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Glendale, Arizona is known for State Farm Stadium, home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals since 2006 and host to three Super Bowls, three college football national championship games, and the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. The city also contains Desert Diamond Arena, Camelback Ranch spring training complex, and the Westgate Entertainment District.
William John Murphy, originally from New Hartford, New York, founded Glendale. After completing the 40-mile Arizona Canal in 1885, he formed the Arizona Improvement Company in 1887 to sell land south of the canal, naming the settlement Glendale and building the 18-mile Grand Avenue to connect it to Phoenix and Peoria.
According to the 2020 census, Glendale, Arizona had a population of 248,325 people in 86,483 households. The population density was 4,031.5 people per square mile across the city's 65.1 square miles.
State Farm Stadium opened in Glendale in 2006 as the home field of the Arizona Cardinals. The Fiesta Bowl college football game moved there in 2007. Both had previously been held at Mountain America Stadium on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe.
Glendale was renamed Swift City on the 17th and the 18th of March 2023 by proclamation of the mayor and city council to celebrate the opening concerts of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour at State Farm Stadium. The Westgate Entertainment District displayed welcoming messages and local restaurants offered Swift-themed menu items.
Thunderbird Field was a World War II primary flight training school established in Glendale after a group including Hollywood actors and businessmen, led by Leland Hayward, approached the Army in late 1940. The site was chosen for its open space, excellent weather, and good visibility. It later became the Thunderbird American Graduate School for International Management, which was eventually incorporated into Arizona State University as the Thunderbird School of Global Management.