Copper Square

Copper Square, the 90-block core of downtown Phoenix, is the business, cultural and governmental heart of the city. It comprises the original Phoenix historic town site. Copper Square’s boundaries extend from Fillmore to south of Jackson Street, 7th Street to 3rd Avenue. Recent and planned revitalizations in Copper Square, including more than $4 billion in public and private sector development, increased arts, cultural and entertainment activity, and the presence of two state universities are resulting in significant physical and economic growth for the greater Phoenix area. In 2010, business interests have begun referring to the area by the rather confusing name "Downtown Phoenix Business Improvement District".

Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Copper Square

Stained Glass collection inside St. Mary's Basilica.

· Over 3000 events are held annually in Copper Square.
· More than 21 entertainment venues are located within Copper Square including museums, theatres, and sporting venues.
· 5 major sports organizations operate and compete in Copper Square including the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Phoenix Mercury.
· More than six of Arizona's performing arts companies call Copper Square home, including the state's major symphony, opera, ballet, and theatre companies.
· Experience dinner, dancing, live music, and more at over 90 restaurants and bars operating within Copper Square.
· Fresh produce, hand crafted foods, and unique local crafts are featured twice weekly at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market.
· Home of the largest stained glass collection in Arizona displayed at Saint Mary's Basilica.

Education in Copper Square

· Arizona State University is moving 5 of their colleges and KAET Channel 8 into Copper Square, bringing 15,000 students and 1,500 employees with them.
· The University of Arizona has expanded their world-renowned medical school into Copper Square with plans of adding clinical facilities in the near future.
· The International Genomics Consortium and Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative provide locations for scientific discoveries in diseases and disorders.
· The Phoenix Bioscience High School offers teens a chance to focus on research careers and work alongside real researchers.
· The Phoenix Biomedical Campus at Copper Square, including current and future research facilities, is planned for 6,500,000 square feet (600,000 m²) of academic, research and clinical space.

Economic and Community Development in Copper Square

· 600 businesses operating within Copper Square, including over 240 restaurants & retailers.
· More than 29,000 people work in Copper Square.
· 6,000,000 square feet (560,000 m²) of office/ retail space available for businesses.
· More than 16,500 people live within a one-mile (1.6 km) radius of the heart of Copper Square.
· The Phoenix Convention Center, completed in 2009, will double the convention center's size to 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m²), ranking it within the top 20 convention centers.
· More than 2500 hotel rooms are available to support visitors to Copper Square. An additional 500 rooms are planned with the addition of 3 new boutique hotels.
Light Rail is on track to be completed by the end of 2008 with plans to see 26,000 boardings per day in the first year of operation. An additional 27 miles (43 km) has been funded.

Copper Square Ambassadors

· Copper Square's roaming concierges are uniformed in orange and khaki with "Ask Us" printed on their backs.
· Provide escorts, directions, suggestions, and more to visitors, employees, and residents.
· Available Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 11pm, Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 11pm.
· Call the Ambassador Hotline for more info at [phone].

CopperSquare.com

· The one-stop on-line resource for everything about Copper Square.
· Provides listings of businesses and events, directions, parking & traffic tips, coupons & deals, recent news, economic information, residential information, and much more.

External links

• Copper Square's website