| Tempe is a city in
Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a 2008 population of 175,523.
The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in
the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area; it is bordered
by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale on the north, Chandler
on the south, and Mesa on the east. Tempe is the location of US Airways
Group's corporate headquarters, and of Arizona State University's oldest
and largest campus.
 Tempe
is the headquarters and executive office of two Fortune 500 companies US
Airways (formerly America West Airlines) and Insight Enterprises. Limelight
Networks, LifeLock, First Solar, Fulton Homes and Mobile Mini are also
headquartered in Tempe. Coldstone Creamery was originally headquartered
in Tempe and location #0001 is still in operation today at 3330 S McClintock
Drive in Tempe, Arizona. Tempe is also home to the largest campus of Arizona
State University. It was the longtime host of the Fiesta Bowl, although
the BCS game moved to University of Phoenix Stadium, located in Glendale,
in 2007. Tempe now hosts the Insight Bowl. Edward Jones Investments has
a regional headquarters in Tempe.
Tempe houses several great
performance venues including Gammage Auditorium and the Tempe Center for
the Arts.
On New Year's Eve, the city
hosts the Insight Fiesta Bowl Block Party, one of the nation's largest
New Year's Eve parties. The event typically has a national band heading
a concert, along with several other local and national bands. Gammage Auditorium
was also the site of one of the three Presidential debates in 2004, and
Super Bowl XXX was played at Sun Devil Stadium. Additionally, Tempe is
the spring training host city of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
One of Arizona's largest
shopping malls, Arizona Mills, sits near the border with the town of Guadalupe.
The city also serves as the first Arizona IKEA branch location, also near
the southern boundary. Tempe Marketplace a large open air mall featuring
live music and water and laser shows is located just southeast of Tempe
Town Lake. Tempe can boast an array of wholesalers and manufacturers including
[Gummow Manufacturing], specializing in handcrafted wholesale Native American
Jewelry,
Mill Avenue, located just
west of Hayden Butte, is a shopping and entertainment area in the city
popular with pedestrians and students. With the completion of Tempe Town
Lake, commercial and high-rise development along the reservoir quickly
transformed the cityscape of Mill Avenue and the skyline of downtown Tempe.
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