“Would we have thought in our wildest dreams it would turn out to be the way that it is?” Elaine Scruggs, former mayor of Glendale, said. “No, because there was never anything like it.?
As Glendale prepares to host its third Super Bowl on Sunday, the rapid evolution of the city, especially around the stadium, has taken center stage.
When the Los Arcos plan fell through, Glendale submitted a site for consideration, which was “nearly identical” in characteristics, Scruggs said. The defunct shopping center was on 59The site was not chosen, but during the selection process, all the acres of empty farmland along Glendale Avenue near Loop 101 became a focus. Scruggs said Steve Ellman, the developer of Westgate and the arena, decided that the larger, empty site offered the opportunity to build out all the plans.
“We wanted to make good use of our freeway,” she said, adding that the area was the “only sensible site” for the Cardinals to go. “Some more businesses were there, but certainly not what there is now, because we just didn’t have that much to offer,” she said. Assessed values in Glendale dropped by half, and investors did not want to hold on to investments and be on the hook for a balloon payment at the end of their loan. Much of the land in the area went back to bank ownership.
Kevin Phelps, who has served as Glendale city manager since November of 2015, said the city has been focused on sustaining the Westgate district and growing the offerings there to be in a better position to recoup some of the money spent to put on mega events like the Super Bowl.
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