seductive, but our docent told us about the politics of being a superstar, she was actually pregnant when the original photo was taken.
Santa will be flying in to wish all the boys and girls a merry Christmas this year.
Save the date: March 20th, 2010 – Annual Night in the 40’s Dance
I have attended this event before and it’s a blast!! There are so many participants that dress in period costume, it is like a walk down memory lane for some.
Commemorative Air Force Museum
2017 N. Greenfield Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85215
(480) 924-1940
www.azcaf.org
Winter Hours and Pricing: October – May: 10am- 4pm, 7 Days A Week
Seniors (62+) $9.00; Ages 13-Adult $10.00; Ages 5-12 $3.00; Under 5 are Free Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years Day
…..GoGo Ginger
Add comment November 12, 2009
1st Annual Boo Bash Dash 10k & 2-Mile Family Fun Run
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ks like a great and healthy family event before a night of trick or treating! Mesa Riverview is hosting the 1st Annual Boo Bash Dash 10k & 2-Mile Family Fun Run on Saturday, October 31, 2009.
Start a new tradition and create a lifetime memory while helping support kids in your community. After your run, hang around to join the following: Halloween Activity Booth, Face Painters, Music & Games, Community Resources, Raffles & Prizes, T-shirts for All Participants and much more!!!
Four-legged Family Members Welcome!
Here is more information:
7:30 am: Check-In & On-Site Registration Open / 9:00 am: 2-Mile Family Fun Run/Walk Starts / 9:15 am: 10K Starts / 9:30 am: After-Run Fun
$10.00 Youth (under 18) – $20.00 Adult (18 & older) – $25.00 Adult On-Site Registration
Register online at www.active.com, keyword is: Boo Bash Dash or call (480) 844-0963
Add comment October 30, 2009
The Fair has arrived!!
GoGo Ginger here again….
Ok, so I know that we focus on Mesa and the East Valley, but one of my favorite times of years just started last weekend…. The Arizona State Fair!!
Why?? You name it, but my faves include indian tacos, fresh corn dogs, cotton candy and FREE CONCERTS!!!
The highlight for me at the fair this year is that they are helping me save money. You can purchase a season pass for $21, which if you got at least 2 times it’s paid for itself. Just pay for your regular admission to the fair and then go to customer service to have it applied to the season pass price, they also give you a coupon book that includes a play one-get one free on the midway as well as food and drink discounts. Don’t forget about unlimited ride wristband days, a new “happy hour” discount of $1 on Fridays from Noon-6pm.
Arizona Stat Fair - Cotton Candy Lady
I went to the Lady Antebelum concert last night and they played for just over an hour. I am now counting down to Saturday night to see John Michael Montgomery & The Honky Tonk Tailgate Party 2009 Featuring: Mark Wills, Jeff Bates, and Trent Willmon.
www.azstatefair.com
(602) 252-6771
19th Ave & McDowell, Phoenix
Now thru November 8th (closed Mondays)
Oct. 22 • The Black Crowes 7pm
Oct. 23 • ABBA: THE MUSIC 7pm
Oct. 24 • John Michael Montgomery & The Honky Tonk Tailgate Party 2009 7pm
Oct. 25 • NWA Wrestling Showcase 5pm
Oct. 28 • Raven-Symone 7pm
Oct. 30 • Old School Jam Presents Freestyle Explosion 8pm
Oct. 31 • Creation Festival: The Tour Featuring Jars of Clay 5pm
Nov. 1 • Rodney Atkins with Julianne Hough
Nov. 3 • David Cook 7pm
Nov. 5 • Arizona Derby Dames all girl roller derby 7pm
Nov. 6 • Little Big Town & Billy Currington 7pm
Nov. 7 • Kelly Clarkson 7pm
Hope to see you there!!! ….GoGo Ginger
Add comment October 22, 2009
Therizinosaur – Who’s that???
“Therizinosaur-Mystery of the Sickle-Claw Dinosaur”
- Therizinosaur – Skeleton
One of the newest and strangest dinosaur fossils from North America is the subject of a stunning new major exhibit that opened last Friday at the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
Paleontologists from the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff made this an once-in-a-lifetime find in 2000 in southern Utah. The discovery led to the recovery of the most complete Therizinosaur skeleton ever found.
The exhibit includes fossil beds and a life-size Therizinosaur that is a free-standing skeleton, cast from the original bones of the 13-foot tall, one-ton sickle-clawed and feathered dinosaur. It is the first mounted interpretation of the animal’s stance and posture.
While all dinosaurs lived on land, the Therizinosaur was found in a location that was the bottom of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, an ancient sea that covered the middle of North America. But how did the whole animal, 93 million years ago, get buried in a seafloor, 60 miles from shore? Come find the answer.
Little Dino
Arizona Museum of Natural History
53 N. Macdonald, Mesa
(480) 644-2230
ttp://www.azmnh.org
…GoGoGinger
Add comment October 7, 2009
Golfland’s Fright Nights are back “The Gauntlet Haunted House”
Last night lots of people attended the premier of Golfland’s The “Gauntlet Haunted House”. They have added several new scary things including live animals! The lines were long as everyone was excited to be scared and the haunted house delivered with lots of screams, running from people, and noises.
Description from Fright Night site: Do you think you have what it takes to make it through The Gauntlet? This Halloween, go back in time to the 1300’s. The air is ripe with the stench of the decaying dead as the Black Death creeps its its way through Europe. Tormented and tortured souls are dying in the street. People are turning on their family and friends as they turn the streets into a witch-hunt for the sick. Quarantining, killing, and burning anyone who looks to be infected, trying to stop the death from spreading!
For more information and a discount coupon click here.
If haunted houses aren’t your thing or if you have little ones check out their Halloween themed miniature golf course for a great time.
Add comment October 2, 2009
