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A Line (Valley Metro Rail)
The A Line is a light rail line which serves Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Tempe, Arizona, Tempe, and Mesa, Arizona. It is the east-west line of the Valley Metro Rail system, running from Downtown Phoenix to the east. With the inauguration of the two-line system in 2025, the A Line was split from its former routing north of downtown and was rerouted to terminate at the Downtown Phoenix Hub. Service description Route description The A Line starts at the Downtown Phoenix Hub. Eastbound service runs on First Avenue south before turning east on Jefferson Street; likewise, westbound one-way service starts at 26th Street on Washington Street before turning north on Central Avenue.Both tracks rejoin east of 24th Street on Washington Street. Continuing east on Washington, the rail line passes Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, which is connected by the PHX Sky Train at 44th Street/Washington station, 44th Street/Washington, and then turns southeast tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase Field
Chase Field, formerly Bank One Ballpark, is a retractable roof, retractable-roof stadium in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. It opened in 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season, 1998, the year the Diamondbacks debuted as an expansion team. Chase Field was the first stadium built in the United States with a retractable roof over a natural grass playing surface, although it has used artificial turf since 2019. History The park was built during a wave of new, baseball-only parks in the 1990s. Although nearly all of those parks were open-air, it was taken for granted that a domed stadium was a must for a major-league team to be viable in the Phoenix area. Phoenix is by far the hottest major city in North America; the average high temperature during baseball's regular season is , and game-time temperatures well above are common during the summer. Stadium funding In the spring of 1994, the Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
